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Cyber Resilience Act: Enhanced Cybersecurity Requirements Proposed for Digital Products in the European Union

(IN BRIEF) The European Parliament’s Industry, Research and Energy Committee has approved the Cyber Resilience Act, a legislation aimed at enhancing the security of digital products within the European Union. The act establishes uniform cybersecurity requirements for products with digital … Read the full press release

European Parliament Pushes for Coordinated Search and Rescue (SAR) Mission to Tackle Mediterranean Crisis

(IN BRIEF) Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have expressed deep concern over the ongoing loss of lives in the Mediterranean as people attempt to cross the sea. They are urging increased support for national initiatives and the European Border … Read the full press release

EU Aims for 20% Restoration by 2030: MEPs Pass Nature Restoration Law

EU Aims for 20% Restoration by 2030: MEPs Pass Nature Restoration Law

(IN BRIEF) The European Parliament has adopted its position on a nature restoration law, aiming to combat climate change and biodiversity loss. MEPs support restoration measures covering at least 20% of EU land and sea areas by 2030, highlighting the … Read the full press release

AFME Supports UK Government’s Reforms Allowing Flexibility in Investment Research Payments

(IN BRIEF) The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has welcomed the UK Government’s Mansion House reforms, particularly the optionality provided for paying for investment research. The reforms allow clients to choose how they pay for research, whether bundled … Read the full press release

EU Parliament Enacts Legislation to Boost Energy Efficiency and Tackle Climate Crisis

(IN BRIEF) The European Parliament has adopted new energy efficiency rules as part of the European Green Deal. The legislation sets targets for reducing energy consumption by 11.7% at the EU level by 2030, compared to projected figures. Member states … Read the full press release

EU Takes Action to Protect Human Health and Biodiversity with Stricter Air Quality Standards

(IN BRIEF) The Environment Committee of the European Parliament has adopted its position to improve air quality in the EU, aiming to create a cleaner and healthier environment. The report sets stricter limit and target values for pollutants such as … Read the full press release

European Parliament’s Environment Committee Advances Water Quality Standards to Safeguard Freshwater Bodies

(IN BRIEF) The Environment Committee of the European Parliament has adopted its position on protecting groundwater and surface waters and improving water quality standards. The proposed law includes revisions to the Water Framework Directive, the Groundwater Directive, and the Environmental … Read the full press release

European Judicial Network Anniversary Plenary Meeting in Stockholm Highlights Cross-Border Cooperation Milestones

(IN BRIEF) The European Judicial Network (EJN) is celebrating its 25th anniversary. The EJN assists judges and prosecutors worldwide with day-to-day cooperation on criminal justice matters through a network of National Contact Points. The network has experienced a rise in … Read the full press release

European Parliament Approves Draft Law to Empower Consumers and Promote Sustainable Products

(IN BRIEF) MEPs approve draft legislation to improve product labelling and durability, and combat misleading claims. The proposal aims to empower consumers in making environmentally friendly choices and encourage companies to offer more sustainable products. The legislation includes banning misleading … Read the full press release

European Parliament Launches Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism on World Press Freedom Day

(IN BRIEF) The European Parliament has launched the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism on World Press Freedom Day. The prize is awarded annually to professional journalists or teams whose work promotes or defends EU principles such as human rights, … Read the full press release

Digi Communications N.V. announces the conclusion of two Facilities Agreements by the Company’s Romanian subsidiary

(IN BRIEF) Digi Communications N.V., a European telecommunications company, has announced that its Romanian subsidiary, RCS & RDS S.A., has concluded two export credit facilities agreements with ING Bank N.V. The agreements amount to EUR 132,682,761.21 and will be used … Read the full press release

Gruppierungen der organisierten Kriminalität nach gemeinsamen Ermittlungen der Tschechischen Republik und Finnlands zerschlagen

