The European Commission has presented The European Green Deal – a roadmap for making the EU’s economy sustainable by turning climate and environmental challenges into opportunities across all policy areas and making the transition just and inclusive for all. The European Green Deal provides a roadmap with actions to boost the efficient use of resources by moving to a clean, circular […]
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Agriculture and Fisheries Council, 16-17 December 2019
The Agriculture and Fisheries Council will take place on 16 and 17 December and different issues such as the future of the CAP will be discussed. The agenda highlights are the following. Atlantic and North Sea: Fishing opportunities for 2020 Ministers are due to agree on the 2020 fishing opportunities for the Atlantic and North Sea. […]
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EU measures to stabilise farmers’ income: auditors warn of under-use and over-compensation
EU instruments helping farmers to insure their income against falling prices and production losses have only partially met their objectives, and their uptake remains low and uneven, according to a new report from the European Court of Auditors. In addition, some exceptional measures have not been properly targeted and can lead to disproportionate compensation payments, […]
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Cybersecurity: Agencies assess future opportunities for cooperation
EDA Chief Executive Jorge Domecq today hosted a meeting of the principals of the cyber organisations signatories of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) concluded in May 2018: the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA), the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and the Computer Emergency Response Team for the EU Institutions, Bodies and […]
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European Council Meetings, 12-13 December 2019
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. Bellow, we offer the agenda of the topics that will be addressed at the meeting […]
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Key issues for quality education
Motivation, one of the key issues for quality education. This is the motto of Daniel Blanco, professor and researcher at the Dutch public University Radboud (Nijmegen), who has just been awarded the title to the best university professor of Chemistry in the Netherlands, awarded by the Royal Society of Chemistry. Daniel emphasizes that it is […]
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Prevention and primary care are the most important trend in health in the EU
The European Commission has recently published the reports that depict the profile of health systems in 30 countries Country Health Profiles are being issued with the Companion Report that shows some of the biggest trends in the transformation of the healthcare systems and draws key conclusions from the Profiles. Background In 2016, the European Commission […]
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The protection of the name ‘Aceto Balsamico di Modena’ does not extend to the use of the non-geographical terms of that name such as ‘aceto’ and ‘balsamico’
The name ‘Aceto Balsamico di Modena (PGI)’ (balsamic vinegar from Modena, Italy) has been registered since 2009 in the register of protected designations of origin (‘PDO’) and protected geographical indications (‘PGI’). Balema is a German company that produces and markets vinegar-based products made from wines from the Baden region (Germany). It uses on the labels […]
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Preferences of our users: the most consulted in November 2019
What you can’t miss … We have carried out a selection of the documents, news and calls with more success of our web page in the month of November in both versions, Spanish and English. Choosing is not always an easy task and even more so if there is a great variety. For this reason, […]
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