Daily Archives: 19, March 2015

The European Central Bank (ECB) inaugurated its new premises on the site of the Grossmarkthalle, Frankfurt’s former wholesale market hall

Frankfurt am Main, 19-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Central Bank (ECB) today inaugurated its new premises on the site of the Grossmarkthalle – Frankfurt’s former wholesale market hall – alongside regular meetings of the Governing Council and General Council. … Read the full press release

15 Romanian companies honoured by the EBRD and the EU for promoting energy efficiency

15 Romanian companies awarded for promoting sustainable energy LONDON, 19-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — A cereal grower, a car-servicing company, a manufacturer of antique-style furniture, a fruit and vegetable processor, several bakeries, a paper producer, and south-eastern Europe’s largest oil and gas … Read the full press release

EBRD and Eximbank of China to promote projects that support sustainable economic infrastructure development from central Europe to central Asia and in the southern and eastern Mediterranean

LONDON, 19-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Parties sign Memorandum of Understanding to co-finance infrastructure projects The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Export-Import Bank of the Republic of China (Eximbank) today agreed to boost their cooperation and co-finance projects … Read the full press release

EBRD to partly finance the working capital of one of the key agricultural commodity importers and supply chain managers in Egypt

LONDON, 19-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a US$ 20 million loan, to partly finance the working capital of Medsofts, a family-owned company based in Egypt and one of the key agricultural commodity … Read the full press release

EBRD to raise awareness about the value of external advice for SMEs in Kazakhstan

New campaign on value of external advice for SMEs launched in Almaty LONDON, 19-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is raising awareness about the value of external advice for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) at … Read the full press release

EBRD President Sir Suma Chakrabarti is in Taipei to further strengthen the growing EBRD-Taiwanese cooperation and sign MoU with Eximbank

LONDON, 19-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — EBRD President Sir Suma Chakrabarti is visiting Taipei on 18 and 19 March where he is meeting the President Ma Ying-jeou, Minister of Foreign Affairs David L. Y. Lin, President and CEO of the Taiwan External Trade … Read the full press release

EU Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, Vĕra Jourová: My wish for Consumer Day is a consumer-centered European economy

BRUSSELS, 19-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Representatives from consumer organisations, policy-makers and European institutions gathered at the 17th annual conference to discuss new trends in consumption. The European Consumer Day was organised by the European Economic and Social Committee. “My wish … Read the full press release

EU Court of Justice’s Advocate General Juliane Kokott comments on family reunification in the case of married couples who are third-country nationals

Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-153/14 K and A In the event of unreasonableness or special circumstances, it must, however, be possible for exemptions from the examination to be granted in individual cases, and any examination fees must not be … Read the full press release

Euronest Parliamentary Assembly in Armenia: boost cooperation with EU’s eastern neighbourhood countries to reduce both parties’ energy dependence on Russia

The EU’s new eastern partnership policy should boost cooperation with its eastern neighbourhood countries to reduce both parties’ energy dependence on Russia, said MEPs and MPs from eastern partnership countries at the fourth Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, which closed in Yerevan, … Read the full press release

EUR 1.8 billion in medium-term loans for Ukraine approved by International Trade Committee MEPs by 30 votes to 7, with no abstention

Plans to disburse €1.8 billion in medium-term loans to help Ukraine out of its economic recession were backed by the International Trade Committee on Thursday. The loans will top up financial help from other donors under an economic programme put … Read the full press release

The European Commission introduced package of tax transparency measures to tackle corporate tax avoidance and harmful tax competition in the EU

BRUSSELS, 19-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission today presented a package of tax transparency measures as part of its ambitious agenda to tackle corporate tax avoidance and harmful tax competition in the EU. A key element of this Tax … Read the full press release