Daily Archives: 12, February 2013

Towards the Banking Union – Speech by Vítor Constâncio, Vice-President of the ECB

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Speech by Vítor Constâncio, Vice-President of the ECB, at the 2nd FIN-FSA Conference on EU Regulation and Supervision “Banking and Supervision under Transformation” organised by the Financial Supervisory Authority Helsinki, 12-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Ladies and gentlemen, It is a great pleasure … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Economy, European Union, Financial, Finland, Government, Politics

New Head of TeliaSonera Investor Relations

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12-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Jesper Wilgodt has been appointed Head of Investor Relations. He succeeds Andreas Ekström, who has taken up the position as Head of Mergers & Acquisitions. Jesper Wilgodt, aged 41, is currently working at Springtime as Investor Relations … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Financial, Finland, Investment, Management, Sweden, Technology, Telecom

Trenitalia & ECTAA working together

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12-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Recognising the increasing importance of rail transport in Europe, ECTAA has agreed to work closer with Trenitalia on the distribution of rail products through travel agents and tour operators. Trenitalia and ECTAA are implementing their strategic partnership … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Italy, Transportation & Logistics, Travel

Irish Finance Minister, Michael Noonan TD, discusses today’s ECOFIN Council in Brussels

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12-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Irish Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan TD, is chairing today’s meeting of the ECOFIN Council in Brussels. He gave a doorstep interview as he arrived at the meeting.  The Irish Presidency’s approach to this meeting is explained in this press … Read the full press release →

Posted in European Union, Financial, Government, Ireland, Politics

EADS Proposes Candidates for Future Board of Directors

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12-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The Board of Directors of EADS N.V. has nominated the following individuals for election by the Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) to the future Board of Directors of EADS N.V.: Manfred Bischoff, 70, Director of Royal KPN N.V. … Read the full press release →

Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, Defence, France, Germany, Management

EU budget: President Valcárcel highlights the efforts made in favour of cohesion and youth employment

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Brussels, 12-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The President of the Committee of the Regions, Mr. Ramón Luis Valcárcel, agrees with the European Council that “the European budget must be a catalyst for growth and jobs across Europe.” He also acknowledges the efforts that have … Read the full press release →

Posted in Belgium, Economy, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment, Society

ENTEGA verbessert den CO2-Fußabdruck der Berlinale

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DARMSTADT (blu/leu), 12-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Die CO2-Bilanz der Internationalen Filmfestspiele in Berlin hat sich seit 2010 wesentlich verbessert. Dazu beigetragen hat der Ökostromanbieter ENTEGA als Co-Partner des Festivals, der zusammen mit dem Öko-Institut Vorschläge erarbeitete, wie die Berlinale ihre Treibhausgas-Emissionen … Read the full press release →

Posted in Art & Culture, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Entertainment, Environment, Germany, Media

Declaration by the High Representative, Catherine Ashton, on behalf of the European Union on the nuclear test by the DPRK

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Brussels, 12-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The EU condemns in the strongest possible terms the latest DPRK nuclear test earlier today – one more step in a long-running programme to develop a nuclear weapon capability – and urges the DPRK to refrain from further provocative … Read the full press release →

Posted in Belgium, Defence, European Union, Government, Politics, Society

Speech: Remarks by Vice-President Olli Rehn at Eurogroup press conference

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Olli REHN – Vice-President of the European Commission and member of the Commission responsible for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro Brussels, 12-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ —  I will start with the Winter Economic Forecast, which will be presented on 22 … Read the full press release →

Posted in Belgium, Business, Economy, European Union, Financial, Government, Politics

Irish Presidency convenes informal meeting with interested parties on horse meat issue

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12-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney TD has today confirmed that he will convene a meeting in Brussels on Wednesday 13th February with EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy Tonio Borg and … Read the full press release →

Posted in European Union, Food & Beverage, Government, Healthcare, Ireland, Politics, Retail, Society

ETNO disappointed by reduction of the Connecting Europe Facility [Telecoms] budget

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12-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The CEF budget for telecoms has been reduced from EUR 9.2  billion to EUR 1 billion under the new budget deal agreed by the European Council. “ETNO is disappointed that budget cuts have been made which affect … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, European Union, Financial, Government, Technology, Telecom

ESM Board of Governors elects Jeroen Dijsselbloem as its Chairman

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Luxembourg, 12-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The Board of Governors of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) today elected the President of the Eurogroup Jeroen Dijsselbloem as its Chairman. In this capacity Jeroen Dijsselbloem succeeds Jean-Claude Juncker, who stepped down as President of … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, European Union, Financial, Government, Luxembourg, Management, Politics