Today, the Romanian forests are about to lose another battle, this time for the European funds within the National Strategic Plan. Only 0.46% of the money is available for forest conservation and sustainable forest management. WWF Romania sounds the alarm that at least 10% is needed to implement what Romania has assumed in front of the […]
All recommendations of independent review addressed Action plan has six workstreams Eurosystem will implement majority of measures by end of 2022
In the week ending 17 December 2021 the net position of the Eurosystem in foreign currency (asset items 2 and 3 minus liability items 7, 8 and 9) decreased by EUR 0.2 billion to EUR 321.2 billion.
COVID-19 update
EMA has recommended granting a conditional marketing authorisation for Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine Nuvaxovid (also known as NVX-CoV2373) to prevent COVID-19 in people from 18 years of age.
Liquidity coverage ratio relief to expire on 31 December 2021 Banks have ample liquidity buffers ECB returns to normal supervision of liquidity requirements
ECB takes next step in harmonising statistical reporting for euro area banks following consultation Majority of banks believe benefits outweigh costs Harmonised statistical reporting system to reduce banks’ reporting burden and improve policymakers’ analysis
The European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) has today published a report on the usability of banks’ capital buffers. Macroprudential capital buffers were introduced in response to the global financial crisis to increase the resilience of banking systems against systemic risks. Unlike regulatory minimum requirements, banks should be able to draw down their buffers when losses need to be […]
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has re-evaluated the risks of bisphenol A (BPA) in food and proposes to considerably lower the tolerable daily intake (TDI) compared to its previous assessment in 2015. EFSA’s conclusions on BPA are explained in a draft scientific opinion that is open for public consultation until 8 February 2022. All interested […]
The number of illegal border crossings at EU’s external borders in the first eleven months of 2021 rose to 184 180, an increase of 60% when compared to the previous year with COVID-19 restrictions. It is also 45% more than in 2019.