(IN KÜRZE) Ein kriminelles Netzwerk, das am Menschenhandel zum Zweck der sexuellen Ausbeutung beteiligt ist, wurde durch gemeinsame Bemühungen der Tschechischen Republik und Finnlands mit Unterstützung von Eurojust und Europol zerschlagen. Die organisierte Kriminalität rekrutierte Frauen in der Tschechischen Republik … Read the full press release

Organized Crime Groups Dismantled Following Joint Investigations by Czech Republic and Finland

(IN BRIEF) A criminal network involved in human trafficking for sexual exploitation has been dismantled by the joint efforts of the Czech Republic and Finland, with the support of Eurojust and Europol. The organized crime groups recruited women in the … Read the full press release

Digi Communications N.V. announces the conclusion of a Senior Facility Agreement by the Company’s Romanian subsidiary

(IN BRIEF) Digi Communications NV has announced that its Romanian subsidiary, RCS & RDS, has signed a senior facility agreement with several financial institutions for a total loan amount of €150 million, a revolving credit facility of €100 million, and … Read the full press release

Die führende finnische Anwältin Micaela Thorström tritt Stora Enso als EVP, Legal und General Counsel bei

(IN KÜRZE) Stora Enso, ein weltweit führender Anbieter erneuerbarer Lösungen in den Bereichen Verpackung, Biomaterialien, Holzkonstruktionen und Papier, hat Micaela Thorström mit Wirkung zum April 2023 zu seiner neuen Executive Vice President, Legal and General Counsel ernannt. Thorström verfügt über … Read the full press release

Leading Finnish Lawyer Micaela Thorström Joins Stora Enso as EVP, Legal and General Counsel

(IN BRIEF) Stora Enso, a leading global provider of renewable solutions in packaging, biomaterials, wooden constructions, and paper, has appointed Micaela Thorström as its new Executive Vice President, Legal and General Counsel, effective April 2023. Thorström has over two decades … Read the full press release

Increasing cases of gender-based violence online: “We need answers at European level as soon as possible”

8 March is also a day to reflect on gender-based violence against women online (IN BRIEF) Despite the end of the pandemic, gender-based violence against women online remains a significant issue, with cases increasing by 70% during and after the … Read the full press release

PwC holt den internationalen Steuerpolitikexperten William Morris als Global Tax Policy Leader

(IN KÜRZE) PwC hat die Ernennung von William Morris zum neuen Global Tax Policy Leader mit Wirkung zum 1. Juli 2023 bekannt gegeben. Morris, der in den letzten sechs Jahren Mitglied des Global Tax Policy Teams von PwC war und … Read the full press release

PwC brings on international tax policy expert, William Morris, as Global Tax Policy Leader

(IN BRIEF) PwC has announced the appointment of William Morris as their new Global Tax Policy Leader, effective July 1, 2023. Morris, who has been a member of PwC’s Global Tax Policy team for the past six years and most … Read the full press release

Germany’s Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office) investigates PayPal for possible anti-competitive practices

Germany's Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office) investigates PayPal for possible anti-competitive practices

(IN BRIEF) The Bundeskartellamt, Germany’s antitrust watchdog, has initiated a proceeding against PayPal (Europe) S.à.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A. over practices that may restrict price competition and limit the ability of competitors to enter the market. The proceeding deals with PayPal’s … Read the full press release

UK: Online Safety Bill criticized by Samaritans for lack of protections for adults

(PRESS RELEASE) EWELL, 16-Jan-2023 — /EuropaWire/ — Samaritans, a charity registered in England and Wales that works to make sure there’s always someone there for anyone who needs someone, has issues its criticism for the Online Safety Bill in the … Read the full press release

Royaume-Uni : le projet de loi sur la sécurité en ligne critiqué par les Samaritains pour son manque de protections pour les adultes

(COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE) EWELL, 16-Jan-2023 — /EuropaWire/ — Samaritans, un organisme de bienfaisance enregistré en Angleterre et au Pays de Galles qui veille à ce qu’il y ait toujours quelqu’un pour quiconque a besoin de quelqu’un, a émis des critiques … Read the full press release

