(PRESS RELEASE) CAMBRIDGE, 3-Sep-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — AstraZeneca (LSE/STO/Nasdaq: AZN), a British–Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical company, has announced an agreement between the Company and the European Commission has been reached that puts an end of the legal proceedings over … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) THE HAGUE, 13-Aug-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Aegon N.V. (AMS: AGN), Dutch multinational life insurance, pensions and asset management company, has announced receival of the competition law clearance from the European Commission for the acquisition of Aegon’s businesses in … Read the full press release
Loan of €67.5 million to improve buildings’ energy performance by 40 per cent Second EBRD loan to VIPA scales up successful collaboration on greening buildings Lithuanian project aligns with broader EU climate ambition including Renovation Wave Strategy (PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Construction, European Union, Financial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Lithuania, News, United Kingdom
Tagged ABRF, apartment building modernization, Apartment Building Renovation Fund, apartment buildings, climate objectives, conserve energy, decarbonisation, EBRD, ENERGY, energy efficiency, energy performance, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Commission, European Green Deal, green bank, Green Economy Transition, Gvidas Dargužas, investment, Lithuania, Lithuanian Public Investment Development Agency, loan, multifamily apartment buildings, Nandita Parshad, old residential buildings, reduce carbon emissions, rehabilitation investments, renovation, Renovation of buildings, Renovation Wave Strategy, residential multi-apartment buildings, VIPA
European Union will issue up to 800 billion euros by end-2026 to finance EU’s recovery Erste Group only bank with key focus on CEE region in EU’s Primary Dealer Network (PRESS RELEASE) VIENNA, 4-Jun-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Erste Group announces … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Banks, Economy, European Union, Financial, Infrastructure & Utilities, News
Tagged CEE region, economic recovery, economic stimulus programme, EFSF, Erste Group, ESM, European Commission, European Financial Stability Facility, European Stability Mechanism, European Union, financial institutions, Ingo Bleier, NextGenerationEU, Primary Dealer Network, Stefan Dörfler
(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
Posted in Business, European Union, Industrial, International Trade, Law, Metals and Minerals, News, Norway
Tagged aluminium converter foil, antidumping, antidumping case, antidumping duties, converter foil, Einar Glomnes, European Commission, European Union, Hydro Rolling, Moritz Ramk, World Trade Organization
An initiative of the European Commission and leading European ICT companies to drive green digital solutions to create an innovative, sustainable and resilient economy. Its commitment to have zero net emissions by 2025 in its main markets has enabled the … Read the full press release
Posted in Environment, European Union, Industrial, Internet & Online, Investment, Management, News, Portugal, Spain, Technology, Telecom
Tagged AENOR, artificial intelligence, Big Data, climate change, Cloud, decarbonisation, Deutsche Telecom, Digital Day 2021, digital transformation, digitalisation, Eco Smart solutions, EGDC, Ericsson, EU, European Commission, European Green Digital Coalition, European ICT companies, green transition, Internet of Things, José María Álvarez-Pallete, Nokia, Orange, sustainability, telecommunications, Telefónica, Telenor, Telia, vodafone
(PRESS RELEASE) GENOA/ MADRID, 11-Feb-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Fincantieri announces that NAVIRIS, its 50/50 joint venture company with Naval Group, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with NAVANTIA aimed at enlarging the industrial cooperation for the European Patrol Corvette … Read the full press release
Posted in Defence, Government, Industrial, Italy, News, Security & Safety, Spain, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged EPC program, European Commission, European Patrol Corvette program, Fincantieri, joint venture, MoU, naval, Naval Group, Navantia, NAVIRIS, patrol vessels, Permanent Structured Cooperation project, PESCO project, ships, vessel
