62% of production winegrowing world comes from the European Union (EU), where the sector employs almost 3 million people and where it reached a contribution of 130,000 million euros to the GDP of the community club in 2022, as announced this Wednesday by the European Committee of Wine Companies (CEEV). These data, which are the […]
Tag: European Union
European Union now has a law that regulates the use of AI
The plenary session of European Parliament approved this Wednesday an ambitious regulation on the use of artificial intelligence in the EU, in the last step before its formal adoption throughout the bloc. In the plenary session this Wednesday, the law obtained broad support of 523 votes in favor, 46 against and 49 abstentions. The original […]
European Union announces that it evacuated its staff from Haiti
The European Union announced this Monday that it evacuated its staff from Haitiwhere the capital, Port-au-Prince, is going through a serious security crisis following a spiral of violence unleashed by armed gangs that confront the police. “We have removed EU staff from Haiti,” Peter Stano, spokesman for the diplomatic division of the European Commission, the […]
French government wants to take the fight over abortion to the European Union
Two days after the French Legislature voted in favor of introducing the voluntary interruption of the pregnancy in the Constitution, the spokesperson for the Executive, Prisca Thevenot, assured this Wednesday that they want to raise “the fight against abortion at the European level.” In a press conference at the end of the Council of Ministers, […]
Meta makes changes to WhatsApp and Messenger to adapt to EU regulations
The technology giant Meta announced this Wednesday that it has made “important changes” in WhatsApp and Messenger to allow interoperability with third-party messaging services, as requested by the new regulation of the European Union (EU). WhatsApp and Messenger will offer end-to-end encryption (E2EE) – a secure communication method that prevents third parties from accessing data […]
European Union reaches an agreement to unblock the major air traffic reform
The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union today reached a provisional agreement to reform air traffic in the community space, a file known as the Single European Sky that had been blocked for decades and whose objective is to improve efficiency and reduce costs and CO2 emissions. The provisional agreement still has […]
EU disburses 150 million euros to Tunisia for the country’s economic recovery
The European Union announced this Monday a disbursement of 150 million euros to Tunisia to help the North African country in its macroeconomic reform program, within the framework of the memorandum of understanding signed by both parties in 2023 and which also includes the control of migratory flows. “The EU continues its commitment to Tunisia […]
The EU will invest 176 million euros to promote digital technologies
The European Commission (EC) launched this Friday a series of calls, financed with more than 176 million euros within the Digital Europe community program, to promote the technology sector of the European Union (EU) and the digital skills of citizens. These calls will be open to companies, public administrations and other entities of the EU […]
Brazil urges the G20 to act “together” so that the super-rich stop evading taxes
The Minister of Finance of BrazilFernando Haddad, urged this Thursday the G20 to act out “together” so that the super-rich stop evading taxes, by creating a global tax on great fortunes, and announced that he will present a proposal to the forum in that regard “Until July”. “Honestly, I wonder how we, Ministers of the […]
EU commits to cooperation to fight rare diseases
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 […]