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EIB and Egypt work together to support private businesses and speed up the recovery of SMEs from COVID-19
The European Investment Bank is providing Banque Misr with a €425 million credit line to support Egyptian private small and medium-sized enterprises…
EU allocates additional €3.5 million to support vulnerable refugees and migrants
The European Commission has announced today an additional €3.5 million in humanitarian aid to help vulnerable refugees and migrants in Bosnia and…
Just over 20% of energy used for heating and cooling is renewable
In 2019, renewable energy accounted for 22.1% of total energy use for heating and cooling in the EU, according to figures released…
Italy business lobbies urge EU to ease credit default rules
Italy's main banking and industry associations have urged European Union authorities to temporarily ease EU bank rules on loan defaults and credit…
UK PM Johnson says trade deal is new starting point for EU relationship
Prime Minister Boris Johnson welcomed Britain's trade deal with the European Union as a new starting point for relations with the bloc…
‘The beginning of the end’: Europe rolls out vaccines to see off pandemic
Europe launched a massive vaccination drive on Sunday with pensioners and medics lining up to take the first shots to see off…
Europe crosses 500,000 COVID-19 deaths as new variant spreads
Europe became the first region worldwide to cross 500,000 COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, as a new variant…
Facebook warns on changes to messaging services in Europe
Facebook announced that starting today, the data privacy and security protections in the 2002 Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive (ePrivacy Directive) will…
Coronavirus hits Christmas holiday plans across Europe
Governments across Europe are trying to navigate between avoiding the spread of the coronavirus over the Christmas holiday season and allowing people…
Asylum: more solidarity among EU member states and funds for frontline countries
According to MEPs, the 2013 Dublin III Regulation puts a “disproportionate responsibility on a minority of member states, in particular when high…
Rule of law mechanism should apply by January, MEPs insist
In yesterday's resolution, MEPs insisted that the Rule of Law mechanism should apply as of January 1. The European Council had issued…
Parliament approves seven-year EU budget 2021-2027
Parliament gave its consent on Wednesday to the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) so that EU support can get to citizens as…