Ireland was in breach of five out of 14 of the EU’s thresholds for macroeconomic imbalances last year, which was down from a total of ten breaches at the height of the financial crisis in 2010 and six breaches last year. The figures were published by the Central Statistics Office yesterday as part »»»

LONDON - The famous stiff upper lip for which Britons used to be known is evident in their country’s contingency plans for leaving the European Union without an exit deal. Government papers issued on Thursday distil the economic risks of red tape, border delays, and financial disruption in dry and »»»

Boris Johnson’s claims to be conducting a Brexit renegotiation have come under fresh doubt as the UK’s closest EU ally expressed alarm at the “breathtaking” developments in Westminster and the government’s failure to table alternatives to the Irish backstop. The Dutch minister for trade, Sigrid Kaa»»»

BUCHAREST (Romania), November 19 (SeeNews) - Romania's government has approved a memorandum to provide 1.326 billion euro ($1.575 billion) in aid to state-owned electricity producer Complexul Energetic Oltenia (CE Oltenia) to back the company's 3.5 billion euro restructuring plan, the energy minist»»»

Following the failure of the Romanian authorities to provide relevant explanations, the European Commission has decided that the M6 ​​Subway line (1 Mai – Otopeni Airport) will have a non-refundable European grant for just half of its cost, i.e. only to Tokyo Station (Baneasa Mall area), according »»»

4 new cases as total number infected by coronavirus in country doubles The United Kingdom declared on Monday that the new coronavirus was a "serious and imminent threat to public health", a move that allows the government to introduce new powers to deal with its spread. The number of UK coronavirus»»»

A historically low level of capital investment is noted in the Report of the European Commission presented these days. He notes that Government spending, which he criticizes, is for social transfers, not for economic development. The Progress Report by the European Commission notes that the structu»»»

NW 16:21:01 13-05-2019 LN1620NW.107 107 JUSTICE - EUROPEAN COMMISSION - POLL - BULGARIA 58% of Bulgarians Distrust Independence of Judiciary System Brussels, April 26 (BTA) - A total of 58 per cent of Bulgarians distrust the independence of the judiciary system, 34 per cent have a positive attitude»»»

Senate president Calin Popescu-Tariceanu declared that he is "curiously waiting" for the CVM (Cooperation and Verification Mechanism) report for Romania, adding that this mechanism "is not God on Earth." "For 11 years the CVM report has been showing us that Romania is constantly making efforts, but»»»

The cabinet approved during its weekly meeting Thursday a presidential decree about a finance deal between Egypt and the European Commission on a migration challenges' program in Egypt. The cabinet meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli. The finance deal, signed on October 17 in Bru»»»

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Users of Android devices will be able to choose their browsers and search engines from five options starting on Thursday, a senior Google executive said, in a move aimed at addressing EU antitrust concerns and staving off fresh sanctions. Hit with a record 4.34 billion euro fin»»»

Dozens of Brussels staff have been accused of fiddling their expenses THE EU's top body is riddled with fraud and harassment, a shock report revealed today. The European Commission run by Jean-Claude Juncker has seen a string of serious accusations against officials. Last year a total of 77 cases w»»»

(AGENPARL) – BRUSSELS, BELGIUM lun 04 maggio 2020 Trade defence | Brussels, 4 May 2020 Trade defence report: restoring the level playing field for European producers EU trade defence measures are effective in reducing unfair international trading practices, according to an annual report published t»»»

The cabinet approved during its weekly meeting on Thursday a presidential decree about a finance deal between Egypt and the European Commission on a migration challenges’ program in Egypt. The cabinet meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli. The finance deal, signed on October 17 in »»»

The European Commission announced on Monday (14 October) that it will challenge at the World Trade Organisation the tariffs imposed by Colombia on frozen French fries, which the EU executive sees as “completely unjustified”. The Commissioner for Trade, Cecilia Malmström, told reporters that she had»»»

(CNN)A Ryanair airplane was grounded by French authorities Thursday in a long-running row over subsidies, delaying passengers by up to five hours. The French civil aviation authority seized a Ryanair Boeing 737 jet at Bordeaux airport, minutes before it was due to take off for London Stansted with »»»

Lengthy waiting times for outpatient appointments have been singled out by the European Commission, with a new report saying the Maltese were waiting an average of 40 weeks for a first appointment at the national hospital. According to the European Social Policy Network – a Brussels body that provi»»»

The UK government yesterday announced a contribution of £9 million for the central desalination plant in the Gaza Strip, head of the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) Mazen Ghoneim said. According to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa, this announcement came during the opening of an internat»»»

Brussels. The EU's powerful anti-trust authority on Thursday fined five major banks -- including Barclays and Citigroup -- more than a billion euros for collusion in the massive foreign exchange currency market, AFP reported. The European Commission sanctioned Barclays, the Royal Bank of Scotland, »»»

Oltenia Energy Complex (CEO) and the Ministry of Economy will send for approval to the European Commission, through the Competition Council, the company’s restructuring plan, which provides for total investments of 7 billion lei in the period 2021-2026, according to a CEO statement. The Oltenia Ene»»»

Italy won today. I learned that the European Commission has just closed the open infringement procedure against our country in the 2018 for the procedures for assigning contracts under the Naval Law for a total of over 5.5 billion. They accused us of using defense contracts as state aid to national»»»

The European Commission has suggested that if the sale of land at St George’s Bay was not tagged at the market price, this could constitute a case of illegal State aid. Commissioner Marie Vestager was answering a question by Green MEP Ska Keller, on the transfer of the St George’s Bay land at the f»»»

Last year, Malta managed to use the €242 million in European Union funds which were allocated to it from the budget that expires next year. Parliamentary Secretary for European Funds, Aaron Farrugia, stated that Malta has not lost one cent from its EU allocated funds. The national contemporary arts»»»

In what is becoming more frequent and with increasing regularity, one of the giants of the tech world has been substantially penalised for illegal activity that runs counter to the principles of open competition in the marketplace. On Wednesday in Brussels, the European Commission issued a €1.5 bil»»»

Fri 22-03-2019 12:08 PM Editorial: Google deserves to be penalised ABU DHABI, 22nd March 2019 (WAM) - Tech giants, Google, have become too big and the time is near when they must be dismantled, said the English language daily 'Gulf News' in a commentary today. In what is becoming more frequent and »»»