Yemen: the Commission gives millions more to fight growing hunger crisis

21/05/2012 - The European Commission is boosting its humanitarian aid to Yemen by €5 million in response to a rapidly developing food crisis. Malnutrition rates in parts of the country are among the highest in the world. (...)

Launching "The New Alliance" to lift 50 million Africans out of poverty over the next decade

18/05/2012 - Food security is a key theme of the G8 summit taking place in Camp David this weekend. Commissioner Georgieva is in Washington to (...)

Preventing, managing and responding to crises: Commissioner Georgieva at the Sofia Security Forum

17/05/2012 - How should we protect citizens from disasters caused by nature and men? How should we organise Europe's disaster response capacities in a coherent, efficient and cost-effective way? And how can we prevent crises from happening in the first place? (...)

Commissioner Georgieva welcomes new Executive Director of the World Food Programme

11/05/2012 - Kristalina Georgieva is today receiving Ertharin Cousin, the newly appointed Executive Director of the World Food Programme. (...)