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
Brussels, Belgium, 18-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The 43 winners of the European Citizen’s Prize 2013 attended an official event in Brussels on Wednesday and Thursday at the European Parliament, where they met its President Martin Schulz. They had already received medals … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Belgium, European Union, Government, Politics
Tagged Alexander ALVARO, Annemarie Jorritsma, Anni PODIMATA, Brussels, cross-border cooperation, Enrique BARÒN CRESPO, EU citizens, EU integration, EU project, European Citizen's Prize 2013, European citizenship, European Parliament, Hans-Gert Pöttering, Isabelle DURANT, László SURJÁN, Maja OREL SCHWARZ, medals of honour, official event, Othmar KARAS, Peter Matjašič, President Martin Schulz, Sanne DE RYCK
African Development Bank Asian Development Bank European Bank for Reconstruction and Development European Investment Bank Inter-American Development Bank International Monetary FundWorld Bank Group Washington, D.C., United States, 15-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The Ninth WTO Ministerial Conference in Bali, Indonesia on 3-6 December … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, International Trade, Politics
Tagged African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, Bali, EBRD, EIB, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Investment Bank, IMF, Indonesia, Inter-American Development Bank, International Monetary FundWorld Bank Group, statement, trade, trade facilitation assistance, Washington, World Bank, World Bank/IMF Annual Meeting, WTO, WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
Washington D.C., United States, 15-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Yesterday (2013-10-13), on the occasion of the 2nd annual meeting of the International Development Finance Club (IDFC) the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon met with IDFC CEOs. During their meeting IDFC members discussed … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Germany, Investment, Management, Politics
Tagged 2014 Climate Summit, Ban Ki-moon, climate financing, Dr Charis Pöthig, Dr. Ulrich Schröder, green finance commitments, IDFC, KfW, KfW Group, Secretary-General of the United Nations, The International Development Finance Club, UN Secretary-General, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Washington
23-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — European Commission Vice-President Viviane Reding will be in Helsinki with Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Sirpa Pietikäinen tomorrow to hold a debate on the future of Europe with about 300 citizens. The debate will take place on 24 September between 10:00 and 12:00 (9:00 and 11:00 … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Economy, European Union, Finland, Government, Politics
Tagged Alexander Stubb, André Noël Chaker, Debate, EU citizens, EU Citizens' Dialogues, EUDeb8, Finnish citizens, Finns, Future of Europe, Future of Europe Debate, Helsinki, Mannerheimintie 3, Mina Andreeva, Natasha Bertaud, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Vanha ylioppilastalo, Vice-President Viviane Reding, Viviane Reding, World Economic Forum's global competitiveness index
23-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — 10th Yalta Annual Meeting, in Yalta, Ukraine I am glad to be here, in Yalta, for the fourth time! What do you want? … That was the question I asked, if you remember, at the end of … Read the full press release
Metropolis Conference/Tampere, Finland, 16-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Thank you for giving me the opportunity to be part of this important event with such a wide and dynamic composition of researchers, policy makers and practitioners from all over the world. Tampere can truly be … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Finland, Government, Law, Politics, Society
Tagged asylum, Cecilia Mamlström, Common European Asylum System, EU asylum policies, EU Commissioner, EU migration, EU migration policy, Freedom, GAMM, Global Approach to Migration and Mobility, Home Affairs, intra-corporate transferees, intra-EU mobility, Justice, legal migration, Metropolis Conference, MIGRATION, mobility, seasonal workers, SECURITY, Tampere
13-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Eurogroup ministers got back to business today in Vilnius in their first meeting since the end of the summer break. There was good news from Cyprus, where work has started in earnest on reforms designed to get the … Read the full press release
Vilnius, 13-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Eurofi Financial Forum Mr. De Larosière, Ladies and Gentlemen, Five years ago, on 13 September 2008, some of you here in this room were probably in Nice for the informal Ecofin. It is precisely on that day in … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment, Law, Lithuania, Politics
Tagged CRD 4, cross-border derivatives, EMIR, Eurofi Financial Forum, financial markets, financial reforms, G20, Michel Barnier, OTC derivatives, Short-selling Regulation, Single Resolution Mechanism, Single Supervisory Mechanism, Vilnius
12-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Today the European Parliament adopted amendments to the EU visa rules (Regulation 539/2001), including a new visa waiver suspension mechanism to ensure that visa free travel does not lead to irregularities or abuse. “The new visa waiver suspension mechanism will contribute … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Government, Law, Politics, Travel
Tagged Cecilia Malmström, EU visa, EU visa rules, VISA, visa waiver suspension mechanism, visa-free regime
06-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Representing the European Union at the G20 in Saint Petersburg, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy made the following statement on the summit outcome: “The G20 has proven its worth, in … Read the full press release
Appearing in front of the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee today, the Eurogroup President took the opportunity to clarify the situation with regard to the Greek programme and Greece’s financing needs. 06-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — He welcomed the real progress … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Economy, European Union, Financial, Government, Greece, Investment, Politics
Tagged Eurogroup, Eurogroup President, European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, Greece's financing needs, Greek fiscal sustainability, Greek programme, Greek public sector, Greek structural reforms, Jeroen Dijsselbloem
The impact of US National Security Agency and other surveillance programmes on EU citizens’ privacy and media freedom and the lack of democratic oversight of these programmes were the key concerns voiced by MEPs and key journalists on Thursday, in … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Government, Law, Media, Politics, Security & Safety, Society
Tagged Carlos Coelho, Civil Liberties Committee, Civil Liberties Committee MEPs, Claude Moraes, Cornelia Ernst, David Miranda, EU citizens, fundamental rights, Isabel Teixeira NADKARNI, Jacob Appelbaum, Jacques Follorou, journalists, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, media freedom, MEPs, Natalia DASILVA, NSA snooping, privacy, Sophia in't Veld, spying, surveillance programmes, The Guardian, UK anti-terror laws, US National Security Agency
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