European Commission Press release Brussels, 27 Jul 2021
The EIF is one of the main investors, using resources from the European Fund for Strategic Investments, the main pillar of the Investment Plan for Europe.
The ...
European Commission Speech Brussels, 26 Jul 2021 First of all, Europe's recovery, and as the minister already said, some positive news from today's ECOFIN meeting. Ministers discussed four more recovery and re...
More than 11 tonnes of fish, molluscs and crustaceans were seized during the operation
The Portuguese Guarda Nacional Republicana led an EMPACT Joint Action Day targeting illegal fishing. The action day, co-led by the Spanish...
Thank you (efkaristo) for the invitation to address you this evening. It is an absolute privilege to be here in Athens. It is also a particular honour to visit Greece as you mark the...
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today a consultation on the amendments of supervisory reporting and disclosure requirements under Solvency II.
After a number of years of the implementation of Solvency II...
Spanish and Serbian authorities have dismantled a large-scale drug trafficking network through a joint investigation team (JIT). In both countries, 43 members of a Serbian organised crime group have been arrested for their involvement...
European Commission Press release Brussels, 22 Jul 2021 Ensuring access to safe and affordable COVID-19 vaccines around the world, and notably for low and middle-income countries, is a priority for the European Union.
European Commission Statement Brussels, 21 Jul 2021 The Protocol on Ireland / Northern Ireland is the joint solution that the EU found with Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Lord David Frost – and was...
The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) signed a new Service Level Agreement (SLA) which entered into force on 21 July 2021.
The EUIPO and the CPVO operate...
Remarks by Executive Vice-President Dombrovskis at the press conference on the Anti-money laundering package
European Commission Speech Brussels, 20 Jul 2021
Ladies and gentlemen,
Financial crime generates billions of euros in dirty money every year. At any one time, we...
More and more Turks are suffering from the collapse of the pound. Anyone who can save something is looking to turn it into gold or hard currency. Gasoline, food, travel - everything is getting more expensive. What are people afraid of, says Deutsche Welle.
Merci, Monsieur le Premier ministre, cher Nikol,
C'est un plaisir pour moi, un honneur pour moi, d'être de retour dans votre beau pays, l'Arménie. J'avais eu l'occasion de vous rendre une visite officielle il y...
European Commission Press release Riga, 16 Jul 2021 EIB supports Kekava bypass public-private partnership with €61.1 million in financing for Kekava ABT AS.
A Referral Action Day (RAD) targeting online jihadist propaganda took place on 14 July 2021. The European Union Internet Referral Unit (EU IRU) at Europol organised the operational activities, which involved law enforcement authorities...
The criminal networks facilitated the illegal entry of more than 400 Albanian nationals to the United Kingdom and the United States
An investigation led by the Spanish National Police, with close cooperation with the Albanian...
The Consultation Paper examines the state of the transition away from EONIA and LIBOR, which will cease to exist, and onto alternative risk-free rates, such as €STR, SONIA and SOFR, in the OTC interest...
A new study by the World Health Organization’s Regional Office for Europe (WHO Europe) and ECDC examines variations in antibiotic consumption in European countries between 2014 and 2018.
The study focuses on data from 30...
The Hungarian National Tax and Customs Administration (NTCA), supported by Europol, dismantled an organised crime group involved in cross-border VAT fraud (missing trader intra-community fraud) and carousel fraud.
The two action days in June led...
Today, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published technical information on the relevant risk free interest rate term structures (RFR) with reference to the end of June 2021.
RFR information has been calculated...
European Commission Press release Brussels, 03 Jul 2021 Cyprus activated the EU Civil Protection Mechanism on 3 July 2021, requesting support to tackle forest fires in the Limassol district.
Responding immediately, t...
Instead of conducting a fraternal dialogue, we sought support and someone to "press" the older brother to let us into the EU, added Petar Kolev
"Bulgaria's clear and unequivocal "no" to Northern Macedonia was a...
Today, the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) published a Country of Origin Information (COI) report titled - Somalia: Actors (2021)
After peaking in 2015, with 21 600 applications for international protection, Somali requests for international...
Six victims of child abuse have been identified and removed from harm as a result of the 9th Victim Identification Taskforce organised by Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3).
Between 14 and 25 June 2021, 41...
In this interview, Władysław Ortyl (PL/ECR), President of the Podkarpackie Region, answers six questions about his opinion on the Future of Regional Airports , which was adopted at the Committee of the Regions' plenary...
A huge blunder was made by the Dutch television NPO during the performance of the anthem of Germany before the 1/8 finals of the European Football Championship against England at Wembley. The Nazi version...