EBRD helps Kazakhstan join derivatives and netting map with new legal framework

New legal framework improves risk management for businesses in Kazakhstan (PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 16-Jan-2023 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a multilateral developmental investment bank, has announced that Kazakhstan‘s capital markets are set to receive … Read the full press release

Die EBWE hilft Kasachstan bei der Integration von Derivaten und der Netting-Map mit neuem Rechtsrahmen

Neuer Rechtsrahmen verbessert Risikomanagement für Unternehmen in Kasachstan (PRESSEMITTEILUNG) LONDON, 16-Jan-2023 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), eine multilaterale Entwicklungsinvestitionsbank, hat angekündigt, dass Kasachstans Kapitalmärkte dank eines neuen Rechtsrahmens Auftrieb erhalten werden mit Unterstützung der … Read the full press release

Uptevia, a joint venture by CACEIS and BNP Paribas, aims to revolutionize issuer services in France and across Europe

(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 10-Jan-2023 — /EuropaWire/ — CACEIS, the asset servicing banking group of Crédit Agricole and Santander, and BNP Paribas (EPA: BNP), European Union’s leading bank, have announced the creation of a new company called Uptevia, a specialist provider … Read the full press release

Uptevia, ein Joint Venture von CACEIS und BNP Paribas, hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, die Emittentendienste in Frankreich und ganz Europa zu revolutionieren

(PRESSEMITTEILUNG) PARIS, 10-Jan-2023 — /EuropaWire/ — CACEIS, Die Asset Servicing Banking Group von Crédit Agricole und Santander und BNP Paribas (EPA: BNP), die führende Bank der Europäischen Union, haben die Gründung eines neuen Unternehmens namens Uptevia, einem spezialisierten Anbieter von … Read the full press release

Η HBC Consulting Expert θεωρεί παράλογη την εμπλοκή του κυπριακού δικαστηρίου στην υπόθεση κληρονομιάς από τη χήρα του ολιγάρχη Μπόσοφ

Ο ολιγάρχης είχε αποκτήσει την περιουσία του πολύ πριν παντρευτεί την Κατερίνα. Ως εκ τούτου, δεν έχει κανένα δικαίωμα να διεκδικήσει τον έλεγχο των επιχειρήσεων και της ακίνητης περιουσίας αυτού (ΔΕΛΤΙΟ ΤΥΠΟΥ) ΛΕΜΕΣΟΣ, Κύπρος, 14-Ιουλίου-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Ο Χένρι … Read the full press release

Esperto della società di consulenza HBC: le autorità italiane non hanno permesso a Katerina Bosov di vendere la villa del marito

I tentativi di vendere la villa senza il permesso delle autorità potrebbero complicare la sua permanenza in Europa (COMUNICATO STAMPA) LUCCA, Italia, 13-Lug-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — La società di consulenza HBC ha reso noto che le autorità italiane hanno bloccato … Read the full press release

HBC Consulting Expert considers senseless the involvement of the Cypriot court in the case of inheritance by the widow of oligarch Bosov

The oligarch had earned his fortune long before his marriage to Katerina. So she has no rights to claim for business and property. (PRESS RELEASE) LIMASSOL, Cyprus, 13-Jul-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Henry Bertson, HBC Consulting expert, believes that the Limassol … Read the full press release

Nueva empresa conjunta de CACEIS y BNP Paribas Securities Services tiene como objetivo crear un proveedor líder de servicios para emisores de acciones

(COMUNICADO DE PRENSA) MONTROUGE, France, 18-Mar-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Crédit Agricole Group (EPA: ACA), un grupo bancario internacional francés y la institución financiera cooperativa más grande del mundo, ha anunciado que CACEIS, el grupo bancario de servicios de activos de … Read the full press release

