(IN BRIEF) Europe has made significant progress in quantum computing with investments, partnerships, and innovations. Highlights include a €3.5 million investment in LioniX International by the University of Twente, and T-Systems offering cloud access to IBM’s quantum systems. Other developments … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Automotive, Aviation & Aerospace, Belgium, Defence, Education, Electronics & Machinery, Energy, Gas & Oil, European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Healthcare, Internet & Online, Investment, Netherlands, News, Science, Security & Safety, Technology, Telecom, United Kingdom
Tagged 5G networks, 6G, AI, Airbus, Aleph Alpha, Anaqor AG, ASML, BMW Group, Bosch Ventures, Cybersecurity, cybersecurity readiness against quantum threats, Deutsche Telekom, diamond-based quantum bits, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eviden, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Fujitsu, generative AI, IBM, Infineon Technologies, IQM Quantum Computers, LioniX, Mobile World Congress, Nostradamus, photonic quantum computing, plasma physics, Post-Quantum Algorithms, Post-quantum cryptography, post-quantum era, Quantinuum, quantum algorithms, quantum computers, quantum computing, quantum computing hardware, quantum computing-era security, quantum simulations, quantum solutions for machine learning, quantum technologies, quantum threats, quantum-inspired algorithms, QuTech, scalable quantum computers, semiconductor lithography, SK Telecom, solving complex problems, T-Systems, Thales, The European Commission, TiC6G, TRUSTECH 2023, ultra-cold electronic circuits, University of Glasgow, University of Twente
(IN BRIEF) The European Commission and the European Investment Fund (EIF) are collaborating to launch a €175 million Defence Equity Facility, aimed at supporting innovation in the defence sector. The EIF will provide equity funding to venture capital and private … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Defence, European Union, Government, Industrial, Investment, Security & Safety, Technology
Tagged aerospace, CASSINI Fund, Defence, Defence Equity Facility, EIF, EU Defence Innovation Scheme, EUDIS, European Defence Fund, InvestEU, Kris Peeters, Roger Havenith, SECURITY, Strategic European Security Initiative, The European Commission, Thierry Breton
(IN BRIEF) Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, in collaboration with the EBRD, EC, and Nasdaq Baltic, are welcoming the MSCI initiative to consolidate their markets into a single index. This integration will raise the region’s profile among international investors who track … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Estonia, European Union, Financial, Investment, Latvia, Lithuania
Tagged Arvils Aseradens, Capital Markets Union initiative, EBRD, EC, Estonia, European Union, Gintarė Skaistė, index construction, index maintenance, Jim Turnbull, Kaarel Ots, Latvia, Lithuania, Mart Võrklaev, MSCI initiative, Nasdaq Baltic, Securities, The European Commission, The MSCI Baltic Index, Valdis Dombrovskis
(IN BRIEF) The European Commission and the European Investment Bank have jointly announced an investment of €18 billion under the Global Gateway initiative, Europe’s investment strategy for partner countries. This investment will focus on the priority areas of Global Gateway, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg
Tagged clean energy, Climate Action, connectivity, European Investment Bank, financing, Global Gateway, The European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, Werner Hoyer
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 27-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — EBRD announces the appointment of Florentine Hopmeier as new head of its Brussels office. She will start her role as the new EU representative today, 27th of January 2020. Florentine succeeds Gwilym Jones, … Read the full press release
Publication of updated Q+As and practical guidance LONDON, 20-Jun-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the European Commission have updated their guidance to help pharmaceutical companies prepare for the United Kingdom’s (UK) withdrawal from the European Union (EU). Updates to the questions-and-answers … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Management, Pharma & Biotech, United Kingdom
Tagged Brexit, EMA, guidance, Pharmaceutical, The European Commission
BRUSSELS, 27-Jun-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has fined Google €2.42 billion for breaching EU antitrust rules. Google has abused its market dominance as a search engine by giving an illegal advantage to another Google product, its comparison shopping service. … Read the full press release
BRUSSELS, 26-Apr-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission is announcing today at the United Nations in Geneva its intention to release further support of €116 million for those in need in Yemen. The support includes €46 million of emergency humanitarian aid and … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Financial
Tagged Christos Stylianides, humanitarian aid, Neven Mimica, The European Commission, United Nations
BRUSSELS, 11-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has opened an in-depth probe to verify whether debt write-offs by the Romanian State and continued supplies by State-owned enterprises in favour of Oltchim, despite the company’s deteriorating financial situation, were in line … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Energy, Gas & Oil, European Union, Financial, Government, Romania
BRUSSELS, 18-6-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has approved the proposed acquisition of Sigma-Aldrich by Merck under the EU Merger Regulation. Both companies are active world-wide in the life science sector. The decision is conditional on the divestment of … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, European Union, Industrial, Management
Tagged EU Merger Regulation, Merck, Sigma-Aldrich, The European Commission
BRUSSELS, 18-6-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Today the European Commission hosted the annual high-level meeting with religious leaders. First Vice-President Frans Timmermans hosted European Parliament Vice-President Antonio Tajani and fifteen religious leaders from Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist and Mormon communities. … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, European Union, Religion, Society
Tagged Antonio Tajani, Frans Timmermans, religious leaders, The European Commission
BRUSSELS, 18-6-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has published the progress report on 2020 renewable energy targets, showing that the EU is on track to meet its 20% renewable energy targets. With a projected share of 15.3% of renewable … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, European Union, Management, Technology
