Trust in the European Union was significantly higher among respondents in the July wave of Eurofound’s Living, working and COVID-19 survey than in April, with average trust in the EU exceeding trust in national governments.
Ricardo Mourinho Félix is the new Vice-President and Member of the Management Committee of the European Investment Bank (EIB). He takes up his duties on 16th October, succeeding Emma Navarro, whose mandate ends today.
From Thursday on travellers can cross into Romania from Hungary without having to isolate themselves on arrival, according to information from the central body coordinating coronavirus-related measures. Róbert Kiss, a spokesman for the operative body, said that Romania had removed Hungary from the list of high-risk countries. He also added that traffic at Hungary’s border […]
There will be a ban on all household visits in Ireland from Thursday night, excluding arrangements for childcare and on compassionate grounds.
Germany has recorded its highest daily rise in COVID-19 infections since the beginning of the pandemic.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) allowed the EU to raise tariffs up to $4 billion worth of imports from the U.S. as a countermeasure for illegal subsidies to the American aircraft maker, Boeing.
On Thursday 22 October 2020, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) will publish its annual audit report on the European Union’s 41 agencies located in different Member States. For the first time, the ECA has also looked at the future of EU agencies and how they are effectively contributing to EU’s policies to the benefit of all […]
EIB signs €40 million loan agreement with Swedish biotech company Oncopeptides to support their long-term research and expansion. Financing will support R&D, product development and commercialisation of Oncopeptides’ drug candidates for treatment of rare haematological cancers. The EIB loan is backed by the Investment Plan for Europe of the European Commission, which allows the EIB to support […]
According to Advocate General Kokott, the Polish tax on the retail sector and the Hungarian advertisement tax do not infringe EU State aid rules. State aid rules do not preclude taxation of turnover of undertakings at a progressive rate. Following the international trend, Poland and Hungary introduced direct business taxes which are calculated according to […]
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has launched a new audit to examine whether EU funding for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) is helping to make them more competitive and future-proof.
