Since its launch in 2003 the European Cultural Days of the ECB has featured artists from 15 EU countries. This year’s events mark the euro’s 20th anniversary and will be dedicated to Europe. Four concerts, including an open air riverside concert and a chamber music evening at the ECB, will bring a wide variety of […]
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Milk, fruits and vegetables distributed to schoolchildren thanks to EU programme
With the start of a new school year, the EU school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme will resume in participating EU countries for 2019-2020. EU school scheme The EU school scheme aims at promoting healthy eating and balanced diets through the distribution of fruit, vegetables and milk products while also proposing educational programmes on agriculture […]
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Four MEDIA-supported films will compete for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival
The 76th Venice Film Festival starts today featuring 12 films supported by the MEDIA programme – the EU’s programme for supporting the European film and audiovisual industries. Four of the MEDIA-supported films have additionally been shortlisted to compete for the Golden Lion: ‘The Truth’ by Hirokazu Kore-eda (France, Japan), ‘About Endlessness’ by Roy Andersson (Sweden, Germany, Norway), ‘Martin Eden’ by […]
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EU supports recovery and resilience in Nigeria with additional €50 million
In the margins of the 7th Tokyo International Conference on Africa Development (TICAD) , Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica signed a new €50 million package to enhance efforts in North East Nigeria. On this occasion, Commissioner Mimica said: “The agreement signed today increases our bilateral cooperation with Nigeria by €50 million, bringing the […]
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Spain ranks first in attracted funding of Horizon 2020 Challenge 6 Programme
For the first time, Spain has become the first country to receive attractive funding under the Horizon 2020 “Europe in a Changing World: Inclusive, Innovative and Reflective Societies” Challenge 6 programme. The Spanish participants attract a financing of 16.7 million Euros, which means a participation of 12.1% of the EU-28 budget in the 2019 call. […]
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Drought in Europe: Member States agree on support measures proposed by the Commission
Member States have recently adopted a series of support measures proposed by the Commission to alleviate the financial difficulties faced by farmers due to adverse climatic conditions and to increase the availability of animal feed. The measures agreed by Member States at a committee meeting include the possibility of granting higher advances and a number […]
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Agreements reached at G7 summit: Iran, Amazon and world trade
President Donald Tusk represented the EU at the G7 summit, where leaders discussed global challenges such as Iran, trade tensions, the fight against inequality and climate change. They also discussed the problem of forest fires in the globally important Amazon. At the end of the summit, they adopted the G-7 Leaders’ Declaration. The summit was […]
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Nearly €2 billion requested in Horizon 2020 security research funding
REA has received 342 project proposals by 22 August, the deadline for security research calls. 233.36 million is available in three calls for projects working on a wide range of security challenges, such as the security of intelligent and safe cities and public spaces, new concepts for pandemic crisis management, new methods to prevent, […]
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Juncker Plan: Vilnius Factoring Company to issue €10m in new microloans with EIF support
Vilnius Factoring Company, a private lending company in Lithuania, has signed a cooperation agreement with the European Investment Fund (EIF) for the granting of microcredits up to 25,000 euros. Micro-enterprises and farmers in Lithuania can now benefit from non-bank business financing opportunities under the EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI). 10 million with […]
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