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Celebrating Danube Day 2021: The Living Danube Partnership Has Brought Wetlands Back to Life

Held annually, Danube Day celebrates the Danube and the rivers that flow into it, and the vital role they play in providing water, food, recreation and livelihood. It also commemorates the anniversary of the signing of the Danube River Protection Convention (1994). As with every 29 June, more than eighty million people in the 14 Danube countries are invited to […]

EASO Asylum Report 2021: COVID-19 exposes strengths and weaknesses of EU asylum systems

Despite the pandemic, the EASO Asylum Report 2021 highlights the resilience of many EU+[1] countries’ asylum systems in using innovative solutions for business continuity. Resources were allocated to adapt working methods, implement digital solutions and reduce pending cases. However, shortcomings were also exposed, notably in terms of reception conditions, low returns to countries of origin, resettlement and reduced […]

Changes to the Eurosystem’s loan-level data requirements

ESMA reporting templates to be used as of 1 October 2021, replacing the current ECB templates All asset-backed securities (ABSs) seeking collateral eligibility are subject to the same Eurosystem loan-level data requirements, regardless of any disclosure exemption under the Securitisation Regulation New reporting template for non-marketable debt instruments backed by eligible credit claims (DECCs)

Hungary Sends Aid to Czech Region Hit By Deadly Tornado

Hungary’s government has sent 20 million forints (EUR 57,000) worth of swift aid to the Czech Republic’s South Moravia region hit by a deadly tornado, the prime minister’s office said on Friday. The aid is provided in partnership with the Hungarian Ecumenical Charity and contains humanitarian supplies and material to help rebuild an elderly care […]

Fidesz: EU Should Focus on Creating Effective Border Protection System

The European Union should concentrate on creating an effective border protection system that can prevent illegal immigrants from entering the bloc, Barna Pál Zsigmond, a lawmaker of Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party, said after taking part in a session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Strasbourg.