(PRESS RELEASE) ROME, 15-Jan-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Enel X and IP announce that the first three HPC (High Power Charge) charging facilities of the E-VIA FLEX-E project in Italy are now operational. These ultrafast charging stations enable owners of electric … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Infrastructure & Utilities, Italy, News, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Bergamo, Biandrate, Charge Point Operator, charging stations, Connecting Europe Facility Transport 2016, CPO, E-VIA FLEX-E, EDF, Electric car, electric mobility, electric vehicles, Enedis, Enel, Enel X, European Commission, EV, EV charging points, Francesco Venturini, Groupe Renault, High Power Charge, HPC, HPC points, Ibil, IP, Nissan, Novara, Peschiera del Garda, plug-in hybrids, sustainability, Ugo Brachetti Peretti, ultrafast charging stations, VERBUND, Verona, Zanica
(PRESS RELEASE) VEVEY, 21-Dec-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Nestlé Health Science Company, Aimmune Therapeutics announces that PALFORZIA® [defatted powder of Arachis hypogaea L., semen (peanuts)], has been approved by the European Commission for the treatment of peanut allergy in the European … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Food & Beverage, Healthcare, News, Pharma & Biotech, Switzerland
Tagged Aimmune Therapeutics, Andrew Oxtoby, ARTEMIS, EC, EU, European Commission, European Union, food allergies, Greg Behar, Nestlé Health Science, OIT, oral desensitization therapy, oral immunotherapy, PALFORZIA, PALISADE, peanut allergy, peanut protein, SwissMedic, treatment of peanut allergy
(PRESS RELEASE)LUDWIGSHAFEN, 10-Dec-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — BASF announces the launch of a new Circular Economy Program. The company aims to double its sales generated with solutions for the circular economy to €17 billion by the year 2030 and plans to … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Environment, Germany, Industrial, News, Science, Technology
Tagged avoid waste, BASF, battery cells, battery metals, Battery recycling, black mass, carbon footprint, ChemCyclingTM, chemical recycling, circular economy, Circular Economy Program, circular feedstocks, cobalt, Conversio, cosmetics, Dr. Martin Brudermüller, e-mobility, electric vehicles, European Commission, lithium, lithium-ion batteries, Nephelium lappaceum, new business models, new material cycles, nickel, PET, plastic waste, plastics recycling, polyethylene terephthalate, polypropylene, Rambutan, Rambutan program, recover resources, recyclate, recycling, renewable raw materials, Research Press Conference, reuse products, sustainable European battery value chain, waste-based raw materials
Financing deal worth €15.0 million signed to support clinical development programme for masitinib Masitinib developed as a credible candidate for treating COVID-19 in addition to other diseases for which no therapeutic solutions are available (PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 30-Nov-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, European Union, Financial, France, Healthcare, Investment, Luxembourg, News, Pharma & Biotech, Small Business
Tagged 3CL protease, AB Science SA, Alain Moussy, Ambroise Fayolle, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, chemotherapy, COVID-19, COVID-19 treatment, EIB, European Commission, European Fund for Strategic Investments, European Investment Bank, European Union, financing, health crisis, Horizon 2020, immunotherapeutic, inflammatory disease, innovationm, InnovFin, investments, kinase inhibitors, kinases, loan, macrophages, masitinib, microglia, neurological diseases, oncology, PKIs, RESEARCH, SARS-CoV-2, tyrosine kinase inhibitor
Agreement signed today supports scale-up of manufacturing capabilities in several European countries Vaccine candidate uses Sanofi’s recombinant protein-based technology combined with GSK’s pandemic adjuvant system (PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 18-Sep-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Sanofi (EPA: SAN), a global biopharmaceutical company focused … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, European Union, France, Healthcare, News, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Advanced purchase agreement, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, EC, European Commission, GSK, influenza vaccine, Sanofi, vaccine
(PRESS RELEASE) CAMBRIDGE, 14-Aug-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Global science-led biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca (LSE/STO/NYSE: AZN) has announced it signed an agreement with the European Commission (EC) for the supply of up to 400 million doses of the AZD1222 COVID-19 vaccine. Building … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 27-Feb-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Capgemini Invent, part of the Capgemini Group, has been awarded a contract by the European Commission to address the cyber security challenges faced by different critical infrastructures in and across European Union members. … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, France, Internet & Online, Netherlands, News, Security & Safety, Technology
