ECB profit increased by €0.8 billion to €2.4 billion in 2019 (2018: €1.6 billion) and is distributed in full to national central banks Net interest income on securities held for monetary policy purposes: €1.4 billion (2018: €1.2 billion) ECB’s Balance Sheet grew to €457 billion (2018: €447 billion) The European Central Bank’s (ECB’s) audited financial […]
Join 2020 EMOS free webinars starting on 25 February
The EMOS 2020 webinar series will start on Tuesday 25 February at 16:00 CET and run until June, with 13 weekly sessions of 60 min. The webinar programme, managed by the University of Pisa on behalf of Eurostat, will offer interesting talks from top professionals in their fields. In addition to specific topics, such as demography and […]
General Affairs Council, 25 February 2020
The European Council is the EU institution that defines the general political direction and priorities of the European Union. It consists of the heads of state or government of the member states, together with its President and the President of the Commission. Agenda highlights Ministers will start preparations for the European Council on 26-27 March by discussing […]
EU defence instruments must be used in national planning
The EU’s defence tools —Capability Development Plan (CDP), Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD), Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), European Defence Fund (EDF) —will only have the desired effect on enhancing the coherence of Europe’s defence landscape and boosting European defence cooperation if they are fully embedded and used by Member States in their national defence […]
European Disability Forum – Oracle E-Accessibility Scholarship for Students with Disabilities
The scholarship is addressed to students with disabilities who are currently enrolled in a high education programme in the area of Computer Science, Computer Engineering, User Experience, or related fields enrolled at a EU university for the academic year 2019-2020. This includes Bachelors, Masters and PhD students. The EDF – Oracle e-Accessibility Scholarship consists €6,500 for the 2019-2020 academic […]
La mujer en la ciencia y tecnología en la UE
Título: La mujer en la ciencia y tecnología en la UE Autor: Centro de Documentación Europea de Almería Duración: 00:56 Resumen: Este vídeo realizado con datos de Eurostat y el CSIC muestra la presencia de la mujer en la ciencia y la tecnología en la UE. Fecha de Publicación: 04-03-2020
Planes de Igualdad. Situación actual y retos futuros con D. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Título: Planes de Igualdad. Situación actual y retos futuros con D. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Autor: Centro de Documentación Europea de Almería Duración: 15:45 Resumen: El pasado 21 de febrero de 2020 se celebró en la Universidad de Almería la jornada «Planes de Igualdad. Situación actual y retos futuros», que inauguró D. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, […]
President von der Leyen on the Commission’s new strategy: Shaping Europe’s Digital Future
White Paper for Artificial Intelligence and Data Strategy Europe has a long history of technological success and innovation, with a strong and world-class industry. The digital strategy that has been aimed connects all these points and puts them in context. The intention of the Commission is that digital transformation drives the community economy and offers […]
H2020. Creation of a European sustainable network for large-scale clinical research studies for infectious diseases
This H2020 calls aims at creating a sustainable Europe-wide network for harmonised large-scale clinical research studies on infectious diseases. Challenge Infectious diseases pose a serious threat to human health and there are many challenges and needs to efficiently protect citizens across Europe and beyond. There is still a need to understand how antibiotics and other interventions work […]