3.5 BILLION IN AID FOR THE MOST DEPRIVED
The EU’s poorest citizens will continue to get food, basic material assistance and social welfare from the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) from 2014 [...]
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EUROPE NEEDS AN ELECTRICITY NETWORK NOT A PATCHWORK
“Clear goals for interconnection and the delivery of an internal electricity market must be the priority of the next EU Institutions. We need a network not a patchwork.” [...]
GERMAN CHANCELLOR MERKEL: “WE DO NOT BELIEVE IN BOYCOTTS”
“We do not support the demands for a boycott. This is not an option for Germany. We have certain rules of labeling (of products from settlements) and we have to adhere to [...]
FRIENDS OF THE SUPERGRID WANT TO DEVELOP GRID INFRASTRUCTURE
The Friends of the Supergrid (FOSG) has called for more action to be taken by the European Commission to develop grid infrastructure. The creation of a pan-European [...]
GERMAN CABINET TO VISIT ISRAEL
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is to pay a 24-hour visit to Israel Monday with her entire cabinet of 15 ministers who will participate in consultations with the Israeli [...]
BARCELONA, GRENOBLE AND GRONINGEN FINALISTS FOR EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF INNOVATION
Barcelona (Spain), Grenoble (France) and Groningen (Netherlands) are the three finalists for the first European Capital of Innovation award, or iCapital The winner of the [...]
EP VOTES NEW ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING RULES
The ultimate owners of companies and trusts would have to be listed in public registers in EU countries, under updated draft anti-money laundering rules approved by the [...]
EU SUPPORTS DESTRUCTION OF SYRIAN CHEMICAL STOCKPILES
The European Union announced today financial support of €12 million to help destroy Syrian chemical stockpiles, by contributing to a Trust Fund established by the [...]
THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK STARTS OPERATING IN KAZAKHSTAN
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has launched its lending operations in Kazakhstan by extending two loans to banks operating in the country for projects promoted by [...]
RIGHT2WATER CITIZEN’S INITIATIVE CHALLENGES TROIKA LOGIC ON BASIC SERVICES
During today’s European Parliament public hearing on the universal right to clean water, GUE/NGL MEPs called for universal access to water and sanitation, and hit out [...]
BMW TO START MINI PRODUCTION IN THE NETHERLANDS
ff The new MINI Hatch, which celebrated its production start at the MINI plant in Oxford in November 2013, will also be built in the Netherlands from summer 2014. The BMW [...]
GOOGLE ACQUIRES SLICKLOGIN
After buying Waze in June 2013, Google has acquired Israeli security start-up SlickLogin, an early-stage start-up that has been working on a system to utilize sound to make [...]
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION AT THE HOLIDAY FAIR IN BRUSSEL
For the second consecutive year at Brussels Holiday Fair, the European Commission, through its representative office in Belgium, made a presentation about passengers rights [...]
ILLEGAL STATE AID AT THE AIRPORT OF GDYNIA
The European Commission found that the public funding granted by the municipalities of Gdynia and Kosakowo to Gdynia airport gives the beneficiary an undue economic [...]
PARTICIPATION OF ISRAEL IN EU HORIZON 2020 PROGRAM
Israel started this week its cooperation in the landmark EU Horizon 2020 program for research and innovation, which is expected to bring over two billion dollars into Israel [...]
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