Tagged Capgemini Group, Capgemini Invent, cyber-security, DFN CERT, Dutch National Cyber Security Center, European Commission, European Union, Information Sharing and Analysis Centers, ISACs, Roeland de Koning, Spark Legal Network, TNO
(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 31-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Total, through its affiliate Saft, intends to establish a joint venture with Groupe PSA/Opel called the Automotive Cell Company (AAC). The joint venture will develop an electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturing facility in Europe. … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Electronics & Machinery, France, Germany, Industrial, Investment, News, Technology
Tagged ACC, Automotive Cell Company, Carlos Tavares, Emmanuel Macron, European Commission, EV battery, Important Projects of Common European Interest, IPCEI initiative, Nersac, Opel, Patrick Pouyanné, PSA, Saft, Total
(PRESS RELEASE) BRUSSELS, 26-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Provisional political agreement on the revised General Safety Regulation has just been reached by the EU institutions. Passengers, pedestrians and cyclists will be better protected as new safety technologies will become mandatory across … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Belgium, European Union, Government, News, Security & Safety, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged advanced safety features, advanced vehicle safety features, Alcohol interlock installation facilitation, attention detection, buses, C-ITS, car safety technologies, Communication on Connected and Automated Mobility, connected mobility, Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems, Drowsiness detection, Elżbieta Bieńkowska, emergency braking systems, EU, Europe on the Move, European Commission, fatal traffic casualties, lane departure warning systems, road safety, safe mobility systems, safer roads, Trucks, vehicle safety features
In light of the upcoming European Council and Euro Summit in December, the Commission presents actions to strengthen the role of the euro in a changing world. BRUSSELS, 06-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — In his State of the Union Address in September 2018, … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, European Union, Financial, Politics
Tagged currency, EUR, Euro, euroarea, European Commission, EuroSummit, Eurozone, Jean-Claude Juncker, Miguel Arias Cañete, Pierre Moscovici, Valdis Dombrovskis
The University of Cambridge is a partner in the €1 billion Quantum Flagship, an EU-funded initiative to develop quantum technologies across Europe. CAMBRIDGE, 31-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The Quantum Flagship, which is being officially launched today in Vienna, is one of … Read the full press release
EPP Group believes that digitalisation and technological innovation are strong drivers of sustainable development and inclusive growth BRUSSELS, 22-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — “Digitalisation is a strong driver of development. Digital technologies and capabilities are crucial for alleviating poverty by improving … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Belgium, European Union, Society, Technology
Tagged Bogdan Wenta MEP, digital technologies, digitalisation, EPP Group, EU, European Commission, inclusivegrowth, poverty
Le Grand-Saconnex, Switzerland, 17-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The EBU is urging the European Commission to ensure online platforms and advertisers put in place effective procedures and policies to tackle the scourge of fake news. Last month, the Sounding Board of the … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Internet & Online, Media, Switzerland
Tagged advertisers, CodeofPractice, disinformation, EBU, European Commission, factcheckers, fake news, fakenews, journalists, Noel Curran, Prof Ravi Vatrapu
BRUSSELS, 17-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The chemical industry and trade unions today agreed on the future framework to further protect EU workers from the risks associated with exposure to substances toxic to reproduction at the workplace. In a joint declaration signed today, … Read the full press release
The EC approval is based on the first global CAR-T registration trials, which included patients from eight European countries and demonstrated durable responses and a consistent safety profile in r/r pediatric B-cell ALL and r/rDLBCL Novartis is the only company with an approved … Read the full press release
Posted in Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech, Switzerland
Tagged CTL019, European Commission, Kymriah, leukemia, lymphoblastic, lymphoblastic_leukemia, Novartis, tisagenlecleucel
