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EU proposes visa-free travel for Ukraine citizens — 21 April 2016, 00:16 CET

The EU is proposing lifting visa requirements for citizens of Ukraine by adding the country to its list of countries whose citizens are able to travel without a visa to the Schengen area.

EU looks to strengthen security cooperation after attacks — 21 April 2016, 00:00 CET

The European Commission urged EU Member States to improve security cooperation on Wednesday, in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels.

EU okays Worldline acquisition of Equens and PaySquare — 20 April 2016, 17:06 CET

The European Commission gave its approval Wednesday, subject to conditions, of the proposed acquisition of Equens and its subsidiary PaySquare by Worldline, under the EU Merger Regulation.

Google hit by EU anti-trust charges over Android — 21 April 2016, 16:14 CET

The European Commission accused Google Wednesday of breaching EU antitrust rules, 'abusing its dominant position' in the Android market by imposing various restrictions on manufacturers and mobile operators.

EU scientists to benefit from 'European cloud' — 19 April 2016, 19:10 CET

A new 'European cloud', unveiled by EU Science Commissioner Carlos Moedas, is to give Europe's researchers and scientists a new virtual environment to help them reap the benefits of a revolution in 'big data'.

Commission plans to digitise Europe's industry — 19 April 2016, 19:08 CET

The European Commission set out plans Tuesday to help European industry make the most of new digital technologies and to boost investment in the sector.

EU public procurement changes come into force — 19 April 2016, 19:22 CET

New rules designed to open up the EU's public procurement market to competition and prevent 'buy national' policies by public authorities came into force on Monday.

EU agri-food trade continues to increase — 22 April 2016, 11:40 CET

EU agri-food exports in February 2016 were worth EUR 10.2 billion, well above export values in January, and even slightly above exports in February last year, according to the EU's latest monthly statistical report.

Mogherini visit boost for EU-Iran cooperation — 18 April 2016, 22:27 CET

EU cooperation with Iran was given a boost over the weekend with the visit by EU foreign affairs representative Federica Mogherini to Tehran, where the two sides committed to implementing the action plan agreed in Vienna last year.

Sustainable work and healthy ageing for all: EU launches major campaign — 17 April 2016, 23:36 CET

A new EU campaign focuses on Europe’s enterprises and the need to promote sustainable work and healthy ageing from the beginning of working life.

Trade surplus for EU in February of EUR 3.0 bn — 16 April 2016, 00:50 CET

The EU recorded a surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world of EUR 3.0 bn in February, compared with +EUR 1.8 bn in February 2015, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the EU's statistical office.

'Trade secrets' directive given EU green light — 14 April 2016, 17:45 CET

Euro-MPs gave the green light Thursday to new EU rules to help firms win legal redress against theft or misuse of their trade secrets. The legislation ensures freedom of expression and information, so that the rules do not restrict the work of journalists.

MEPs back EU directive on use of Passenger Name Records — 14 April 2016, 17:31 CET

Airlines will have to hand national authorities passengers' data for all flights from third countries to the EU and vice versa under a directive regulating the use of Passenger Name Record data in the EU, approved by the European Parliament.

EU votes in new rules for personal data protection — 17 April 2016, 23:37 CET

Euro-MPs have given the green light to new EU data protection rules aiming to give citizens back control of their personal data and create a high, uniform level of data protection across the EU.

Top Stories from the European Council - 8-12 April 2024 — 11 April 2024, 23:37 CET

Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the alignment of certain countries concerning restrictive measures against ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda and persons, groups, undertakings and entities associated with them - Ukraine: Council backs the renewal of EU's autonomous trade measures - Rwanda: Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the occasion of the 30th commemoration of the Genocide Against the Tutsi - ConSIMium: Council simulation organised by the GSC for students in higher education, 8 April 2024 - European Peace Facility: Council adopts assistance measures in support of the Republic of Moldova and Ghana - Provisional deal on the Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans - Strategic Agenda consultations- EU Court of Justice: three judges and two advocates-general appointed

This Week's Top Stories from the European Parliament - 8-12 April 2024 — 11 April 2024, 23:48 CET

