EU member states cannot imprison foreigners simply because they illegally entered the country, the bloc’s top court ruled Tuesday, in a case involving a Ghanaian woman apprehended in France. The European Union has been grappling with an influx of migrants and asylum seekers since last year. Many member states are now seeking to crack down […]
At the core of the new phase of relations between China and Africa are fruitful collaborations between African governments and Chinese companies, geared towards socio-economic progress for both China and Africa. In Ghana for example, there are a number of such collaborations. In the area of hydro electric power generation, a Chinese-owned solar power generating […]
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament has pledged to collaborate with media practitioners across the region to achieve the desired level of information flow on its activities. This is to achieve a more responsive representation of the people of the ECOWAS Community, a release from the Secretariat, made available to the Ghana […]
Emirates airlines says it would from Friday July 1, commence its seventh daily service between Dubai and Bangkok, for travellers from Ghana through Dubai to connect easily. The new service would allow the addition of a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, one of Emirates young and modern fleet of aircrafts on the route. A statement by the […]
The World Food Programme (WFP) has received a contribution of 20 million Canadian dollars (US$15 million) from Canada. The contribution would be used to implement a programme linking nutrition, agriculture and food processing, which would assist almost one million people over the next five years. A statement issued by WFP Ghana and copied to the […]
As part of efforts to tighten security and provide healthcare for Swiss-Ghanaian businesses, the Swiss-Ghanaian Chamber of Commerce has held a meeting in Accra on the “Security and Emergency Health Response for Ghanaian Businesses.” The Chamber aims to be recognised as the voice of Ghanaian-Swiss Businesses and as an organisation that puts the needs and […]
The Ghana Wildlife Society (GWS) and the Wildlife Clubs of Ghana (WCG), a junior wing of the society, have expressed readiness to celebrate the World Environment Day (WED) in Accra on June 5. The day is celebrated every year by the United Nations Environment Programme to raise global awareness on positive environmental action to protect […]
Summer in Britain is stereotypically associated with Wimbledon, but there’s much more to it than strawberries and cream at the All England Club. Royal Ascot, the Glastonbury Festival and the Edinburgh International Film Festival are just some of the major events happening in June. Following Leicester City’s fairy-tale Premiership win and Manchester United’s FA Cup […]
Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire have renewed their commitment to have an amicable solution to their maritime dispute. Presidents John Dramani Mahama and Alhassane Ouattara made the commitment during bilateral talks in Abidjan yesterday. President Mahama is on a two-day official visit to Côte d’Ivoire. Speaking at a news conference after their meeting in the Presidential Palace […]
Mr Jon Benjamin, the British High Commissioner, on Wednesday launched, in Accra, an initiative aimed at growing small and medium enterprises dubbed: “Capital SMEs”. Capital SME’s current target is to support a minimum of five SMEs in listing on the Ghana Alternative Market (GAX) within one year of implementation. The primary objective of the project […]
