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European Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen announced on September 10 the proposed portfolios for the Commission that is due to take office on November 1. The new College will […]
After four years, the capital controls in Greece have finally been lifted. The grounds for such a development had been laid by the previous government ...
Europe has lost ground in eliminating measles, as the number of countries having achieved or sustained elimination of the disease has declined, the E ...
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on August 26 the complete abolition of capital controls. “In co-operation with the Bank of Greece ...
European Commissioners Frans Timmermans and Vera Jourová released a statement marking August 23, the Europe-Wide Day of Remembrance for the victims of all totalitarian and authoritarian regimes, saying that “a […]
Montenegro’s new Law on the Restriction of the Use of Tobacco Products entered into force on August 14, leaving coffee shop and restaurant owners dissatisfied with the new situation. The […]
The number of asylum applications in the EU+ countries in the first half of 2019 was 10 per cent higher than in the first half of 2018, the European Asylum […]
The European Commission has called on all EU countries to recognise the Roma Holocaust and to mark August 2 as Roma Holocaust Memorial Day. August 2 2019 is the 75th […]
The International Monetary Fund said in its July 2019 update of its World Economic Outlook that it was raising its projection for growth in the euro zone to 1.6 per […]
German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen has won the vote to become the next president of the European Commission, and will be the first woman to hold the post. She […]