BRUSSELS, 23-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has found a Portuguese scheme aimed at promoting renewable energy technologies to be in line with EU state aid rules. The scheme will support demonstration projects producing renewable energy from the ocean … Read the full press release
BRUSSELS, 9-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether the proposed joint venture between the Danish operators TeliaSonera AB and Telenor ASA is in line with the EU Merger Regulation. Both companies provide … Read the full press release
This year, the European Commission will make available EUR 14.1 million under the Hercule III anti-fraud programme to support Member States in fighting fraud, corruption and other illegal activities. This is an increase in the allocated funds compared to previous … Read the full press release
BRUSSELS, 19-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission today presented a package of tax transparency measures as part of its ambitious agenda to tackle corporate tax avoidance and harmful tax competition in the EU. A key element of this Tax … Read the full press release
Luxembourg, 16-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Investment Fund (EIF) and the European Commission have launched a new initiative to provide a total of EUR3bn of loans to Erasmus+ Master students via financial institutions. This new and first mandate from the … Read the full press release
BRUSSELS, 27-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission welcomed today the signing of the SME Initiative with Spain, a ground-breaking agreement to unlock more than €3.2 billion of additional lending for companies with fewer than 250 employees (SMEs). In practice, … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, European Union, Financial, Small Business, Spain
Tagged Corina Creţu, Jyrki Katainen, SME Initiative with Spain, The European Commission
BRUSSELS, 06-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has informed the Lithuanian railway incumbent AB Lietuvos geležinkeliai (“LG”) that it suspects the company of having limited competition on the rail markets in Lithuania and Latvia by removing a railway track connecting … Read the full press release
Brussels, 19-12-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has for the first time approved state aid evaluation plans for two different aid schemes in the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom. It will enable both countries to provide aid of … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, European Union, Financial, Government, Society
Tagged aid schemes, Czech Republic, state aid evaluation plans, The European Commission, United Kingdom
Acromegaly is a rare pituitary disorder, which requires normalization of hormonal levels to help prevent the serious consequences of the disease[1],[2],[3],[4] Approval based on two large phase III trials showing superior efficacy of new formulation of Signifor over current SSAs … Read the full press release
BRUSSELS, 26-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission is responding to the continuing major crisis in South Sudan by increasing its life-saving assistance by a further €20 million to help its most vulnerable people. “A human catastrophe of alarming proportions … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, European Union, Financial, Society
Tagged humanitarian assistance, Kristalina Georgieva, The European Commission
BRUSSELS, 26-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has decided to refer Germany to the European Court of Justice regarding its rules on VAT refund applications which discriminate against non-EU operators. Under German VAT legislation, taxable persons established outside the … Read the full press release
BRUSSELS, 26-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission is referring Greece back to the European Court of Justice for poor treatment of hazardous waste. Five years after the first ruling, Greece is still failing to comply with EU standards. The … Read the full press release
BRUSSELS, 26-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission is opening infringement proceedings against the Republic of Bulgaria for its failure to correctly transpose Articles 1(3) and 10(1) of Directive 94/19/EC (the Deposit Guarantee Scheme Directive) as well as its failure … Read the full press release
BRUSSELS, 25-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission is allocating an additional €500 000 to enhance interventions aimed at curbing the worsening Ebola epidemic in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. This brings the total of Commission aid to €1.9 million. “This … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, European Union, Financial, Healthcare, Society
Tagged Ebola epidemic, Kristalina Georgieva, The European Commission
Espoo, Finland, 20-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has approved the sustainability verification system developed by Neste Oil and confirmed that it complies with the standards set for reliability, transparency, and independent third-party auditing. Verifications made under the system are always … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Finland
Tagged diesel fuel, independent third-party auditing, ISCC verification system, Kaisa Lipponen, Neste Oil, Pekka Tuovinen, premium-quality renewable fuel, reliability, renewable feedstocks, RSPO verification system, sustainability verification system, The European Commission, transparency, vegetable oil
Brussels, Belgium, 05-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has fined 8 international financial institutions a total of € 1 712 468 000 for participating in illegal cartels in markets for financial derivatives covering the European Economic Area (EEA). Four of these … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Belgium, Business, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment, Law
Tagged Barclays, cartels, Citigroup, Competition, Deutsche Bank, EURIBOR scandal, European Economic Area, financial derivatives cartels, fines, forward rate agreements, Futures, interest rate derivatives, international banks, Joaquin Almunia, JPMorgan, LIBOR scandal, Options, RBS, RP Martin, SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE, swaps, The European Commission, transparency, UBS, € 1.71 billion
Brussels, Belgium, 29-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of Invensys of the UK by Schneider Electric of France. Both companies supply, in particular, automation and control systems. The Commission concluded that … Read the full press release