Rxulti® (brexpiprazole) has been approved for the treatment of schizophrenia in adults. VALBY, 01-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — H. Lundbeck A/S (Lundbeck) and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Otsuka) today announce that the European Commission has approved Rxulti® (brexpiprazole) for the treatment of schizophrenia … Read the full press release
Posted in Denmark, Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech
Tagged brexpiprazole, European Commission, H. Lundbeck A/S, Ltd, Lundbeck, Otsuka, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Rxulti, schizophrenia
European Commission’s (EC) approval based on comprehensive data package confirming that Zessly® matches safety, efficacy and quality of reference medicine Biosimilars such as Zessly enable earlier patient access to important medicines and positively impact healthcare systems Zessly is the third EC … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Germany, Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech
Tagged Europe, European Commission, infliximab, Novartis, Richard Francis, Sandoz, Zessly®
BRUSSELS/ THE HAGUE, 17-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The winners of the 2018 EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards, Europe’s top honour in the field, were announced today by the European Commission and Europa Nostra, the leading European heritage … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Awards, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Society, Spain, Turkey
Tagged 2018 EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards, Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Europa Nostra, European Commission, European heritage network, Plácido Domingo, Tibor Navracsics
May 3, 2018 ¦ Health Innovation Centre of Southern Denmark, Fraunhofer Institute Portugal and ProjectRay have been honoured as winners of the first edition of the European Silver Economy Awards. BRUSSELS, Belgium, 11-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — On Thursday May 3, the … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Belgium, Business, Denmark, Education, European Union, Germany, Healthcare, Internet & Online, Investment, News, Non Profit, Politics, Portugal, Real Estate, Science, Small Business, Society, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged AGE Platform Europe, age-friendlier, age-friendly, age-friendly Europe, ageing, Ana Vasconcelos, Anne Friis Hansen, Awards, Boaz Zilberman, Demographic Change, Digital Single Market, digitalisation, economy, empirica, EU project, Europe, European Commission, European Silver Economy Awards, fall prevention and detection, Fraunhoder Institute Portugal, Fraunhofer Institute Portugal, Generic Telemedicine Platform, GoLive Solutions, h2020, Health Innovation Centre of Southern Denmark, Healthcare, ICT, ICT solutions, Israel, Julia Wadoux, Mariya Gabriel, Markku Markkula, Non-profit Organisations, older persons, ProjectRay, Public Authorities, RAY Solutions, seniors, Silver Economy, Silver Economy Awards, Silver Society, Sonja Mueller, technology, visually impaired people
LUXEMBOURG, 08-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — ArcelorMittal (‘the Company’) announces that it has been granted merger clearance by the European Commission (‘EC’ or ‘the Commission’) for AM Investco Italy Srl (AM Investco)’s proposed acquisition of Ilva S.p.A (Ilva). EC merger clearance … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, European Union, Investment, Italy, Luxembourg, Metals and Minerals
Tagged acquisition, AM Investco Italy Srl, ArcelorMittal, EU, European Commission, Ilva S.p.A, merger clearance, mining, STEEL
The Alliance of Science Organisations comments upon the European Commission’s initiative to establish a European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). MUNICH, 20-Apr-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The Alliance of Science Organisations generally welcomes the Commission’s initiative and sees potential positive effects of an … Read the full press release
BRUSSELS, 20-Mar-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — ETNO, the Association representing Europe’s leading telecom operators, called today on the European Commission and on legislators to urgently fix the current text of the Electronic Communications Code. Lise Fuhr, ETNO Director General, said: “Unless negotiations … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, European Union, Internet & Online, Technology, Telecom
Tagged 5G, EECC, Electronic Communications Code, ETNO, EU, European Commission, fibre, Lise Fuhr, policy
BRUSSELS, 06-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Applications for the European Commission’s 2018 Lorenzo Natali Media Prize, which recognises journalists doing outstanding reporting on development topics, are open from 5 February to 9 March for online, print and audio-visual works. Commissioner for International … Read the full press release