World news about “Food aid” published by euronews.
UN agency suspends operations in Gaza The main UN humanitarian agency for Palestinians said it was suspending operations in the Gaza Strip after protesters stormed its headquarters over cutbacks… 05/04/2013
Is Europe turning its back on its poor? As poverty continues to rise, the European Food Aid Programme for the Most Deprived is under threat. This could affect some 18 million people. Euronews… 04/01/2013
Filipino children appeal for food on roadsideTyphoon victims hold placards as they appeal for food and aid from motorists along a road in Osmena town, Compostela Valley in southern Philippines… 11/12/2012
Philippines: Forgotten typhoon refugeesA woman asks for food and other relief supplies from motorists along a road in Osmena town, Compostela Valley in southern Philippines. A much-weakened… 09/12/2012
Is Europe abandoning its poor? Today we have a question from Tom in Paris: “Hello, I read somewhere recently that the European food aid programme for the poor could disappear. What… 26/10/2012
EU Development Days open with focus on hunger in Africa This year’s opening of the European Development Days coincides with World Food Day – an occasion to remind us that around one billion people face hunger… 16/10/2012
Greece: broken promises This year’s Greek Ash Thursday free barbecue in Athens had longer line-ups than usual. The meat-fest came ahead of the fasting before traditional Greek… 17/02/2012
MEPs debate food aid extension to EU’s poorest Could food aid to Europe’s most needy soon become a thing of the past? Set up in 1987 to help the bloc’s most deprived citizens, MEP’s in Strasbourg have been… 14/02/2012
Food programme in ManilaA boy enjoys free meals provided by a food programme at a slum community in Manila. According to the United Nations, gaps between rich and poor are widening… 28/10/2011
Cuts that threaten to starve European food aid Every morning, Arnaud Langlais and his team scour the stalls at the biggest wholesale fruit and vegetable market in Europe, Rungis in France. Their main aim… 20/10/2011
Red Cross urges global food price action To discuss the international concerns of feeding the world’s populations, euronews spoke to Matthias Schmale, a senior official with the Red Cross Federation… 22/09/2011
World hunger help failing says IFRC Painfully hungry every day – the latest World Disasters Report takes a hard look at why nearly a billion people live like this, when there is enough food… 22/09/2011
EU food row could spark poverty crisis A dispute over aid to Europe’s poorest citizens threatens to spark a major food crisis, France has warned. The EU programme currently provides hand outs to at… 20/09/2011
Malnourished refugees in the Horn of AfricaA severely malnourished refugee girl from Buale in Somalia, holds a cup inside a ward at the International Rescue Committee (IRC) clinic at the Hagadera… 30/07/2011
Malnourished children near Somali border – nocomment As the famine in southern Somalia continues, another malnourished child arrived at the German International Cooperation hospital at a refugee camp in Dadaab… 24/07/2011
Protesting farmers hand out free food in AthensHundreds of people have been queuing in the Greek capital for free food, which was handed out by protesting farmers. Food stalls were set up around Greece’s… 06/02/2013
Greek food bank struggles to meet surging demandFor many Greeks, 2013 is likely to bring further financial hardship. In the port city of Patras, a food bank is now helping 1,000 families who are… 02/01/2013
Skint and hungry: foodbanks on the rise in the UKThe number of foodbanks or soup kitchens in the UK are growing at an alarming rate as the economic downturn claims more and more victims. As many as 13… 05/12/2012
Portugal National Food Bank pre-Christmas drivePortugal’s National Food Bank began a two day collection campaign on Saturday across the country’s supermarkets. Thousands of volunteers took part in the… 02/12/2012
Threat of freezing weather adds to US east coast woesThe presidential election might be fast approaching but so too is cold and wintry weather. With more than two-and-a-half million homes and businesses still… 04/11/2012
Food banks squeezed in SpainSister Esperanza Romero runs a soup kitchen in Oviedo, which feeds 300 people a day, many of them from the middle class. Around 100 volunteers help out. … 03/11/2012
