EMA confirms overall benefit-risk remains positive EMA’s safety committee (PRAC) has concluded today that unusual blood clots with low blood platelets should be listed as very rare side effects of Vaxzevria (formerly COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca). In reaching its conclusion, the committee took into consideration all currently available evidence, including the advice from an ad hoc […]
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Progress in 2020 in the implementation of ECHR rulings despite COVID
States across Europe are continuing to make progress on implementing judgments from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), despite the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the latest annual report from the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers. However, further efforts are needed to tackle systemic issues highlighted by the ECHR, including ill-treatment or deaths caused […]
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Returning Foreign Fighter Arrested in Spain
The suspect was part of the so-called Islamic State in the Iraqi-Syrian conflict zone. Europol supported an operation of the Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional) leading to the arrest of a member of the so-called Islamic State. The suspect had recently returned from the conflict zone on the border of Iraq and Syria. Two other individuals […]
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CJEU upholds the inadmissibility of the appeal against the climate package
The Court of Justice confirms that the action brought by families from the European Union, Kenya and Fiji against the EU ‘climate package’ of 2018 is inadmissible In 2018, families from various Member States of the European Union (Germany, France, Italy, Portugal and Romania), as well as from the rest of the world (Kenya and […]
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Commission welcomes entry into force of EU4Health programme
The Commission welcomes the entry into force of the EU4Health programme. This follows the Council adoption on 17 March and the vote on the programme by the European Parliament on 9 March. It marks the final step towards making €5.1 billion available to strengthen the resilience of health systems and promote innovation in the health sector. EU4Health […]
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Jornada de presentación en Andalucía de Horizonte Europa, el Programa Marco de Investigación e Innovación 2021-2027
El próximo 8 de abril la Agencia Andaluza del Conocimiento (AAC) organiza un jornada virtual para presentar en Andalucía Horizonte Europa , el Programa Marco de Investigación e Innovación de la Unión Europea para el período 2021-2027. El evento, organizado en colaboración con el Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico Industrial (CDTI) y la Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología (FECYT) , servirá para presentar […]
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EIB provides €300 million in financing to Banco de Sabadell to support Spanish companies affected by the pandemic
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is joining forces with Banco de Sabadell to expand its capacity to lend to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-caps hit by the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. To this end, the EIB will provide €300 million in financing to enable the Spanish bank to mobilise a total of […]
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Why do people migrate?
Striving to gain better insight into migration around the world, researchers have completed the first-ever systematic literature review that aims to answer two questions: What makes people want to migrate? What causes them to actually migrate? In the course of history, human migration has transformed lands and the mix of races, ethnicities and languages of […]
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Towards a renewed partnership between Africa and the EU
African and European societies face common issues and shared challenges, such as the coronavirus pandemic and climate change, creating the need for closer and more equitable collaboration. On 25 March, MEPs approved Parliament’s proposals for a new EU-Africa strategy laying the foundation for a partnership that reflects the interests of both sides and gives African countries the […]
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