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8-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — A campaign to raise awareness of the symptoms of brain tumours in children under 18 years has won a major national NHS Innovation award for its work in improving early cancer diagnosis. The HeadSmart Be Brain Tumour … Read the full press release →

Irish Justice Minister secures agreement on European Protection Order 8-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers approved proposals on the mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters at a Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting in Brussels … Read the full press release →

Brussels, 8-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The newly-established Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) between the Committee of the Regions (CoR) and Icelandic local authorities held its inaugural meeting today in Reykjavík, Iceland. The JCC, which brings together local and regional representatives from the EU Member States … Read the full press release →

Brussels, 7-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has today proposed to provide Austria with €3.9 million from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to help 270 workers made redundant by Austria Tabak GmbH and by 14 suppliers and downstream producers with … Read the full press release →

Employment: Commission proposes €3.6 million from Globalisation Fund for former workers of Agile S.r.l. in Italy Brussels, 7-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has today proposed to provide Italy with €3.6 million from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to help … Read the full press release →

Brussels, 7-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Plastic has become an unavoidable material in our modern world. Plastics are versatile and durable, but this durability can make disposal problematic. A Green Paper published by the European Commission today aims to launch a structured discussion … Read the full press release →

6-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — EU Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs will discuss a number of measures aimed at increasing border security in Europe at a two-day meeting in Brussels this week. Ministers are also expected to approve proposals agreed with … Read the full press release →

Brussels, 6-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March, European Commission Vice-President Viviane Reding and Commissioner Cecilia Malmström have today joined human rights campaigners to call for zero tolerance for female genital mutilation (FGM). The Commission organised a … Read the full press release →

EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding and German Consumer Protection Minister Ilse Aigner see European data protection reform as ‘historic opportunity’ Brussels, 6-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The EU Justice Commissioner and Vice President of the European Commission, Viviane Reding, and the German Federal … Read the full press release →

6-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The Irish Presidency hopes to make progress on outstanding technical issues in discussions with the Parliament over the coming weeks. Agreement also reached on the “Two Pack” of economic surveillance measures for the Eurozone. There was broad … Read the full press release →

6-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — At the Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting on Friday, 8 March, 2013 Ministers are expected to formally approve a deal reached with the European Parliament on the European Protection Order.  This new EU Regulation will mean … Read the full press release →

The European Parliament is marking International Women’s Day this year by hosting a workshop for journalists and a discussion between MEPs and national MPs on women and the economic crisis 5-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Workshop for journalists on “Women and the … Read the full press release →

Speech by Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, Seminar: “Financial Stability Policies in a Post-Crisis World” Czech National Bank, 4 March 2013 Czech National Bank, 5-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Financial cycles and the real economy The global financial crisis has … Read the full press release →

Máire Geoghegan-Quinn – European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science European Parliament / Brussels, 5-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Mr Cookson, Ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted to have the opportunity to talk to you about Global Challenges and Global Collaboration for EU science. We … Read the full press release →

Michel BARNIER – Member of the European Commission responsible for Internal Market and Services Conference “How can Croatia benefit from the single market?”/Zagreb Zagreb, 4-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Dear Ministers, First of all, let me thank the Ministry of Economy and the EU … Read the full press release →

Brussels, 4-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Today Vice-President Viviane Reding, the EU’s Justice Commissioner and Michał Boni, Minister for Administration and Digital Affairs of the Republic of Poland, met in Brussels where they reaffirmed their intention to make swift progress on the proposed … Read the full press release →

Brussels, 4-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Today, Regulation (EU) No 181/2011 on bus and coach passenger rights becomes applicable, providing bus and coach travellers throughout the EU with new rights. The regulation lays down travellers’ basic rights, and imposes a number of obligations on bus … Read the full press release →

Brussels, 1-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Trade barriers between the EU and Peru will be lifted as of 1 March 2013, when the EU’s ambitious and comprehensive trade agreement concluded with Peru and Colombia in 2012 will be provisionally applied with Peru. The … Read the full press release →

Brussels, 28-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting of 25 and 26 February 2013, discussed the main Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Common Fisheries Policy, proposed by the Commission in July 2011, as … Read the full press release →

Brussels, 28-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ —  EU Commissioner for Regional Policy, Johannes Hahn, will host the first direct talks between the European Commission and the EU’s capital cities tomorrow, February 28. Commissioner Hahn will call on the 20 mayors attending to show leadership … Read the full press release →