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Commission moves to ban products made with forced labour on the EU market
The Commission has today proposed to prohibit products made with forced labour on the EU market. The proposal covers all products, namely those made in…
MEPs vote to strengthen new EU deforestation law
The European Parliament voted Tuesday for significant improvements to a proposal which demands that companies ensure products sold in the EU do not come from…
Statement by President von der Leyen on energy
We are facing an extraordinary situation, not only because Russia is an unreliable supplier, as we have witnessed over the last days, weeks, months, but…
Poland: EU opens medical evacuations hub to facilitate transfers of Ukrainian patients
Today, the Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, is in Poland to officially open the new EU Medevac Hub for medical evacuations of Ukrainian patients…
Ukraine: the EU has coordinated the delivery of more than 60,000 tonnes of life-saving assistance
The EU has coordinated the delivery of 66,224 tonnes of in-kind assistance to Ukraine from 30 countries via the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. The assistance…
EU to end Greece’s ‘enhanced surveillance’ on 20 August
The EU is set to end the ’enhanced surveillance’ of Greece, the European Commission announced Wednesday, judging the country to have delivered on reforms and…
EU guidelines promote greater reuse of water in agriculture
Facing droughts in several EU Member States, the Commission published guidelines Wednesday for applying rules on the safe reuse of treated urban waste water for…
Ukraine: EU report notes important steps taken in the implementation of the reform agenda
Ahead of the EU-Ukraine Association Council planned to take place on 5 September, the European Union today published its annual Association Implementation Report on Ukraine….
8th Environment Action Programme: EU sets out to measure progress on Green Deal environment and climate goals
The Commission presented a list of headline indicators for monitoring progress towards the EU’s environment and climate goals to 2030, as well as the 2050…
EU targets 15 pct reduction in gas use by next spring
With Europe facing the risk of further gas supply cuts by Russia, the European Commission put forward Wednesday a European Gas Demand Reduction Plan to…
Sustainable consumption: Commission publishes the first progress reports under the Green Consumption Pledge
A year after its launch, the European Commission published the first progress reports of enterprises participating in the Green Consumption Pledge. This initiative encouraged companies…
Almost half of the EU + UK territory at risk of drought
A staggering portion of Europe – (44% of EU+UK) and alert (9% of EU+UK) -is currently exposed to warning drought levels, an assessment of…
Neste mukana luomassa EU:n vihreän vedyn arvoketjua – Porvoon jalostamon vetyhankkeille Euroopan komissiolta IPCEI-status
Neste on saanut ensimmäisenä suomalaisena yrityksenä Euroopan komission hyväksymän IPCEI-statuksen (Important Project of Common European Interest; Euroopan yhteistä etua koskeva tärkeä hanke), joka mahdollistaa kansallisen…
Russia’s war hits EU economy, hikes inflation
Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine continues to negatively affect the EU economy, as Thursday’s interim Summer Economic Forecast points to lower growth and higher…
Innovation Fund: EU invests €1.8 billion in clean tech projects
Today, the EU is investing over €1.8 billion in 17 large-scale innovative clean-tech projects with a third round of awards under the Innovation Fund. Grants…
VTT ja Itä-Suomen yliopisto saivat mittavan EU-rahoituksen teollisuusmuovien kierrätyksen ja uusien käyttökohteiden kehittämiseen
VTT ja Itä-Suomen yliopisto ovat saaneet EU:lta yli 2,7 M€ rahoituksen muovien mekaaniseen kierrätykseen ja kiertotalouteen liittyvään analytiikkaan ja teknologiakehitykseen. Projektissa jalostetaan jätemuovia haastaviin autoteollisuuden…
EU traveller can ’roam like at home’ for 10 more years
The European Union’s new, improved roaming regulation entered into force on 1 July, under which travellers in the EU and the European Economic Area can…
EU invests €5.4 billion in sustainable, safe, and efficient transport infrastructure
The Commission has today selected 135 transport infrastructure projects for EU grants, from 399 project proposals submitted under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), the EU’s…
EU states agree higher targets for renewables
EU ministers adopted a general approach on two legislative proposals that tackle energy aspects of the EU’s climate transition, the renewable energies directive and the…
EU agrees new social, environmental reporting rules for large companies
MEPs and EU governments struck a provisional deal Tuesday on new reporting rules for large companies, with obligations to disclose their impact on environment, human…
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