Humanitarian crises in Lebanon, Palestine and Sudan are fast-emptying the EU's aid coffers, with European Commission officials becoming increasingly creative to find the cash for badly-needed water, food and medical supplies around the world.
"The ECHO [European Commission humanitarian aid office] reserves are under pressure and it's only July," commission spokesman Amadeu Altafaj Tardio said on Wednesday (26 July). "If there should be another earthquake or tsunami, we could be in trou...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.