EESC debate also calls for safeguards against misuse of data collected BRUSSELS, 20-Oct-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — An EESC debate this week on fighting money laundering, terrorist financing and tax evasion called for a number of policy proposals aimed at “making … Read the full press release
Loan demand continued to increase across all loan categories, while credit supply conditions remained unchanged for enterprises and improved for households The general low level of interest rates played an important role in contributing to demand for loans to enterprises … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, European Union, Financial, Investment
Tagged credit standards, ECB, Euro area banks, European Central Bank, loans
BRUSSELS, 19-Oct-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The EU and China met in Brussels to discuss strengthening policy coordination, promoting sustainable growth and tackling overcapacity The EU and China held their 6th annual EU-China High-level Economic and Trade Dialogue (HED) in Brussels today. … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, European Union, Government, International Trade, Law, Politics
Tagged EU-China High-level Economic and Trade Dialogue, Jyrki Katainen, Ma Kai
BRUSSELS, 19-Oct-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The Commission presents today its first progress Report on implementing the Partnership Frameworks with third countries: the EU’s new approach to more effectively managing migration jointly with countries of origin and transit is starting to yield … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, European Union, Government, Law, Politics, Security & Safety, Society
Tagged EU, Federica Mogherini, MIGRATION, President Juncker
BRUSSELS, 19-Oct-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Commission adopts Communication “Towards a robust trade policy for the EU in the interest of jobs and growth”. The Commission today called upon Member States to support its efforts to provide the European Union with updated, … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, European Union, International Trade, Law, Politics
Tagged Cecilia Malmström, dumped exports, EU Commission, EU market, EU trade policy, Jean-Claude Juncker, Jyrki Katainen
UTRECHT, 13-Oct-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The scheduled abolition of the EU sugar production quota by October 2017 does not necessarily guarantee a low sugar price in the bloc. Lifting export restrictions will make it easier for EU sugar to find its … Read the full press release
BRIGHTON, 12-Oct-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The legal uncertainty over exactly how the UK exits the EU is most likely to benefit the remaining EU countries, according to experts in EU and international trade law. The lack of a ‘pre-nup’ between the … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, European Union, Law, Politics, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Brexit, Professor Szyszczak, UK Trade Policy Observatory, University of Sussex
PARIS, 30-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Today, at its 299th meeting held in Paris, the Administrative Council of the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) approved five new loans worth € 423 million. This brings the total amount approved for projects so … Read the full press release
HELSINKI, 29-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Henrik Erämetsä, Head of Aviation Regulation at Neste has been appointed Co-Chair of the EU initiative ‘the European Advanced Biofuels Flightpath’ as a representative of the biofuels industry. Mr. Erämetsä will co-chair together with Ruben Alblas … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Finland
Tagged 'the European Advanced Biofuels Flightpath', Air France, Biochemtex, biofuel, British Airways, EU initiative, Henrik Erämetsä, Honeywell UOP, KLM, Lufthansa, Neste, Paris Climate Agreement, Swedish Biofuels, Total
TURIN, Italy, 29-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — FREME, a 2-years project co funded by the European Commission under the H2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation with the goal of developing a commercial-grade open framework of e-Service for the multilingual and semantic … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, European Union, Food & Beverage, Internet & Online, Italy, News, Technology, Travel
Tagged #WESUPPORT, Agroknow, AGROVOC, AI, DFKI, digital content, digital publishing, e-service, e-Services, FREME, FREME e-Services, Geonames, Geopolitical ontology, iMinds, InfAI, localisation, multilingual, ontology, open framework, ORCID, semantic, Tilde, translation, VIAF, Vistatec, Wripl
BRATISLAVA, 27-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, will participate in the informal meeting of the European Union Defence Ministers in Bratislava, on Tuesday 27 September 2016. During his visit to Bratislava, Mr. Stoltenberg will also meet … Read the full press release
Posted in Defence, European Union, Government, Politics, Slovakia
Tagged Bratislava, EU Defence Ministers, Jens Stoltenberg, NATO, NATO Secretary General
Sway Medical is a US medical device company who’s software turns an iPhone or iPad into a mobile medical device that provides immediate medical grade, objective concussion measurement to medical professionals TULSA, OK, USA, 07-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — SWAY MEDICAL … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Healthcare, News, Pharma & Biotech, Sports, Technology
Tagged althlete, Baseline Testing, Concussion, Concussion Baseline Testing, Concussion Baselines, Concussion CE Mark, concussion diagnosis, concussion evaluation, Concussion Injury, Concussion Instruments, Concussion Management, Concussion Recovery, Concussion Tools, Football concussion, Frank Wolfe, Futball concussion, Head Injury, mobile medical device, Return to Play, Rugby Concussion, Rugby head injury, Second Impact Syndrome, Soccer Concussion, Sports Concussion, sports medicine, Sports Safety
BRUSSELS, 07-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — A conference with national parliaments on the Future Financing of the European Union will take place in the European Parliament premises in Brussels on 7-8 September 2016. The Conference will be an important milestone in the … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Financial, Government, Media, Politics
Tagged Conference on the Future Financing of EU, European Parliament
BRUSSELS, 07-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Plans to grant citizens of Kosovo and Georgia the right to travel to the Schengen area without a visa were backed by Civil Liberties Committee MEPs on Monday. The Committee approved the visa waiver for Kosovo … Read the full press release
BRUSSELS, 07-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The Committee of Inquiry into Emission Measurements in the Automotive Sector (EMIS) met on Monday to hear former EU commissioners (from 2010 to 2014) for the environment Janez Potočnik, and for industry and entrepreneurship Antonio Tajani. … Read the full press release
BRUSSELS, 07-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission’s ruling that Apple should pay Ireland €13 billion in taxes has reignited the discussion of how much tax large companies should pay. We talked to Markus Ferber, one of the Parliament’s leading members … Read the full press release
LUXEMBOURG, 07-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) attaches great importance to engaging with civil society and ensuring that policies and lending activity reflect the recognition of the importance of climate action, that the EIB shares with a broad … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Environment, European Union, Luxembourg, Media
Tagged EIB, misleading statements in Climate Action Network (CAN) report
LUXEMBOURG, 07-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — On 14 July 2016, Ms Alenka SMERKOLJ, Minister without portfolio responsible for Development, Strategic Projects and Cohesion in the Slovenian Government since November 2014, was appointed Acting Minister of Finance following the resignation of Mr Dusan MRAMOR. She … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, European Union, Government, Luxembourg, Management, Slovenia
BRUSSELS, 07-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — A staggering €159.5 billion in Value Added Tax (VAT) revenues were lost across the EU in 2014 according to figures released by the European Commission today. Research shows that the overall difference between the expected VAT … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, European Union, Financial, Law
Tagged EU, Pierre Moscovici, VAT Gap study, VAT system in Europe
A MAJOR EUROPEAN RESEARCH PROJECT LAUNCHES AT 1 SEPTEMBER 2016 TO PREPARE YOUNG INNOVATION RESEARCHERS FOR CAREERS CONTRIBUTING TO REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT. Enschede, Netherlands, 02-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The project consortium, involving the University of Twente alongside six other European universities, … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, European Union, Investment, Netherlands, Science, Society
Tagged EU, project, regional development researchers, train young innovation, University of Twente
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