Parliament commemorated the fall of the Berlin Wall during a ceremony in Brussels on 13 November. Parliament President David Sassoli and Bundestag President Wolfgang Schäuble paid tribute to the German citizens who gained independence when the wall fell in 1989, but warned of the danger of losing the hard-won values of freedom and democracy and […]
Africa-Europe Alliance: two new financial guarantees under the EU External Investment Plan
The European Commission signed two guarantee agreements with two Member States’ development finance institution: the Dutch ‘Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden N.V’ (FMO) and the Italian ‘Cassa Depositi e Prestiti’ (CDP). These guarantee agreements are part of the implementation of the EU External Investment Plan, the financial arm of the Africa-Europe Alliance for Sustainable Investment and Jobs. More […]
Intership in the European Committee of the Regions
The intership in the CoR allow to live from within the dynamics of a political assembly and to become familiar with the objectives and activities of the Committee in the field of European integration. Each fellow is assigned to a specific department of the CDR. Tasks The nature of the work depends largely on each […]
EU emissions in 2018 are lower but still far from the 2030 target
The European Union (EU) cut its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2 % in 2018, according to preliminary estimates released by the European Environment Agency. However, rising energy consumption continues to hamper progress on energy efficiency. The EEA report ‘Trends and projections in Europe 2019 — Tracking progress towards Europe’s climate and energy targets’ presents analysis of […]
A highschool from Cordoba wins the European Health Awards 2019
Antonio Ruiz congratulates the highschool IES Guadalquivir for obtaining the Health Awards 2019, the European Union award that recognizes the promotion of healthy lifestyle habits. The president of the Deputation of Cordoba, Antonio Ruiz, has received at the Palacio de la Merced students and teaching staff of the IES Guadalquivir to convey his congratulations for […]
EU Control Measures for African Swine Fever
African swine fever is a viral disease of pigs and wild boar that is usually deadly. There are neither vaccines nor cures. For this reason, it has serious socio-economic consequences in affected countries. Humans are not susceptible to the disease. The typical signs of African swine fever are similar to classical swine fever, and the […]
2018 broke the record with the largest number of countries affected by forest fires
The Joint Research Center published the 2018 edition of its Annual Report on Forest Fires in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. According to this report, wildfires destroyed nearly 178,000 hectares (ha) of forests and land in the EU last year. Results The highest numbers of fires of 30 ha or larger were mapped by […]
The Commission and Kosovo close to an agreement on counterterrorism
Commission and the authorities of Kosovo endorse an arrangement on counterterrorism. Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Dimitris Avramopoulos endorsed an arrangement for the implementation of the Joint Action Plan on Counter-Terrorism for the Western Balkans with the Minister of Internal Affairs of Kosovo, Ekrem Mustafa. The arrangement identifies concrete priority actions, which the Kosovan authorities should […]
The EU increases humanitarian aid in Zimbabwe
The European Union is stepping up its support to the people of Zimbabwe with an additional €53 million in the fields of health and resilience building. Neven Mimica, Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, said: “This new package of €53 million is another testimony of EU’s unwavering support to the people of Zimbabwe. In a difficult […]