Israel: IMF Executive Board Concludes 2022 Article IV Consultation
March 21, 2022 Washington, DC: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the...
Insight EU Environment Monitoring 18 March 2022
SUSTAINABILITY New Transitions Performance Index 2021: EU shows strong performance in its transition towards sustainability...
Insight EU Climate Monitoring 18 March 2022
IPCC Livestream of the opening of IPCC’s meeting considering Working Group III contribution to the...
Strategic Compass: Strengthening EU security and defence in the next decade
21 March 2022 A Strategic Compass for a stronger EU security and defence by 2030...
Ukraine and CAP: Main results of the EU Agriculture Council on 21 March 2022
Brussels, 21 March 2922 Market situation in the wake of the Ukraine invasion The Council...
Foreign Affairs and Defence: Main results of the EU Council on 21 March 2022
Brussels, 21 March 2022 Foreign affairs Russian military aggression against Ukraine Ministers had a discussion...
EU call to support Member States welcoming Ukrainian refugees, phasing out Russian fuels
Brussels, 21 March 202 Commission launches special call to support Member States welcoming refugees from...
Insight EU Energy Monitoring 18 March 2022
BATTERY TECH EU Commission approves €95 million Polish aid for expansion of LG Chem’s electric...
Reporter network OCCRP has launched the “Russian Asset Tracker” database
Today, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) has launched a timely project that...
Ukrainian Naftogaz CEO Vitrenko on embargo model for Russian oil and gas supplies
18 March 2022 Yuriy Vitrenko: Escrow accounts could mean Russia only receives money for oil...
Insight EU Agenda: The week ahead 21 – 27 March 2022
CHANGES POSSIBLE! 21 MARCH 2022 Meetings of EU Commission members on 21 March 2022 EU...
European Competition Network: War impact on antitrust investigations
Brussels, 21 March 2022 The European Commission, the EU national competition authorities as well as...
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock announces further support to Ukraine
Brussels, 21 March 2021 This is an unofficial translation of the doorstep remarks by German...
Italy: EU Commission approves amendment to 2022-2027 regional aid map
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, an amendment to Italy’s map...
Ukraine: EU disburses additional €300m in Macro-Financial Assistance and adopts €120m in grant support
18 March 2022 Today, the European Commission disbursed a further €300 million in emergency Macro-Financial...
ESMA Paper: Flash crashes on sovereign bond markets – EU evidence
By Antoine Bouveret*, Martin Haferkorn†, Gaetano Marseglia‡, Onofrio Panzarino Abstract The development of electronic and...
Sanctions impact: Statement by Bank of Russia Governor Elvira Nabiullina
Statement by Bank of Russia Governor Elvira Nabiullina in follow-up to Board of Directors meeting on 18 March 2022 Good afternoon. Today, we have made...
Presidents Xi Jinping and Joe Biden: Chinese minutes of today’s video call
2022-03-19 00:21 On the evening of 18 March, President Xi Jinping had a video call...
Background briefing on the Foreign Affairs Council meetings on 21 March 2022
Foreign Affairs Council with Foreign Affairs Ministers The Foreign Affairs Council, chaired by the EU...
ECDC issues COVID-19 prevention guidance for refugee centres
Stockholm, 18 March 2022 COVID-19 testing, vaccination and implementation of protective measures recommended for reception...
Refugees from Ukraine: EU Commission issues Temporary Protection guidelines
(Polish version below) Brussels, 18 March 2022 Operational guidelines to support Member States in applying...
Uchodźcy z Ukrainy: Komisja UE publikuje wytyczne w sprawie tymczasowej ochrony
Bruksela, 18 marca 2022 Uchodźcy z Ukrainy: wytyczne wspierające państwa członkowskie w stosowaniu dyrektywy w...
Artificial Intelligence Act: Public hearing and press conference
Brussels, 21 March 2022 The hearing will feed into the parliamentary work on the legislative...
LG Chem’s electric vehicles battery plant: EU approves €95m Polish expansion aid
Brussels, 18 March 2022 The European Commission has found that Poland’s €95 million measure in favour...
Insight EU Environment Monitoring 17 March 2022
ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL Main results of the Environment Council on 17 March 2022 ORGANIC POLLUTION EU...
