The European Commissioner for Health, Stella Kyriakides, highlighted this Wednesday on World Health Day Rare Diseases the need to work jointly between all the countries of the European Union (EU) to guarantee care for patients suffering from these pathologies, which affect more than 36 million throughout the EU. In her statement, the Health Commissioner stated […]
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EU ministers “quickly” call for more measures to calm farmers
The ministers of agriculture of the European Union They asked this Monday to the European Commission (EC) What present “quickly” measures “more ambitious” to respond to farmers’ protests, as Member States consider that “they are not enough” those raised so far. The Community Executive announced that it will propose that some of the environmentally friendly […]
The European Commission will make the joint gas purchasing platform permanent
The European Comission announced this Thursday that it will make the joint gas purchasing platform permanent, understanding that the first rounds of that system conceived during the crisis energy prices It has been a success. “It will now become a permanent instrument in accordance with the regulations of the gas market recently agreed, taking advantage […]
EU countries support suspending tariffs on Ukrainian products for another year
The ambassadors of the Member States to the European Union (EU) supported this Wednesday extending the suspension of tariffs on Ukrainian exports for another year, from June 6, 2024 to June 5, 2025. The European Commissiona proposed extending the suspension of import duties and quotas on Ukrainian exports to the EU on January 31, but […]
Von der Leyen rejects post-electoral alliances with “Putin’s friends” or anti-Right State
The president of the European Comission (EC) and the only candidate of the European People’s Party to repeat that position, Ursula von der Leyenrejected this Wednesday a possible alliance with “Putin’s friends” or parties that do not defend the values of the rule of law after the European elections next June. “For me it is […]
The EU inaugurates its Artificial Intelligence Office to promote the reliable use of AI
The European Union (EU) inaugurated this Wednesday its Artificial Intelligence Office, which will be “key” in the application of the community law of artificial intelligence and that will promote the development and “reliable” use of this technology, as well as international cooperation in the matter. Around 100 people will work in the office, 20 of […]
Von der Leyen will run for a second term as president of the European Commission
The president of the European Commission (EC), Ursula von der Leyenhas been nominated by her party, the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), candidate for a second five-year term at the head of the community Executive. “At the federal leadership of the CDU we have unanimously proposed Ursula von der Leyen as ‘Spitzenkandidatin’ of the European […]
The EC announces 10 billion euros in investments to connect Europe and Central Asia
The European Commission (EC) announced this Monday that European and international financial institutions will sign commitments to mobilize 10 billion euros in investments to develop sustainable transport connections between the European Union (EU) and Central Asia that represent an alternative to transit Russia. The investments will be specifically allocated to strengthening the Trans-Caspian Transport Corridor, […]
The European Alliance of Ports against drug trafficking and organized crime is born
The European Comission (EC) launched this Wednesday the European Ports Alliance to fight organized crime and drug trafficking, an issue of great concern for the European Union (EU) due to the record seizures in recent years, especially of cocaine. This entry of drugs has also been accompanied by the increase in extreme violence, corruption and […]
Brussels is committed to renewing the EU investment program from 2027
The European Comission advocated this Tuesday to renew the investments community InvestEU, which since its launch three years ago has approved financing for more than 170 projects that will mobilize 225,000 million euros for strategic areas. “Beyond 2027, I believe there are strong arguments for another pan-European program based on a budget guarantee to mobilize […]