After the process of hearings to the commissioners, the plenary session of the European Parliament on Wednesday approved the new European Commission. The new Commission received 461 votes in favor, 157 against and 89 abstentions The president and her team of commissioners will take office on December 1, for five years The European Parliament evaluated […]
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Slight rise in electricity prices, gas prices stable
In the first half of 2019, average household electricity prices in the European Union (EU) increased slightly compared with the first half of 2018 (€20 per 100 kWh), standing at €21 per 100 kWh. Average gas prices in the EU were stable and stood at €6 per 100 kWh in the first half of 2019. […]
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European Space Week 2019
Preparations are already well underway for European Space Week 2019, which this year will take place in Helsinki, in the Finnish capital on December 3-5. The week will be packed full of events ranging from discussions and conference sessions, to the E-GNSS User Assembly, and much more. This year’s European Space Week will focus on […]
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EU becomes member of treaty for better protection of geographical indications
The official documents for the European Union to become a member of the Geneva Act were deposited at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in Geneva. This is the last step for the EU to become a member of the Geneva Act, a multilateral treaty for the protection of geographical indications (GIs) managed by the […]
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EU budget for 2020: Council endorses deal with Parliament
The Council has approved the deal reached with the European Parliament last week on the 2020 EU budget. If the agreement is also confirmed by the Parliament on Wednesday, the EU budget for 2020 is adopted. Support growth and the competitiveness Next year’s budget will continue to support growth and the competitiveness of the European […]
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Seeking answers to the great questions of the Universe
The ANGRAM project studied a new method for more efficiently detecting antimatter in order to help resolve questions like why there is more matter than antimatter in the universe and how antimatter falls. Antimatter fuels unanswered questions about the universe, which EU project ANGRAM set out to probe, trialling a new method for detecting antimatter, and […]
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What lies behind the gender pay gap?
Hyejin Kang/shutterstock The gender pay gap in the EU stands at 16 % and has barely changed in the last decade. Situation of gender pay gap in EU In most EU countries, the gender pay gap is slowly reducing but in Malta, Portugal and Slovenia, the gap has increased by more than 3.0 % since […]
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The European Court of Human Rights condemns Spain for not admitting writ of protection of ETA prisoners
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has condemned Spain for the fact that the Constitutional Court has once again failed to accept amparo appeals from Ismael Berasategui and Rufino Arriaga, prisoners of ETA, who requested that the sentence served in France to reduce his sentence in Spain. As a year ago with Francisco Múgica […]
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Addressing inequality in partner countries: Council adopts conclusions
The Council today adopted conclusions on addressing inequality in partner countries. Inequality nowdays The Council notes that many partner countries remain confronted with levels of inequality that are higher than they were 30 years ago and which threaten the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. Inequality is a major brake on the eradication of poverty and sustainable economic growth […]
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