Insight EU Climate Monitoring 17 March 2022
ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL – CLIMATE (see also: Insight EU Environment Monitoring 17 March 2022) Press statement...
Insight EU Energy Monitoring 17 March 2022
BATTERY TECH Sustainable batteries: Member states ready to start negotiations with Parliament German Government: EU...
Council of Europe: EU HR Borrell comments on the Russia’s membership cessation
Brussels, 17/03/2022 – 08:01 On Wednesday, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe...
Joint EP hearing on the proposal for an EU Artificial Intelligence Act
17-03-2022 – 19:00 The Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and the Committee...
Gender pay gap: MEPs back binding pay-transparency measures
Brussels, 17 March 2022 Compulsory reporting on gender pay gap for companies Pay secrecy in...
Ukrainian Defence Minister: What level of escalation is necessary to see more action?
Brussels, 17 March 2022 MEPs committed to pushing EU governments to do more to help...
The EU–Ukraine Association Agreement: Still fit for purpose
DISCUSSION PAPER Guillaume Van der Loo , Peter Van ElsuwegeDate: 14/03/2022 In an extraordinary session of...
CER: Russia’s war on Ukraine: There is worse to come (for the West as well)
Insight by: Ian Bond, Elisabetta Cornago , Camino Mortera-Martinez , Luigi Scazzieri 17 March 2022...
Friends of Europe: We will need a ‘New Deal’ to engage with a post-Putin Russia
Frankly Speaking – Peace, Security & Defence 15 Mar 2022 Giles Merritt Founder Giles Merritt sets...
Keynote Address by EVP Dombrovskis at the College of Europe in Bruges
17 March 2022 Ladies and gentlemen, First of all, let me thank the College of...
Moldova: EU signs agreement on Frontex border cooperation
Brussels, 17 March 2022 Today, the European Union signed a legally binding agreement with the...
Spain: EU Commission approves 2022-2027 regional aid map
Brussels, 17 March 2922 The European Commission has approved under EU State aid rules Spain’s...
Speech by EU Commission EVP Margrethe Vestager: Europe after Merkel
Brussels, 17 March 2022 Europe after Merkel: how can the EU best build on its...
Insight EU Environment Monitoring 16 March 2022
ECHA Mapping of potentially harmful chemicals on target to meet 2027 goal CIRCULAR ECONOMY Right...
Insight EU Energy Monitoring 16 March 2022
SWEDEN La commissaire Simson en Suède pour promouvoir les technologies propres et discuter de la...
EU High Representative Borrell on Russia’s ongoing targeting of civilians in Ukraine
Brussels, 17/03/2022 – 18:17 The European Union condemns in the strongest possible terms the Russian...
ICJ order on Allegations of Genocide (Ukraine v. Russian Federation)
16 March 2022 Allegations of Genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the...
Statement of IFI Heads with Programs in Ukraine and neighboring countries
March 17, 2022 Washington, DC: Statement from Odile Renaud-Basso, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction...
U.S. NIST Seeks Comments on Draft AI Risk Management Framework
To promote the development and use of AI technologies and systems that are trustworthy and...
Main results of the EU Environment Council on 17 March 2022
Brussels, 17 March 2022 Fit for 55 package The Council held a policy debate on...
“Freeze and Seize” Russian oligarch assets: EU joins enforcement taskforce REPO
Brussels, 17 March 2022 Enforcing sanctions against listed Russian and Belarussian oligarchs: Commission’s “Freeze and...
Volodymyr Zelenskyy im Bundestag: Deutschland muss Führungsrolle einnehmen
Berlin, 17 März 2022 DerPräsident der Ukraine, Wolodymyr Selenskyj (Volodymr Zelenskyy), hat die Bundesregierung in...
EU Commission seeks feedback on state aid rules for banks in difficulty
17 March 2022 The European Commission has launched today a public consultation to gather views...
Tackling the big scientific questions: ERC grants €632 million to researchers
Brussels, 17 March 2022 The European Research Council (ERC) announced today the winners of the...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: Renew Europe proposes new response plan
Brussels, 17 March 2022 The Renew Europe Group in the European Parliament welcomes all the...