Brussels, Belgium, 26-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of Life Technologies Corp. by rival Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., both US-based companies active in life science markets. Their activities overlap in the supply … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, European Union, Financial, Government, Healthcare, Investment, Law, Pharma & Biotech, Science
Tagged acquisition, Competition, divestments, EU Merger Regulation, European Economic Area, gene silencing products, Joaquin Almunia, laboratory instruments, Life Science, Life Technologies Corp., media and sera for cell culture, Mergers, polymer-based magnetic beads, The European Commission, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
Brussels, Belgium, 18-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has found a 12-months phasing-out of excise duty reductions granted by Belgium to seven biofuel producers to be in line with EU state aid rules. The seven producers, who were selected in 2006 … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Energy, Gas & Oil, European Union, Government, Law
Tagged 12-months excise duty reductions phasing-out scheme, Antoine Colombani, Belgian support scheme, biofuel, biofuel producers, EC, EU state aid rules, excise duty reductions, Maria Madrid Pina, new biofuel support scheme, sustainable biofuels, The European Commission
Brussels, Belgium, 18-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has launched an in-depth enquiry to determine whether the funding granted to steel group Duferco by the Walloon region of Belgium complies with the European Union’s state aid rules. The launch of the … Read the full press release
Brussels, Belgium, 16-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has found a 1 950 million PLN (approx. €465 million) support measure for the construction of a series of gas pipelines and modernisation works in different parts of Poland to be in line … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Energy, Gas & Oil, European Union, Government, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Law, Poland
Tagged distorting competition, EC, EU energy goals, EU state aid rules, gas, gas pipelines, gas pipelines construction, gas transmission, internal market, Polish gas network, Polish gas transmission network, Polish state aid, The European Commission, €465 million Polish state aid
Brussels, Belgium, 11-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the creation of a joint venture between the Belgian telecommunications operator Belgacom and the bank BNP Paribas Fortis. The joint venture will allow consumers in Belgium … Read the full press release
30-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) agreed to extend their cooperation in strengthening public media in the countries of the European Neighbourhood. Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle met with EBU President … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, European Union, Media, Society
Tagged Anca Paduraru, editorial independence, EU neighbouring countries, European Broadcasting Union, European Neighbourhood, Euroradio, Eurovision, freedom of expression, Ingrid Deltenre, Jean-Paul Philippot, Peter Stano, public media, public service broadcasting, Public Service Media, Štefan Füle, The European Commission, The European Neighbourhood Policy
26-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has today approved Croatia’s investment plan to use EU cohesion policy funds worth €449.4m allocated to the country when it joined the EU on 1st July 2013. The National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) prepared by the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Croatia, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment
Tagged Annemarie Huber, Cécile Dubois, CROATIA, Croatia growth, Croatia jobs, Croatia to use EU cohesion policy funds, EU cohesion policy funds, Johannes Hahn, Jonathan Todd, László Andor, NSRF, Shirin Wheeler, The European Commission
22-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has concluded that additional commitments provided by Germany in the context of the restructuring of NORD/LB ensure that the State aid granted to the bank remains compatible with the internal market. This remains the case after … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Belgium, European Union, Financial, Germany, Government, Investment, Law
Tagged Antoine Colombani, EC approved NORD/LB's restructuring plan, Fürstenberg hybrids, German bank NORD/LB's restructuring plan, Länder of Niedersachsen, Maria Madrid Pina, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, Sachsen-Anhalt, state aid rules, sundry investors, The European Commission, tier-1 instruments
20-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission awards its 50th European Industrial Doctorate (EID) research grant today. The €1.5 million grant is for research into new antibodies that will destroy a tumour’s blood vessels and eradicate the tumour. The so-called VAMPIRE project (‘Vascular … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Financial, Germany, Government, Healthcare, Investment, Pharma & Biotech, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged Androulla Vassiliou, EC granted €1.5M, eradicating cancer blood supply, Marie Curie Actions, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, Professor Roy Bicknell, research into eradicating cancer blood supply, SomantiX, The European Commission, tumour's blood vessels, University of Birmingham, Utrecht, VAMPIRE project, Vascular Antibody-Mediated Pharmaceutically Induced tumour Resection
16-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the creation of a joint venture between the Spanish telecommunications operator Telefónica and two Spanish banks, CaixaBank, controlled by La Caixa–Caja de Ahorros, and Banco Santander. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, European Union, Financial, Government, Internet & Online, Law, Spain, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Antoine Colombani, Banco Santander, CaixaBank, cleared under EU Merger Regulation, data analytics services to merchants, digital advertising, digital wallet services, digital wallets, joint e-commerce venture, La Caixa–Caja de Ahorros, Maria Madrid Pina, peer-to-peer payments, Telefonica, The European Commission
30-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has today proposed to complete the legal framework for Europe-wide patent protection by updating EU rules on the jurisdiction of courts and recognition of judgements (the so-called “Brussels I Regulation”). The changes will prepare … Read the full press release
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