“EU-Wahlen sind wichtiger als Bundestagswahlen” Berlin, Deutschland, 18-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Finnischer Minister für europäische Angelegenheiten und Außenhandel fordert an der Humboldt-Universität, gegen ein unliberales Europa anzutreten Alexander Stubb hat bei seiner Rede im Rahmen der Reihe „Forum Constitutionis Europae“ aufgefordert, im … Read the full press release
Dundee, Scotland, 18-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The growing political importance of how the Scots and the English perceive each other’s national identity will be explored at a public lecture at the University of Dundee this week. Professor Michael Kenny, of Queen Mary … Read the full press release
Brussels, Belgium, 12-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Ombudsman, Emily O’Reilly, has criticised the manner in which the European Banking Authority (EBA) selected its key advisory body, the Banking Stakeholder Group. This follows a complaint from UNI Europa, a European trade union federation, … Read the full press release
After negotiating through the night, Parliament and Council struck a deal on the EU budget for 2014, which also provides for remedying payments shortfalls in in the current fiscal year. MEPs ensured that victims of catastrophic flooding and drought in … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Financial, Government, Politics
Tagged Alain Lamassoure, asylum support, Border management, Council, Education, EU budget 2014, humanitarian aid, INNOVATION, MEPs, Ms Anne Jensen, Parliament, refugees, RESEARCH, Ron KORVER
Microsoft, Google and Facebook managers denied giving the NSA or any government in the world direct or unfettered access to their servers, at the ninth NSA inquiry hearing on the mass surveillance of EU citizens held at Parliament on Monday. … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Government, Law, Media, Politics, Security & Safety, Society, Technology, Telecom
Tagged customers' data, EU citizens, Facebook, Google, Jim Sensenbrenner, mass surveillance, MEPs, Microsoft, NSA, ommunications records, Senator Patrick Leahy, US Patriot Act, USA Freedom Act
Copenhagen, Denmark, 11-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — In the 1970s, a network of businessmen, politicians, and academics from the US, Europe, and Japan, also known as the Trilateral Commission, changed the way international politics was conducted. Informal links between Commission members, governments, and … Read the full press release
Posted in Denmark, Education, Politics, Society
Tagged academics, businessmen, Carsten Munk Hansen, David Rockefeller, Dino Knudsen, Europe, G7, historian, international politics, Japan, Jean-Claude Trichet, Paris, politicians, Tokyo, Trilateral Commission, University of Copenhagen, US, Washington, Zbigniew Brzezinski
The European Parliament should use its powers to reconsider EU-US data transfer deals and push for the creation of a European privacy cloud, EU-level protection for whistleblowers and a strong judicial authorisation of surveillance activities, data protection and intelligence experts … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Government, Law, Politics, Security & Safety, Society
Tagged Carlos Coelho, Claude Moraes, EU citizens, EU-level protection for whistleblowers, European Parliament, European privacy cloud, Francesco Ragazzi, fundamental rights, Gus Hosein, Isabel Teixeira NADKARNI, Jan Philipp Albrecht, MEPs, Natalia DASILVA, no to European NSA, NSA inquiry, Passenger Name Record, Sergio Carrera, surveillance programmes, Terrorist Finance Tracking Programme, Viviane Reding, whistleblowers
Brussels, Belgium, 4-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The EU and the US today announced they will hold a second round of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) talks in Brussels from Monday 11th – Friday 15th November 2013. Theweek-long round of negotiations replaces the talks … Read the full press release
Brussels, Belgium, 1-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Almost 60% of experts sitting on the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) panels have direct or indirect links with industries regulated by the agency, according to an independent screening performed by Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, European Union, Food & Beverage, Government, Non Profit, Politics, Security & Safety, Society
Tagged conflicts of interest, conflicts of interest scandals, contaminants, Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), credibility, EFSA, EFSA's independence policy, EU food safety authority, European Food Safety Authority, experts, food additives, food safety, freelance journalist, GMOs, Martin Pigeon, packaging, Pesticides, private consultancy contracts, research funding, Stéphane Hore
One million citizens from every corner of Europe and beyond now follow the European Parliament on Facebook, making our page the biggest Facebook page of any of the European institutions. But how did it all begin and what is it … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Government, Internet & Online, Marketing, Politics, Technology
Tagged citizens, EP, EP's Facebook page, Europe, European Parliament, Facebook, Facebook fans, Facebook page
Brussels, Belgium, 30-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Commissioner Štefan Füle met leaders of coalition parties of Republic of Moldova in Brussels today and made the following statement: ‘I met with political leaders from the Republic of Moldova, Mr Marian Lupu, Vladimir Plahotniuc, Vlad … Read the full press release
