In 2018, supervisory activities contributed to high-quality supervision, to enhanced convergence of supervisory practices and to stability in the European insurance sector EIOPA made use of different available tools to build common benchmarks for supervisory practices, to review national practices and to make its own independent assessment Among other deliverables important milestones were: The issuance […]
Vaccine-preventable diseases are making a comeback in Europe. Let’s take the example of measles, a potentially deadly disease. From July 2017 to June 2018 alone, more than 13,000 cases of measles were reported across 29 countries of the European Economic Area. Among these, 30% were children younger than five years old. Measles is a highly […]
In the week ending 19 April 2019 the net decrease of EUR 14 million in gold and gold receivables (asset item 1) reflected the sale of gold by one Eurosystem central bank for the purpose of producing a commemorative coin as well as the purchase of gold coin by another Eurosystem central bank.
Workers renovating Notre-Dame flouted a ban on smoking at the monument, a contractor admitted on Wednesday (Apr 24), while denying any link with last week’s devastating blaze that ripped through the cathedral.
It’s crucial for the energy transformation that multilateral investors show decarbonisation to be a viable business model.
This time it’s not enough to just hope for a better future: this time we all need to take responsibility for it. So this time we’re not just asking you to vote, we’re also asking you to help to persuade others to vote too. Because when everybody votes, everybody wins.
Police in Northern Ireland blamed the fatal shooting of a young journalist during rioting Thursday night in the city of Londonderry on the “New IRA,” a dissident paramilitary group that rejects the Good Friday peace agreement between the British and Irish governments. It brought a political solution to long-running violence between Catholic and Protestant communities that claimed more […]
In February 2019 the current account of the euro area recorded a surplus of €27 billion, compared with a surplus of €37 billion in January 2019.[1] In the 12-month period to February 2019, the current account recorded a surplus of €335 billion (2.9% of euro area GDP), compared with a surplus of €374 billion (3.3% of euro area GDP) […]
In the week ending 12 April 2019 gold and gold receivables (asset item 1) remained unchanged. The net position of the Eurosystem in foreign currency (asset items 2 and 3 minus liability items 7, 8 and 9) increased by EUR 2.4 billion to EUR 286.6 billion. As a result of the Eurosystem’s open market operations and standing facilities, net lending to credit institutions (asset […]
Notre-Dame cathedral, the iconic symbol of the beauty and history of Paris, was scarred by an extensive fire on Monday evening that collapsed part of its delicate spire, bruised the Parisian skies with smoke and further disheartened a city already back on its heels after weeks of violent protests.
