Interview with Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, conducted by Marie-Pierre Gröndahl and Hervé Gattegno
7 February 2021
There’s been a glut of bad news throughout Europe recently. How can we hold to the economic projections?...
Stakeholders in the health sector widely welcomed the long-awaited Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, unveiled on Wednesday (3 January), as a “new era for cancer care and cancer patients” which places the European Union at...
Alcoholic drinks have been treated differently to tobacco products in Europe’s Beating cancer plan, as overuse, not its use, will be targeted by the Commission’s initiatives.
The much-awaited EU cancer plan presented on Wednesday (3...
NEW DELHI: India and the European Union have discussed holding regular interactions for re-initiation of bilateral trade and investment agreements, with an interim agreement to start with, the government said on Saturday.
Commerce and industry...
The European Union has funded a project to improve personalized treatments for ovarian cancer with nearly 15 million euros for five years. The international DECIDER project has partners from 14 organizations in seven EU...
Burundi's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Albert Shingiro.
After a nearly five-year suspension of direct collaboration between the Burundian government and the European Union, a high-level political dialogue was launched Tuesday with a view to...
The EU has raised concerns over Austrian plans to set a minimum airfare, a spokesman said, weighing in on an environmental policy debate that pits traditional airlines against low-cost carriers.
A minister from Austria’s Greens,...
Air France and its pilot unions protested on Wednesday (3 February) against EU demands that the airline give up takeoff and landing slots at its Paris base in return for government aid.
Brussels wants the...
Portugal’s defence minister, João Gomes Cravinho, held a videoconference with his German counterpart and the Slovenian secretary of state on Wednesday (3 February) to take stock of “developments in European defence policy”.
The presidency trio...
Some 59% of French citizens do not see the prospect of the Western Balkans countries’ EU accession in a positive light, a new study has found. But it also revealed increasing mistrust toward the...
Half of Afghans need humanitarian aid but rising violence is preventing deliveries, a senior European Union humanitarian official said on Wednesday (3 February), reiterating calls for a ceasefire between the Afghan government and the...
The European Union and its member states should draw the consequences of the current stalemate in multilateral talks aimed at reforming the Energy Charter Treaty and consider a coordinated withdrawal, Paris has said in...
The EU will not scrap or alter controversial Brexit border arrangements for Northern Ireland in response to “unilateral demands or threats” from London, Ireland’s foreign minister has warned.
Simon Coveney said that the Northern Ireland...
from the freedom-to-conduct-business dept
Although the main fight over the EU's Copyright Directive was lost back in March 2019, there are plenty of local battles underway. That's a consequence of the fact that an EU...
The European Commission has invested €469 million in 105 COVID-19 research projects, with funding for 45 clinical trials taking the biggest share, of €118.9 million, according to the latest data.
Four vaccines projects received €108.2...
A Horizon Europe draft work programme sheds more light on Widening 2.0, the European Commission’s strategy to help countries reform their R&D systems, attract talent and use structural funds for targeted research projects.
The Commission...
The European Court of Auditors is assessing if measures in Horizon Europe to reduce the east-west innovation gap have had any impact, with a report expected by the end of the year on the...
The EU on Wednesday set out a €4 billion Beating Cancer plan, including the most concerted push ever for research and its translation through to better treatments.
The plan, an all-hands-on-deck effort across the commission...
BRUSSELS — The European Union on Wednesday proposed a four-billion-euro ($4.8 billion) plan aimed at improving the fight against cancer as the coronavirus pandemic tends to delay diagnoses and access to treatment across the...
European Commission Speech Brussels, 03 Feb 2021 Remarks by Vice-President Schinas at the press conference on Europe's Beating Cancer Plan
Ladies and gentlemen,
At the start of the Commission's mandate, we committed to propose a European...
"The issue with shellfish is that they're are highly perishable, so there are many risks associated with delays," Barrie Deas, chief executive of the National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations, told the BBC.
A Defra spokesman said: "Live bivalve molluscs such as oysters, mussels, clams, cockles and scallops can continue to be exported to the EU if they're harvested from Class A waters or cleaned, or have cleared end product testing in the UK.
But Northern Ireland's First Minister, Arlene Foster, issued a warning against "just kicking things down the road", telling BBC Radio Ulster: "We need to find solutions that are sustainable, that are workable and long lasting."
BRUSSELS - EU foreign policy spokesperson Peter Stano said Tuesday that Kosovo's decision to open an embassy in Jerusalem is "regrettable" and "moves Kosovo away from the EU position on the question of Jerusalem's...