Unemployment rose for a fifth straight month in Europe in August and is expected to grow further amid concern that extensive government support programs won’t be able keep many businesses hit by coronavirus restrictions afloat forever. The jobless rate increased to 8.1% in the 19 countries that use the euro currency, from 8.0% in July, […]
A law considerably strengthening authorities’ control over social networks has come into force in Turkey. New regulations threaten the presence of Twitter and Facebook in the country if they do not obey requests to remove contentious content. The legislation implemented from Thursday means social networks with more than a million unique connections per day must […]
First ever EIB financing for Slovenská pošta Digitalisation will improve quality of postal services and parcels infrastructure Project will support the e-economy and regional cohesion
ECDC has launched a free, open source interactive tool to help with the automatised early detection of public health threats using Twitter data.
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A Member State of destination of an online sales service relating to medicinal products not subject to medical prescription may not prohibit pharmacies that are established in another Member State and sell such products from using paid referencing on search engines and price comparison websites. However, such a Member State of destination may, under certain […]
The Spanish government has ordered a lockdown in the capital Madrid and surrounding areas badly affected by coronavirus after a rise in cases. Under the new restrictions, residents will not be allowed to leave the area unless they have to make an essential journey. However, Madrid’s regional government says the lockdown is not legally valid. […]
France will phase out the use of wild animals in travelling circuses and dolphins and orcas in marine park shows as part of a series of new measures to protect wild animals, the government said on Wednesday. Barbara Pompili, France’s environment minister, said it was “time that our ancestral fascination with these animals no longer […]
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has set out its priorities for 2021-2023 taking into account the current market situation in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the political priorities defined by the European Commission. COVID-19 crisis management, risk mitigation and active support to the recovery of the European economy will […]
Following the Ministerial meeting of the International Contact Group (ICG) on 17 September, in particular the decision of the Group to work for improving electoral conditions in Venezuela, two EEAS officials travelled to Caracas, Venezuela last week. The aim of the visit was to discuss directly the situation in the country and reiterate the EU’s […]
