Europe
#ForOurPlanet is bigger and bolder than ever before!
It’s the global campaign everyone is talking about. Fresh from its successes in 2022 and 2024, #ForOurPlanet is back for a third season starting on April 22 with a brand…
Category: Politics
Europe
How will ITER measure the temperature of components facing the plasma?
In ITER, the plasma is expected to reach temperatures up to 150 million °C—ten times hotter than the core of the Sun. Experts operating the device will need to keep…
Economy
EIB stepping up partnerships for win-win outcomes and collective security
EIB Group President Nadia Calviño will lead an EIB Group delegation to meet global partners and fellow Multilateral Development Banks in Washington DC Boosting strategic investment to reinforce peace, prosperity…
Europe
Building capacity to combat illicit cultural heritage trafficking with the EuroMed Justice Project
From 8-10 April in Cairo, Egypt, the EuroMed Justice Project brought together experts and officials from Europe and South Partner Countries for a three-day Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) activity aimed…
Europe
Odesa Oblast improves emergency services with safety centre expansion, thanks to EU bank support
A new building has opened at the Citizen Safety Centre in Avangard, Odesa Oblast, expanding emergency services for over 36 000 residents in the settlement and neighbouring communities. Equipped to handle…
Europe
The EBA updates list of indicators used to perform risk assessments
The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published an updated list of indicators for risk assessment and risk analysis tools, together with the accompanying methodological guide. Without adding any reporting burden…
Europe
Monetary policy decisions
17 April 2025 The Governing Council today decided to lower the three key ECB interest rates by 25 basis points. In particular, the decision to lower the deposit facility rate…
America
IRF Roundtable Congratulates Congressman Mark Walker on Appointment as Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The International Religious Freedom (IRF) Roundtable welcomes the announcement—made last night via the platform X—of Congressman Mark Walker’s selection by the Trump administration to serve as the…
Europe
Monetary policy statement
Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB,Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the ECBFrankfurt am Main, 17 April 2025 Good afternoon, the Vice-President and I welcome you to our press conference.The Governing…
Europe
Prior Information Notice – Enhancing Animal Health and Welfare: Harmonising EU Legal Frameworks through the BTSF Initiative
HaDEA has published the Prior Information Notice HADEA/2025/OP/0012-PIN - Enhancing Animal Health and Welfare in EU Member States and Candidate Countries: Harmonising EU Legal Frameworks through the 'Better Training for…