Sources: BBC News
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the arts and cultural heritage2022-01-4
France's GDP contracts 8.3% in 2020, the country's worst economic performance since World War II. 2021-01-29
The European Central Bank expands its Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme by €500 billion to €1.85 trillion and extends the scheme to March 2022, saying it expects "a more pronounced near-term impact of the pandemic on the Eurozone economy and a more protracted weakness in inflation than previously envisaged". 2020-12-10
President Rodrigo Duterte signs into law the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act, a ₱165.5 billion (US$3.4 billion) stimulus package to extend the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act. 2020-09-11
State-run oil company Saudi Aramco suspends plans to build a US$10 billion oil refinery in Liaoning, China, due to decreased global demand for oil. Its Chinese partners said they will press ahead with the project. 2020-08-21
Europe's largest coach operator Shearings collapses into administration with 2,460 immediate job losses and thousands of holidays cancelled. 2020-05-22
Following a collapse in print sales amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, "The Jewish Chronicle" and "Jewish News" newspapers enter voluntary liquidation and are to close. 2020-04-8
Egypt begins disinfection on the Giza pyramid complex as an effort to contain COVID-19. 2020-03-25