In the week ending 26 March 2021 the net position of the Eurosystem in foreign currency (asset items 2 and 3 minus liability items 7, 8 and 9) increased by EUR 0.3 billion to EUR 298.3 billion.
Total assets of euro area pension funds amounted to €3,156 billion in fourth quarter of 2020, €135 billion higher than in third quarter of 2020 Total pension entitlements of euro area pension funds rose to €2,785 billion in fourth quarter of 2020, up €46 billion from third quarter of 2020
Composite cost-of-borrowing indicator for new loans to corporations and for new loans to households for house purchase broadly unchanged at 1.48% and 1.31%, respectively Composite interest rate for new deposits with agreed maturity from corporations decreased by 7 basis points to -0.20%, mainly driven by the interest rate effect, with interest rate for overnight deposits from corporations unchanged at -0.01% Composite interest rate for new […]
Two separate Hungarian police units have been dispatched to serve along the border of Serbia and North Macedonia, the national police headquarters (ORFK) said.
Dunja Mijatović, human rights commissioner of the Council of Europe, said in a memorandum that it was “high time for Hungary to restore journalistic and media freedoms”.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will meet Matteo Salvini, leader of Italy’s right-wing ruling party Lega, and Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, for a trilateral meeting in Budapest on Thursday, Orbán’s press chief said, confirming Italian press reports. Bertalan Havasi said on Tuesday that the meeting will focus on creating a European-level alliance between Hungary’s […]
On 18 March 2021, the Management Board of the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) adopted the EASO Strategy on Reception. The document responds to the growing demand from EU+ countries for EASO’s operational and technical support on the reception of asylum seekers.
Sturgeons are the most endangered group of species on the planet. There are strong indications of increased sturgeon poaching activity in Romania and Ukraine. The cooperation and effectiveness of law enforcement is more important than ever, as both individuals and organised crime could try to profit from the COVID-19 movement restrictions and increase their poaching activities.
Opposition LMP submitted a draft resolution to parliament aimed at rejecting a free trade agreement the European Union has negotiated with South American trade bloc Mercosur, calling on the government not to ratify the pact.
In Romania, there were protests on Sunday night against the tightening of epidemiological restrictions in 24 municipalities, and in seven cases the number of participants exceeded one hundred people as required by law, the Mediafax news agency said on Monday.