New joint venture by CACEIS and BNP Paribas Securities Services aims at creating a leading provider of services to share issuers

(PRESS RELEASE) MONTROUGE, France, 18-Mar-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Crédit Agricole Group (EPA: ACA), a French international banking group and the world’s largest cooperative financial institution, has announced that CACEIS, the asset servicing banking group of Crédit Agricole and Santander, and … Read the full press release

Digi Communications N.V. announces The solution reached by the Bucharest Court of Appeal regarding the investigation conducted by the Romanian National Anticorruption Directorate with respect to RCS & RDS S.A., Integrasoft S.R.L. and certain of their directors

(PRESS RELEASE) BUCHAREST, Romania, 1-Nov-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — In connection with the investigation triggered by the Romanian National Anti-Corruption Directorate (“DNA”), which we have previously disclosed to the market and to our investors in the initial public offering prospectus dated … Read the full press release

Update (Sep 2021) on Vienna Insurance Group’s planned acquisition of Aegon’s business in Hungary

(PRESS RELEASE) VIENNA, 21-Sep-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Vienna Insurance Group AG Wiener Versicherung Gruppe (VIE: VIG), one of the largest international insurance groups in Central and Eastern Europe, has announced that its appeal against Hungarian veto on Aegon acquisition has … Read the full press release

Aviva Fraud Report: consumers have low trust in the internet as a tool for shopping for financial services

More than half of internet users (53%) don’t trust that the adverts on search engines are placed by a legitimate financial services company or provider And more than half (56%) don’t believe that search engines verify the authenticity of the … Read the full press release

Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA): illegal wildlife trade in Hong Kong to be included in Hong Kong’s Serious Crime Ordinance (OSCO)

(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 19-Aug-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), an investigator and campaigner against environmental crime and abuse, has announced that an amendment to include wildlife trafficking crime in Hong Kong’s Serious Crime Ordinance (OSCO) has just been … Read the full press release

Digi Communications NV announces the release of the H1 2021 Financial Results

(PRESS RELEASE) BUCHAREST, Romania, 13-Aug-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Digi Communications N.V. (“Digi” or the “Company”) announces that the H1 2021 financial results are available on the Company’s website. For details, please see: https://www.digi-communications.ro/en/investor-relations/shares/financial-results-shares/half-year-reports-shares Also, today at 14:00 UK time/ 16:00 … Read the full press release

Digi Communications NV announces Investors Call on the Financial Results for H1 2021

(PRESS RELEASE) BUCHAREST, Romania, 6-Aug-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Digi Communications N.V. (“Digi” or the “Company”) announces that on 13 August 2021 at 14:00 UK time/ 16:00 EEST (Romania local time) it will host a conference call to discuss the H1 … Read the full press release

Digi Communications N.V. announces that two of its subsidiaries entered into two facility agreements

(PRESS RELEASE) BUCHAREST, Romania, 27-Jul-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Digi Communications N.V. (The Company) would like to inform its investors and the market that on 21 and 26 July 2021, the Company’s Romanian and Spanish subsidiaries, each acting as borrowers, entered … Read the full press release

Digi Communications N.V. announces the exercise of stock options by the Executive Director of the Company pursuant to the decision of the Company’s general meeting of shareholders dated 30 April 2020 and in accordance with the stock option plan approved at the level of the Company in 2017

(PRESS RELEASE) BUCHAREST, Romania, 28-May-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — The Company would like to inform the market and its investors that on May, 27, 2021, Mr. Valentin Popoviciu, Executive Director of the Company, has exercised his stock options, which have vested … Read the full press release

Hydro welcomes the European Commission’s intention to impose antidumping duties on Chinese aluminium converter foil

(PRESS RELEASE) OSLO, 25-May-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Hydro Rolling, leading manufacturer of advanced rolled aluminium products, has welcomed the announcement of the European Commission on May 21 of its intention to impose antidumping duties of 16-29.1% on aluminium converter foil … Read the full press release