Roma, 21-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Roberto Colaninno, Presidente e Amministratore Delegato del Gruppo Piaggio, Presidente del Gruppo Immsi e Presidente di Alitalia, è stato insignito oggi a Roma del Premio Leonardo. Il Premio Leonardo dal 1993 è assegnato annualmente a imprenditori … Read the full press release
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Brussels, Monday 25 February 2013 – Justus Lipsius building 21-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — INFORMATION FOR THE MEDIA Registration: Media representatives wishing to attend the EU-Ukraine Summit, and who do not have a permanent inter-institutional EU press card, should register by e-mail … Read the full press release
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Neelie Kroes – Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG) Plenary meeting / Brussels Brussels, 21-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — I am delighted to be here with the real spectrum experts. Spectrum matters. Already it supports … Read the full press release
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Brussels, 21-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Joint statement by President Barroso and Vice President Rehn on the occasion of today’s trilogue agreement on the Two-Pack legislation on the economic governance in the euro area Once legislation proposed by the Commission on the two-pack … Read the full press release
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21-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission is proposing to open domestic rail passenger markets to competition by 2019 to complete the European railway market. Views differ amongst transport committee MEPs, with fears that unprofitable lines will be closed down. The … Read the full press release
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21-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The Irish Presidency has this morning helped broker an agreement on behalf of EU member states on new rules to stabilise eurozone economies. The new rules, the ‘Two Pack’, will improve budgetary and economic coordination among eurozone … Read the full press release
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Brussels, 21-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Today, the European Commission, via a letter of formal notice, called on Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Poland and Portugal to take action to address deficiencies in the implementation of EU legislation concerning the welfare … Read the full press release
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21-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The next batch of EU economic governance legislation should do more to deliver growth and the European Commission’s new powers to vet Eurozone countries’ budgets will be better democratically controlled, thanks to a draft “two-pack” deal struck … Read the full press release
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21-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn, T.D., today (Wednesday 20th February) opened a conference on homophobic and transphobic bullying, in association with Ireland’s presidency of the EU Council. Held by the European region of the … Read the full press release
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21-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The Irish Presidency today secured agreement with the European Parliament, on behalf of EU member states, on improving the protection of victims of domestic violence across Europe. Under Ireland’s Presidency, final discussions were held between the European … Read the full press release
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Brussels, 21-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has approved under EU State aid rules the state compensations to be granted through the new risk equalisation scheme (RES) for the provision of private medical insurance in Ireland for the period 2013 to … Read the full press release
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Brussels, 20-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has today proposed to provide Italy with five million euro from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to help 1,517 former workers of Antonio Merloni S.p.A. with their re-integration into employment. The proposal now … Read the full press release
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20-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) today announced details of the 9th Annual Meeting of the OECD LEED Forum – “Implementing change: A new local agenda for jobs and growth”. The event will take place … Read the full press release
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The foreign affairs committee said accession talks with Iceland should be completed as soon as both sides are ready, in a vote on Tuesday on Iceland’s progress towards joining the EU. It welcomed the opening of 21 chapters in the … Read the full press release
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20-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Fisheries Committee MEPs backed a proposed ban on discarding unwanted fish of 35 species caught in the Skagerrak (between the North Sea and the Baltic) in a vote on Tuesday. The ban, to take effect gradually between … Read the full press release
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20-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Croatia is on track to accede to the EU on 1 July, the Foreign Affairs committee said in a vote on Tuesday. MEPs stressed their confidence in the strength and maturity of the country’s democracy, social market … Read the full press release
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Brussels, 20-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Victims of violence, in particular domestic violence, will be able to count on EU-wide protection. Today, the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers reached a political agreement in principle on a proposal by the European Commission … Read the full press release
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Viviane Reding – European Commission Vice-President responsible for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Hearing at the European Parliament: “Making the most of EU citizenship” / Brussels Brussels, 20-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Honourable Members, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a pleasure to be here … Read the full press release
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20-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Development Committee MEPs expressed their support and recognition for the work done by the European Commission in Mali and Syriai in a debate with Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva on Monday. “You have the Development Committee’s full support in … Read the full press release
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20-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Armenia’s presidential elections on Monday were calm but the campaign lacked substantive political debate and real competition, as three major opposition parties decided not to field candidates, reported observer MEPs. “We have observed a calm election day, … Read the full press release