Haiti appeals for international aid for Sandy victimsWhile the world’s attention was fixed on storm Sandy’s impact on the US, the hurricane-force winds had already left a trail of destruction across the… 02/11/2012
Turkey renews ceasefire call for all Syrian factionsTurkey has repeated its call for a ceasefire in Syria during the Eid religious festival, which begins on Friday for Muslims worldwide. The foreign minister… 19/10/2012
Spanish food banks scoop Asturias awardIn Oviedo the jury of the Prince of Asturias Award has announced the winner of this year’s Concord Award. It has been given to the Spanish Federation of Food… 12/09/2012
‘Robin Hood’ supermarket raid highlights Spain crisisTwo Spanish trade unionists have been released after spending a night in jail over a Robin Hood-style raid on supermarkets. They face prosecution for theft… 10/08/2012
North Korea asks UN for food aid after floodsNorth Korea’s new young leader has told a senior Chinese official visiting Pyongyang that his government wants to develop the economy and improve people’s… 03/08/2012
‘No non-Greeks!’ – Athens’ exclusive food bankGreece’s neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party has begun handing out food right next to the parliament building in Athens, but only to Greek citizens. The… 01/08/2012
US looks to finalise North Korea food aid dealUS diplomats met with North Korean officials in Beijing on Wednesday to finalise a food aid deal, part of an agreement to end Pyongyang’s nuclear… 07/03/2012
Turkish teenager pulled alive from quake debrisTurkish rescue workers in Ecris have pulled a thirteen year-old boy alive from the rubble of a collapsed building destroyed by Sunday’s earthquake. Serhat… 28/10/2011
Israel quake aid for Turkey divides opinionCold, wet weather is adding to the misery for the thousands of Turkish earthquake victims. Relief has been pouring into Ercis after much of the town of… 27/10/2011
Nations meet to discuss famine crisis in AfricaA UN conference has opened in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, aimed at exploring ways to deal with the drought and famine ravaging the Horn of… 08/09/2011
UN gives stark warning about Somalia famineFamine in Somalia has spread to engulf three quarters of the country’s regions according to the United Nations. Four million Somalis are now going hungry. The… 06/09/2011
Somali famine spreads across other regionsThe UN says the famine gripping parts of southern Somalia has spread to three new areas of the country. Officials estimate the entire south is likely to be… 04/08/2011
Ramadan ‘slows down registration’ of Somali refugeesThere are reports from the Horn of Africa that the supply of food to refugees fleeing the famine has been slowed by the onset of Ramadan. Many who have… 02/08/2011
Aid groups vaccinate children in Horn of AfricaEmergency vaccinations have begun in the world’s biggest refugee camp, where thousands fleeing famine are also at risk of disease. The aim is to protect… 01/08/2011
Somalia’s fight against famine and rebelsThe United Nations is warning the whole of conflict and drought-ridden Somalia is heading into famine – a crisis made worse by the refusal of Islamist… 31/07/2011
Aid workers struggle with Somali refugee influxAid agencies at the Dadaab refugee camp on Kenya’s border with Somalia said on Saturday they were scrambling to provide medical help to the thousands of… 30/07/2011
Famine threatens a generation in Horn of AfricaHabibo is a little one-year-old Somali girl. She weighs six kilos, she is nearly blind through malnutrition, and she is battling against death. She has… 25/07/2011
UN warns of ‘urgency’ in famine-hit SomaliaThe UN on Thursday warned of the “acute urgency” to help the Horn of Africa after the world body officially declared a famine in southern Somalia. More than… 22/07/2011
UN to declare a famine in SomaliaThe UN is set to declare famine in parts of southern Somalia signalling donors need to provide more aid. The organisation’s food agency is to host a meeting… 20/07/2011
Brazilian handed job as UN’s food chiefBrazil’s Jose Graziano da Silva is the new chief of the UN food agency charged with reducing global hunger, at time when food prices are going through the… 26/06/2011
