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Cutting air pollution to prevent early deaths, improve productivity and curb climate change

The FINANCIAL -- Europe’s air is getting cleaner but persistent pollution, especially in cities, still damages people’s health and the economy. The European Environment Agency’s (EEA) new analysis on air quality shows that exposure to air pollution caused about 400,000 premature deaths in the European Union (EU) in ...

Plans to keep EU budget funding in 2020 in the event of a no-deal Brexit

The FINANCIAL -- UK Researchers, students and farmers would continue to get EU support in the event of a no-deal Brexit, under provisions adopted by the Budgets Committee on ...

Commission approves €380 million German rescue aid to Condor

The FINANCIAL -- The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, Germany's plans to grant a temporary €380 million loan to charter airline Condor. The measure will contribute to ...

Registration now open for the ninth European drugs summer school

The FINANCIAL -- The University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL) and the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) will be joining forces once again next summer to hold the ninth European drugs summer school ...

Delivering new opportunities in time of global economic uncertainties

The FINANCIAL -- Despite the difficult global economic climate, European companies have continued to make good use of the opportunities created by the European Union's trade network - the largest in ...

State aid: Commission opens investigation into proposed public support for Samsung plant in Hungary

The FINANCIAL -- The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether Hungary's plans to grant €108 million of public support to Samsung SDI for investing in the ...

Georgia Rated by Freedom Barometer

The FINANCIAL -- Respect for human rights in Georgia is higher than in most of the ex-USSR, yet considerably lower than in the EU, new Freedom Barometer ...

Celebrating 30 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

The FINANCIAL -- The European Parliament will organise a conference on 20 November to mark the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the ...

Just one in three workers with limiting chronic disease in adapted workplace

The FINANCIAL -- Just one in three workers in the EU whose daily activities are severely or somewhat limited by a chronic disease report that their workplace has been adapted to accommodate their ...

Supporting the food safety systems of the future

The FINANCIAL -- The European Commission has launched a call today to develop a research and innovation platform on food safety. It will make it easier for national food safety authorities, EU ...

EASO continues to make improvements in its governance

The FINANCIAL -- EASO takes the findings of the European Court of Auditors (ECA) seriously and continues to ensure that improvements are implemented swiftly. EASO also welcomes the acknowledgment by ...

Industrial production up by 0.4% in euro area. Up by 0.1% in EU28

In August 2019 compared with July 2019, seasonally adjusted industrial production rose by 0.4% in the euro area (EA19) and by 0.1% in the EU28, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical ...

Hohlmeier: fighting climate change is the priority for the EU's 2020 budget

The FINANCIAL -- The EU's budget for 2020 should include more climate action funding and higher investment in sustainable technologies, according to Monika Hohlmeier, Parliament's budget ...