Category:
Science and information are at the centre of the EU's crusade to bring down cancer rates.
more »
The rejection by MEPs on Parliament's justice committee of a controversial EU/US data sharing deal has set the scene for a transatlantic row if a majority of MEPs back their decision on Thursday.
more »
MEPs will vote Tuesday on whether to approve or reject the new Barroso II European Commission.
more »
At the informal meeting of the Ministers of Competitiveness (Science and Industry), to be held between 7 and 9 February in San Sebastian, the issues on the table will include placing science at the top of the EU agenda and showcasing its role in economic recovery, as well taking the debate on the electric vehicle to EU level.
more »
A $100 million pledge from the Government of Japan has helped to secure the funding base and launch the operational phase of two new climate programs supporting forest management and renewable energy investments in developing countries.
more »
The European Commission welcomes the Council Decision of 25 January 2010 fully re-establishing cooperation with Mauritania and confirms the resumption of enhanced political dialogue with Mauritania’s various political actors.
more »
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today approved a 27-month Stand-By Arrangement with Jamaica in the amount of SDR 820.5 million (about US$1.27 billion) to support the country’s economic reforms and help it cope with the consequences of the global downturn.
more »
Mr. Nadeem Ilahi, chief of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff mission to the Kyrgyz Republic, issued the following statement today in Bishkek.
more »
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Mr. Hunter Monroe of the IMF’s Western Hemisphere Department visited Dominica during January 18-28 for the annual Article IV discussions on economic developments and macroeconomic policies.
more »
Experts in agriculture and government authorities coincided in requesting new management mechanisms and market regulation to protect the farming sector from the price crisis and enable generational changeover in rural areas at the European Congress of Young Farmers, organised by the ASAJA-Seville agricultural organisation.
more »
The European Union is alerted to the risk of some citizens losing their jobs due to the economical crisis and being permanently excluded from the labour market.
more »
MEPs will discuss the European Union aspirations of Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey on Wednesday 10 February.
more »
Immediate action is required to solve Europe's skills deficiencies and give Europeans a better chance of labour market success in the future, says an independent expert report published by the European Commission today.
more »
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending EUR 15.5 million to upgrade water supply and wastewater treatment in the City of Mykolayiv (southern Ukraine) and EUR 100 million to finance small and medium-sized investments in the areas of SMEs, energy efficiency and the environment in Ukraine.
more »
The exhibition, ‘EL GRECO Domenikos Theotokopoulos 1900’ returns to Europe after a two-month stay at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico, where it received more than 250 000 visitors.
more »
The first Vice-president of the Spanish government, María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, the Minister for Equality, Bibiana Aído, and the British Minister for Women and Leader of the House of Commons, Harriet Harman, opened the second European Women in Power Summit today, Wednesday, in Cadiz. The summit seeks to give new impetus to gender equality in the EU.
more »
Commercial negotiators from Central American countries and from the European Commission concluded an informal three-day meeting at which they agreed a work schedule with a view to finalising an Association Agreement in May.
more »
The confirmation hearing of the last prospective European Commissioner, Kristalina Georgieva, took place at the European Parliament Wednesday afternoon.
more »
On 4 February, Regional Policy Commissioner Paweł Samecki will address a conference in Brussels celebrating two decades of EU investment in Europe's cities.
more »
The European Commission can confirm that on 20 January 2010 Commission officials carried out targeted inspections at the premises of producers of Flexible Alternating Current Transmission Systems (FACTS).
more »