In the week ending 24 May 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 0.6 billion to EUR 288.1 billion. As a result of the Eurosystem’s open market operations and standing facilities, net lending to credit institutions (asset item 5 minus […]
Banknotes with new and upgraded security features enter into circulation today A satellite hologram and an enhanced emerald number make the banknotes more resistant to counterfeiting €100 and €200 banknotes complete the Europa series The new €100 and €200 banknotes, the last notes in the Europa series, start circulating today. The banknotes use new and […]
Healthy forests, soils, seas and other ecosystems form Europe’s ‘natural capital’, which is vital for our well-being and the economy. The European Environment Agency’s (EEA) new analysis, published today, looks at how to measure the condition of Europe’s natural capital and provides a first overview of the state and trends of Europe’s ecosystems. The report […]
Air pollution is a growing concern in Europe and globally. CleanAir@School initiative is putting focus on air quality around Europe’s schools by involving children, parents and teachers in measuring pollutant concentrations. The project is a joint initiative of the European Environment Agency and the European Network of the Heads of Environmental Protection Agencies.
The 2019 European Parliament election for the election of the delegation from Hungary to the European Parliament was held in 26 May 2019.
In the first quarter of 2019 the outstanding amount of debt securities issued by euro area financial vehicle corporations (FVCs) engaged in securitisation decreased to €1,449 billion, from €1,451 billion at the end of the previous quarter. Net redemptions of debt securities by FVCs during the first quarter of 2019 amounted to €14 billion. Euro area FVCs’ holdings […]
There is a shared vision to achieve clean, non toxic seas but their contamination with synthetic substances as well as heavy metals continues to be a large-scale problem in Europe. According to a new European Environment Agency (EEA) report, published today, between 75 and 96 % of the assessed area of Europe’s regional seas have […]
EMA’s safety committee (PRAC) is recommending that doctors must not prescribe the 10 mg twice daily dose of Xeljanz (tofacitinib) in patients who are at high risk of blood clots in the lungs. These include patients who have heart failure, cancer, inherited blood clotting disorders or a history of blood clots, as well as patients […]
EMA’s safety committee (PRAC) has recommended that the marketing authorisations for fenspiride medicines be revoked, so the medicines can no longer be marketed in the EU. This follows a review that has confirmed that these cough medicines could cause heart rhythm problems.
Feedback sought on recommendations for new and legacy contracts referencing EONIA Consultation addresses methodology change for EONIA in October 2019 and its discontinuation at the end of 2021 Working Group recommends that all market participants switch to €STR as soon as possible Today the working group on euro risk-free rates has launched a public consultation […]
