Conclusions by the President of the European Council following the video conference on COVID-19
Heads of State and Government welcomed the initiative to hold this video conference on COVID-19.
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Europe
Euro area securities issues statistics: January 2020
The annual growth rate of the outstanding amount of debt securities issued by euro area residents was 3.1% in January 2020, the same as in December. For the outstanding amount of listed shares issued by euro area residents, the annual growth rate was 0.0% in January 2020, the same as in December. Debt securities New […]
A court before which a consumer claims that certain contractual terms are unfair is required to review, of its own motion, other terms of the contract insofar as they are connected to the subject matter of the dispute before it
In December 2007, Mrs Györgyné Lintner concluded with UniCredit Bank Hungary a mortgage loan contract denominated in a foreign currency. That contract contains certain terms according UniCredit Bank the right to make unilateral amendments to its content at a later stage. Subsequently, Mrs Lintner brought an action before the Hungarian courts seeking a declaration of […]
Consolidated financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 6 March 2020
In the week ending 6 March 2020 the net position of the Eurosystem in foreign currency (asset items 2 and 3 minus liability items 7, 8 and 9) increased by EUR 1 billion to EUR 297.8 billion. As a result of the Eurosystem’s open market operations and standing facilities, net lending to credit institutions (asset […]
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The European Central Bank (ECB) confirms that a member of staff has been diagnosed with coronavirus, COVID-19. In line with the advice of local health authorities the colleague is receiving the appropriate medical care. We are committed to respecting the privacy of our colleague at this time and will take all necessary steps to ensure […]
European Court of Justice
Hearing in joint Case: Commission v Poland The Commission is requesting the Court to declare that: – by allowing the content of judicial decisions to be treated as a disciplinary offence so far as concerns judges of the ordinary courts), – by failing to guarantee the independence and impartiality of the Disciplinary Chamber of the […]
Declaration of the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the start of the criminal trial on the downing of flight MH17
We recall the downing of Flight MH17 over the east of Ukraine on the 17 July 2014. This tragedy caused the death of 298 innocent civilians of 17 different nationalities.
COVID-19: Commission works on all fronts to contain the outbreak and expresses solidarity with Italy
The Commission continues working on all fronts during the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak and maintain absolute solidarity with Italy and all Member States. Yesterday, at a press conference in Rome, Stella Kyriakides, Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, expressed strong support for the Italian efforts and underlined that the results of the current ongoing European Centre […]
ECB announces operational precautions linked to coronavirus
All non-essential travel by ECB Executive Board and staff members restricted until 20 April 2020 Conferences at the ECB postponed, with exception of monetary policy press conferences All non-essential visits including visitor group programme suspended The Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB) today announced a range of operational measures that it is taking […]
Update on nitrosamines in EU medicines
EU and national authorities are continuing their work to prevent and manage the presence of nitrosamine impurities in EU medicines.