EU launches Humanitarian Air Bridge operation to bring aid to Gaza (ec.europa.eu)
Protecting environment and health: Commission adopts measures to restrict intentionally added microplastics (ec.europa.eu)
Die Euro-Uschi zur Lage der Union (ec.europa.eu) German
Sehr bezeichnend finde ich ihr Chinabashing. Es ist ja nicht so, dass es an der chinesischen Wirtschaft und Regierung (gehört ja eher irgendwie zusammen) nichts auszusetzen gäbe. Da gibt es KZs in denen die Uyguren eingesperrt werden z. B. Man könnte da ja etwas dagegen sagen. Aber nein, die Euro-Uschi prangert an, dass China...
Questions and answers on the Single Currency Package / Digital Euro (ec.europa.eu)
What would the digital euro be?...
Digital Markets Act: Commission designates six gatekeepers (ec.europa.eu)
The European Commission has today designated, for the first time, six gatekeepers - Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, Microsoft - under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). In total, 22 core platform services provided by gatekeepers have been designated. The six gatekeepers will now have six months to ensure full compliance...
Digital Markets Act: Commission designates six gatekeepers (ec.europa.eu)
The European Commission has today designated, for the first time, six gatekeepers - Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, Microsoft - under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). In total, 22 core platform services provided by gatekeepers have been designated. The six gatekeepers will now have six months to ensure full compliance...
Life expectancy at birth down to 80.1 years in 2021 - Products Eurostat News - Eurostat (ec.europa.eu)
What the fuck are thoses spaniard doing? Is it just because covid striked less in warm country?
Indigenous People’s Traditional Knowledge Must Be Preserved, Valued Globally, Speakers Stress as Permanent Forum Opens Annual Session (ec.europa.eu)
Traditional knowledge is at the core of indigenous identity, culture, languages, heritage and livelihoods, and its transmission from one generation to the next must be protected, preserved and encouraged, speakers in the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues stressed today, as they opened its eighteenth session....
EU agrees to extend the scope of sanctions on Belarus to fight circumvention (ec.europa.eu)
“In particular, the new measures create a closer alignment of EU sanctions targeting Russia and Belarus and will help to ensure that Russian sanctions cannot be circumvented through Belarus.”
EU disability card (ec.europa.eu)
“There is currently no mutual recognition of disability status between the EU Member States. It can cause difficulties for persons with disabilities travelling in the EU....
Economic worries are prompting young Europeans to delay or forgo parenthood (ec.europa.eu)
Whereas previous economic shocks such as the oil crisis of 1973 caused a temporary dip in fertility, the 2007-2008 banking meltdown was different because birth rates continued to decline even after the economy started growing again, says to Daniele Vignoli, professor of demography at the University of Florence in Italy. He...
EU launches antitrust investigation of Microsoft over bundling Teams with Office (ec.europa.eu)
Antitrust: Commission opens investigation into possible anticompetitive practices by Microsoft regarding Teams (ec.europa.eu)
The European Commission has opened a formal investigation to assess whether Microsoft may have breached EU competition rules by tying or bundling its communication and collaboration product Teams to its popular suites for businesses Office 365 and Microsoft 365.
EU commission clears acquisition of VMware by Broadcom (ec.europa.eu)
La Commissione autorizza l'acquisizione di VMware da parte di Broadcom, a determinate condizioni (ec.europa.eu) Italian
La Commissione europea ha approvato, ai sensi del regolamento UE sulle concentrazioni, la proposta di acquisizione di VMware da parte di Broadcom. L’approvazione è subordinata al pieno rispetto degli impegni proposti da Broadcom....
Towards the next technological transition: Commission presents EU strategy to lead on Web 4.0 and virtual worlds (ec.europa.eu)
In 2022, 19.7% of the EU population at risk of poverty were unable to afford a meal containing meat, fish or a vegetarian equivalent every second day. Highest % in Bulgaria (44.6%) and Romania (43%) (ec.europa.eu)
Osservazioni del Commissario Breton: Ecco i primi 7 potenziali "gatekeeper" ai sensi della legge sui mercati digitali dell'UE (ec.europa.eu) Italian
lunedì 3 luglio, era il termine ultimo per le grandi piattaforme sistemiche per notificare alla Commissione il raggiungimento delle soglie per qualificarsi come gatekeeper ai sensi del Digital Markets Act (DMA)....
Data Protection: European Commission adopts new adequacy decision for safe and trusted EU-US data flows (ec.europa.eu)
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EU and New Zealand sign ambitious free trade agreement (ec.europa.eu)
Romania and Italy registered the highest share of people outside the labour force among those not in education in the first quarter of 2023, with 25.8% and 25.6%, respectively. (ec.europa.eu)
Romania and Italy were followed by Greece (22.8%), Croatia (21.8%) and Belgium (19.6%)....
House prices more than doubled in Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Luxembourg, Czechia and Austria during the last 13 years (ec.europa.eu)
When comparing the first quarter of 2023 with 2010, house prices increased more than rents in 18 EU countries....
European public consultation: "Have your say" (ec.europa.eu) Dutch
Citizens and businesses can share their views on new EU policies and existing laws....
Coal production and consumption up in 2022 (ec.europa.eu)
In 2022, EU coal production and consumption continued to increase, reaching 349 million tonnes (+5% compared with the previous year) and 454 million tonnes (+2%), respectively.
"The Commission's preliminary view is therefore that only the mandatory divestment by Google of part of its services would address its competition concerns." (ec.europa.eu)