European Parliament

2-5 July: European Parliament plenary session
4-5 July: 130th plenary session of the European Committee of the Regions

European Council

2 July: Budget Committee
2 July: Working Party on Energy
2 July: Working Party on the Environment

Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica is on an official visit to Mauritania tomorrow. He will co-host a joint African Union-European Union side-event on gender equality, and sign two support programmes for Mauritania.

The European Union has approved the payment of 30 million euros to support and accompany Haiti in its program of economic reforms, modernization and revitalization of the functioning of the State through its second state budget support program (2018-20210).

According to the latest International Trade Centre (ITC) report, the value of the East African Community's exports to European Union rose to $2.5 billion in 2017, up by eight per cent. They shot up amidst trials to harmonise standards.

Over the next three years, UK-based Azuri Technologies pay on the go solar company will connect 150,000 Kenyan households to off-grid energy. General Manager East Africa Snehar Shah says the firm is ready to expand its reach with a Sh2 billion commercial debt financing it received early this year.