The number of illegal border crossings at Europe’s external borders fell by 21% in the first 10 months of this year to 87 500*, largely because of a drop in arrivals in Eastern and Western Mediterranean, according to preliminary calculations. In October, the number of illegal border crossings was 19% lower than in the previous […]
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European Semester Autumn Package
The European Commission presented its autumn economic policy package, including the Opinions on euro area Draft Budgetary Plans (DBPs) for 2021 and policy recommendations for the euro area. This is the second step in the 2021 European Semester cycle, which started in September with the publication of the Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy (ASGS) with the concept of […]
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Asempal celebra el “V Foro Empresarial de Almería” dedicado a la innovación agroalimentaria
La Confederación Empresarial de la Provincia de Almería (ASEMPAL), con el patrocinio de Bankia, va a celebrar el Foro Empresarial 2020, el próximo lunes 23 de noviembre, a las 12:00 h, bajo el título “Almería, palanca de innovación agroalimentaria” que, en su quinta edición, tendrá un formato online, atendiendo a las recomendaciones sanitarias. La eficiencia, la calidad, la […]
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New Cosumers Agenda: Helping EU consumers make the most of their rights
The European Consumers Centres Network (ECC-Net) is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. For the occasion, the following virtual event will take place on 20 November at 14.00, open to the general public via web-streaming. The event will be attended by the European Commissioner for Justice, Mr Reynders, who will answer questions from journalists on […]
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16.8 million European funds advanced to Spain to fight the pandemic
Seven EU Member States, including Spain, will receive advance payments from the Solidarity Fund to mitigate the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. Aid from the Solidarity Fund Germany, Ireland, Greece, Croatia, Hungary and Portugal will also receive advances to cope with the health emergency On Monday, Budgets Committee Members approved €823 million in EU aid […]
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How the pandemic has changed forever the way we teach
This year’s global pandemic exposed as never before the urgent need to revolutionise teacher training as skills centres and vocational education and training schools were closed around the world, forcing a sudden switch to online learning. Countries that had already started investing heavily online and blended education (where digitally-based distance learning is combined with practical […]
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EDA Annual Conference to focus on ‘Sustaining European Defence’
‘Sustaining European Defence’ will be the topic of this year’s EDA Annual Conference which will take place on 3-4 December 2020 in online format, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Registration is already open with only a restricted number of virtual seats available. Europe is facing up to the reality of before and after COVID-19. Today, four years […]
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European Commission to empower consumers to become the driver of transition
The European Commission launched the New Consumer Agenda to empower European consumers to play an active role in the green and digital transitions. The Agenda also addresses how to increase consumer protection and resilience during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, which brought significant challenges affecting the daily lives of consumers. More concretely, the Agenda puts […]
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Health threats: boosting EU readiness and crisis management
New EU programme EU4Health aims to strengthen Europe’s health systems to respond better to future major cross-border crises, such as the Covid-19 pandemic. The Covid-19 outbreak has shown the need for EU countries to better cooperate and coordinate in times of crisis and to strengthen the EU’s capacity to respond effectively to new cross-border health threats. Drawing […]
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