Daily Archives: 14, December 2012

Professor Michael Arthur to be new President and Provost of UCL

14-12-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Professor Michael Arthur, currently Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds, has today been confirmed as the new President and Provost of UCL. He will succeed Professor Malcolm Grant, who has led UCL since 2003 and who will … Read the full press release

Final EU pre-accession funding to help Croatia become a successful EU Member State

Brussels, 14-12-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has approved the last pre-accession and transition assistance programme for Croatia. The €46,8 million programme will focus on strengthening administrative capacity for an efficient justice system and the protection of fundamental rights. The funding … Read the full press release

Dr Gemma Catney Viewpoint: 2011 census

14-12-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Dr Gemma Catney is Leverhulme Trust Early Career Research Fellow in the University of Liverpool’ s Department of Geography and Planning “Growth in the number of households of mixed ethnic groups reflects integration at the most personal level, … Read the full press release

General Assembly 2013 Media Advisory 1 – Media registration now open

14-12-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Journalists, science writers, and public information officers can now register online to the 2013 General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU). The meeting brings together over 10,000 scientists from all over the world and covers all … Read the full press release

The Lagardère group welcomes the multi-party agreement that has been signed, clearing the way for EADS’ governance and shareholding structure to be streamlined

14-12-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — The Lagardère group welcomes the multi-party agreement(1) that has been signed, clearing the way for EADS’ governance and shareholding structure to be streamlined. According to this agreement, Lagardère is assured of conditions enhancing the liquidity of its stake … Read the full press release

Ad-hoc release: EADS Governance and Shareholding Structure Receives Far-Reaching Overhaul

Present shareholder pact expected to be replaced by a normal company governance scheme Daimler AG and Lagardère SCA to largely reduce their stakes, Germany and France intending to ultimately hold up to 12% each, Spain circa 4% EADS intends to … Read the full press release

Taxation: Clarifying EU rules on car taxes

Brussels, 14-12-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Today the Commission presented a Communication clarifying EU rules on car taxation and recommending measures to strengthen the Single Market in this area. The aim is to minimize the problems encountered by citizens and businesses moving cars … Read the full press release

Pearson Board change: senior independent director

14-12-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Pearson today announces that Patrick Cescau, a non-executive director, will retire from the board on 31 December 2012. Patrick has been a non-executive director of Pearson since 2002 and senior independent director since 2010. Vivienne Cox, who … Read the full press release

Antitrust: Commission accepts legally binding commitments from Simon & Schuster, Harper Collins, Hachette, Holtzbrinck and Apple for sale of e-books

Brussels, 14-12-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — What were the Commission’s concerns? In December 2011, the Commission opened proceedings against Apple and five international publishers: Simon & Schuster (CBS Corp.), Harper Collins (News Corp.) both headquartered in the US, Hachette Livre (Lagardère Publishing) … Read the full press release

Human rights: Democratic Republic of Congo; India

14-12-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Parliament is deeply concerned by the rebel attacks in the east of DRC and their impact on the country and Great Lakes region and calls on the governments in the region to find a solution through dialogue. … Read the full press release

Antitrust: Commission welcomes General Court judgments on appeals in calcium carbide cartel

Brussels, 14-12-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission welcomes today’s judgments by the EU General Court (GC) upholding the fines imposed in 2009 on Novácke chemické závody (NCHZ) (T-352/09), Ecka Granulate (T-400/09) and Almamet (T-410/09) for participating in a cartel in the sector of calcium carbide and … Read the full press release