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20-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — As part of an official trip to Paris, President Michael D. Higgins yesterday delivered a lecture at the Paris-Sorbonne University. The lecture, entitled ‘Defining Europe in the Year of the European Citizen’, was delivered to an audience … Read the full press release
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Brussels, 20-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The international agreement for establishing a Unified Patent Court (UPC) was signed today in Brussels. It will ensure the uniform applicability of patent law throughout the territories of the signatory countries¹. Opening the signing ceremony, Mr Richard … Read the full press release
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Janez Potočnik – European Commissioner for Environment Ministerial roundtable discussion on “Environmental challenges within sustainable development and the UNEP’s contribution to Sustainable Development Goals, Promoting sustainable consumption and production”, at the 27th Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme / … Read the full press release
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Brussels, 20-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission issued the following statement today: “I had an open and constructive exchange of views with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov … Read the full press release
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19-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — After the 2014 elections the European Parliament must have 751 members, i.e. 15 fewer seats, so as to comply with the Lisbon Treaty. To keep member state’s losses to a minimum, 12 EU countries would each lose … Read the full press release
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Olli REHN – Vice-President of the European Commission and member of the Commission responsible for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro European Economic and Social Committee public hearing/Brussels Brussels, 19-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for this opportunity to … Read the full press release
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19-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — MEPs called for more meat tests along the food chain in the wake of the horsemeat scandal during a debate in the food safety committee on Monday. Many voiced concern over member states’ level of commitment to … Read the full press release
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Brussels, 19-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission is increasing its humanitarian aid funding to Mali by €22 million to assist more victims of the conflict. This brings to €115 million its emergency assistance since the start of the crisis in 2012. … Read the full press release
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Brussels, 19-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Despite the challenging times, Member States have performed better than ever in transposing EU rules into national law on time according to the European Commission’s Internal Market Scoreboard published today. The Single Market has a key role … Read the full press release
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Brussels, 19-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) received the first tranche (payment) worth €50 million from the Macro-Financial Assistance provided by the European Union. The decision to grant this assistance was taken to alleviate the impact of the economic crisis … Read the full press release
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Brussels, 19-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission will not prolong or renew a set of specific guidelines on the application of EU antitrust rules (Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union – TFEU) to maritime … Read the full press release
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Brussels, 19-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — 20 years after the birth of EU citizenship Europeans are broadly aware of their rights, but do not always know what these entail, according to a new Eurobarometer survey published by the European Commission today. 81% of … Read the full press release
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Janez Potočnik – European Commissioner for Environment Opening statement on behalf of the EU and its Member States at the plenary session of the 27th session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum of the UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) Nairobi, 19-2-2013 … Read the full press release
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19-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — A freeze in the auction of some pollution allowances should be allowed to help boost green investments, according to environment committee MEPs voting on draft legislation on Tuesday. The growing surplus of pollution allowances – due … Read the full press release
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19-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The Unified Patent Court (UPC) Agreement will be signed by participating member states on 19 February 2013. This is one of the final major steps towards the establishment of a unitary patent system for Europe. The Agreement … Read the full press release
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Brussels, 19-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission issued the following statement today: “I warmly welcome the ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court … Read the full press release
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19-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Potential inflationary bubbles still exist in the Euro zone economy and the possible effects of Euro exchange rates on inflation must be monitored, ECB President Mario Draghi warned the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee on Monday. He … Read the full press release
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Policy highlights from the Presidency’s first 50 days 19-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Today is the 50th day of our Presidency of the Council of the EU, which in practical terms involves the chairing of at least 1600 meetings, 180 of which … Read the full press release
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Michel BARNIER – European Commissioner for the Internal Market and Services Conference on the European Unitary Patent/Brussels Brussels, 19-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Honourable Members, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for having taken part in today’s discussions. By holding this conference – in close … Read the full press release
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José Manuel Durão Barroso – President of the European Commission European Strategy and Policy Analysis System Conference – Global Trends 2030/Brussels Brussels, 19-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Thank you Jean-Claude, Dear James, Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen, Let me first of all congratulate BEPA, … Read the full press release
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