The Global Gender Gap Report 2013 finds 86 out of 133 countries improved their global gender gap between 2012 and 2013, with the area of political participation seeing the greatest progress Iceland has the narrowest gender gap in the world, followed … Read the full press release
Posted in Economy, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Politics, Society, Sweden, Switzerland
Tagged economic equality, Finland, gender gap, Global Gender Gap Report 2013, Iceland, Klaus Schwab, Norway, Oliver Cann, political participation, Sweden, WEF, World Economic Forum
Belgrade, Serbia, 25-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Serbia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Policy, Dr Jovan Krkobabic, and the Vice-Governor of the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), Mr Mikołaj Dowgielewicz, signed today in Belgrade the Framework Agreement for the Serbian Country … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, European Union, Government, Montenegro, Politics, Serbia, Society
Tagged Belgrade, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), CROATIA, displaced persons, Dr Jovan Krkobabic, Montenegro, Mr Mikołaj Dowgielewicz, OSCE, refugees, Regional Housing Programme (RHP), SERBIA, Serbian Country Housing Project, UNHCR
Brussels, Belgium, 25-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Union should work more closely with Qatar and other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries in areas of common interest such as education and training, new skills for a changing world and strengthened cultural ties … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Education, European Union, Government, Politics
Tagged 2013 World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), Creative Europe programmes, CULTURE, DOHA, Dr Hamad Bin Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari, Education, ERASMUS, EU, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Hamad Bin Khalifa University, internationalisation of higher education, new skills Androulla Vassiliou, Qatar, Sheikh Abdulla bin Ali Al-Thani, training, VASSILIOU
Brussels, Strasbourg, 24-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — A new approach to EU foreign policy based on leadership and the defence of the EU’s interests and values is needed to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing global order, said MEPs on Thursday. … Read the full press release
Brussels, Belgium, 24-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The Vienna 2 Initiative Full Forum met in Brussels on 21-22 October. It assessed recent trends in deleveraging, credit provision, and non-performing loans (NPLs) in the banking sectors of Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe (CESEE). … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Belgium, Economy, Financial, Politics
Tagged Anthony Williams, banking sectors, Brussels, CESEE, Christof Roche, credit provision, EBRD, EIB, Erste, Eurobank, European banking union, European Commission, IMF, Intesa Sanpaolo, KBC, Kristyn Schrader-King, National Bank of Greece, non-performing loans, NPLs, OTP, Piraeus, Raiffeisen, Sberbank International, Simon O’Connor, Single Resolution Mechanism, SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE, South Eastern Europe, The Vienna 2 Initiative Full Forum, trends in deleveraging, UNICREDIT, weak credit growth, World Bank Group
Paris, France, 22-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — In October 2013, the FATF recognised that the Russian Federation had made significant progress in addressing the deficiencies identified in the 2008 mutual evaluation report and could be removed from the regular follow-up process. The decision by the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, France, Government, Law, Politics, Russia
Tagged 'fit and proper' requirements, 6th Follow-up Report, accounts in fictitious names, AML/CFT Law, anonymous accounts, beneficial ownership requirements, corporate transparency, criminalisation of terrorist financing, criminals, decriminalised self-laundering, FATF, freeze terrorist assets, ML/TF suspicion, Money Laundering, Mutual Evaluation of Russian Federation, Russia FATF 6th Follow-up Report, Russian Federation, terrorist financing, The Financial Action Task Force
Paris, France, 22-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — New Zealand was placed in the regular follow-up process as a result of non-compliant (NC) and partially compliant (PC) ratings for certain core and key Recommendations in its mutual evaluation report of October 2009. The October 2013 … Read the full press release
London, UK, 18-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — A delegation from the EBRD’s Board of Directors is visiting Slovenia on 21-25 October. The visit forms part of a regular series of consultations that enable EBRD Directors to obtain up-to-date information on developments in countries … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Management, Politics, Slovenia
Tagged Abel Mateus, Antonio Oporto, Axel Reiserer, EBRD clients in Slovenia, EBRD delegation, EBRD Directors, EBRD's Board of Directors, Irena Sodin, Joachim Schwarzer, Peter Basch, Ronald Elkhuizen, Sang Goo Byun, Seán Donlon, Slovenia, Slovenia business community, Slovenia central bank, Slovenia diplomatic community, Slovenia government, Slovenia society organisations
Brussels, Belgium, 18-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Over half of EU citizens feel that banks should be regulated by the EU, rather than national governments. Half also believe that they would be better protected against the economic crisis if their countries coordinated … Read the full press release
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