EMA has endorsed a joint statement on prioritisation of COVID-19 clinical trials published by the International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities (ICMRA). Medicines regulators from around the world have jointly developed this statement to step up global collaboration to facilitate and expedite the development and evaluation of therapeutics, diagnostics and vaccines against COVID-19. “As the […]
ECB to clarify use of supervisory tools to facilitate sustainable consolidation projects Capital requirements will not hinder sustainable integration plans Badwill generally recognised and used preferably to increase resilience Consolidation can help banks achieve economies of scale and address new challenges ECB invites comments by 1 October 2020 The European Central Bank (ECB) today […]
Inspectors will check that the products comply with restrictionsfor selected hazardous substances under REACH. The controls will also check whether products comply with restrictions for the presence of persistent organic pollutants defined under the POPs Regulation. Specific substances to be covered by these checks will be decided in 2021 and could potentially include for example […]
In the week ending 26 June 2020 the net position of the Eurosystem in foreign currency (asset items 2 and 3 minus liability items 7, 8 and 9) decreased by EUR 13 billion to EUR 338.2 billion, owing mainly to a reduction in US dollar liquidity-providing operations. As a result of the Eurosystem’s open market operations and standing facilities, net lending to credit institutions […]
Ahead of the start of the German Council Presidency and of the 17 July European Council, Budgets Committee Chair Van Overtveldt set out Parliament’s position on the long-term EU budget.
Daily average borrowing turnover in the unsecured segment decreased from €152 billion in the second maintenance period of 2020 to €145 billion in the third maintenance period of 2020 Weighted average overnight rate on borrowing transactions in the unsecured segment decreased from -0.50% to -0.51% for the wholesale sector, and decreased from -0.53% to -0.54% […]
Ministerial commissioner István Grezsa handed over a contingent of 22,500 vaccines to the local chapter of the Red Cross in Chop (Csap), in Ukraine’s Transcarpathia region, on Friday.
Hungarian troops of the multinational Engineer Battalion Tisza stand ready to be deployed at the call of Ukrainian authorities to help in the flood-hit western regions of Ukraine, the foreign minister said on Facebook.
It is time to start the countdown for the Gender Equality Index 2020. Has the EU gone forward or backward when it comes to gender equality? Which country will win the award for the most improved? Find out on 29 October when EIGE gives its annual update on the state of gender equality in the […]
Eight new medicines recommended for approval EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) recommended eight medicines for approval at its June 2020 meeting. The Committee recommended granting a conditional marketing authorisation for Veklury (remdesivir), for the treatment of COVID-19 in adults and adolescents from 12 years of age with pneumonia who require supplemental oxygen. Remdesivir is the […]