Discharge: MEPs sign off EU budget for 2022 - MEPs approve reforms for a more sustainable and resilient EU gas market - Women must have full control of their sexual and reproductive health and rights - Parliament adopts reform of the EU electricity market - Soil health: Parliament sets out measures to achieve healthy soils by 2050 - "Parliament 2024": a more modern and efficient Parliament after the elections - New EU rules to improve urban wastewater treatment and reuse - Carbon removals: MEPs adopt a new EU certification scheme - Child sexual abuse online: current rules extended until April 2026 - MEPs adopt stricter CO2 emissions targets for trucks and buses - MEPs approve the new Migration and Asylum Pact - Breakfast foods: Parliament adopts new rules to improve consumer information - Methane: Parliament adopts new law to reduce emissions from energy sector - His Majesty King Philippe: "Europe and the world are in dire need of hope" - Deal on trade support for Ukraine with more protection for EU farmers - EU job seekers' aid worth €1.9 million for 390 dismissed workers in Denmark

This Week's Top Stories from the European Parliament - 11-15 March 2024 — 15 March 2024, 00:05 CET

Human rights breaches in Afghanistan and Venezuela - Court of Auditors: European Parliament endorses new Italian member - Deal on making firearms import and export more transparent to fight trafficking - MEPs agree to extend trade support for Moldova, continue work on Ukraine - Euro 7: Parliament adopts measures to reduce road transport emissions - Media Freedom Act: a new bill to protect EU journalists and press freedom - MEPs call for tougher EU rules to reduce textiles and food waste - Parliament adopts its position on major reform of EU Customs Code - Legal migration: MEPs endorse beefed-up single residence and work permit rules - Parliament backs tighter EU rules for toy safety - Artificial Intelligence Act: MEPs adopt landmark law - Road safety: deal on more robust investigations of traffic offences - International Women's Day: Give girls role models to overcome obstacles - Cyber Resilience Act: MEPs adopt plans to boost security of digital products - Energy efficiency of buildings: MEPs adopt plans to decarbonise the sector - Defective products: revamped rules to better protect consumers from damages - Parliament wants to improve consumer protection against misleading claims

Top Stories from the European Council - 11-15 March 2024 — 14 March 2024, 23:46 CET

Council and Parliament strike a deal to expand the use of digital tools in EU company law - Council takes first step towards new EU rules on suspending visa-free travel for third countries - Road safety: Council and European Parliament strike a deal for better cooperation on road-safety-related traffic offences - Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine: EU individual sanctions over territorial integrity prolonged for a further six months - EU-Switzerland: Council adopts mandate for negotiations on future relationship - Budget 2025: Council agrees on guidelines for next year's EU budget - Platform workers: Council confirms agreement on new rules to improve their working conditions - Eurogroup statement on the fiscal policy orientation for 2025 - EU introduces new rules on transparency and targeting of political advertising - Criminal investigations: Council and EP reach agreement on transfer of proceedings law that will help fight cross-border crime more effectively - Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans: Council agrees its negotiating mandate - Single sky reform: Council and Parliament strike a deal to improve efficiency of air space management in the EU - Cyber solidarity package: Council and Parliament strike deals to strengthen cyber security capacities in the EU - Plant health law: Council and Parliament strike deal to simplify and strengthen current rules

This Week's Top Stories from the European Parliament - 4-8 March 2024 — 07 March 2024, 23:38 CET

First go-ahead to renewing trade support for Ukraine and Moldova - Single European Sky: deal on better management of European airspace - International Women's Day 2024: Parliament looks at gender equality in sports - Deal on EU ban on products made with forced labour - Deal on new rules for more sustainable packaging in the EU - International Women's Day: Women in sport - MEPs: EU must actively support Russia's democratic opposition - MEPs back plans for an EU-wide digital wallet - Parliament calls on the EU to give Ukraine whatever it needs to defeat Russia - Parliament backs deeper political and economic ties with Chile - Parliament adopts plan to protect the EU energy market from manipulation - New rules for a responsible and transparent short-term rental sector - Nature restoration: taking better care of habitats in the EU - MEPs back updates to EU rules on driving licences to improve road safety

Top Stories from the European Council - 26 February-1 March 2024 — 29 February 2024, 23:13 CET

EU long-term budget for 2021-2027: Council concludes the mid-term revision - Bartjan Wegter to become the new EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator - Maritime safety: Council and Parliament strike deals to support clean and modern shipping in the EU - Human rights: EU appoints a new Special Representative - Belarus: EU prolongs restrictive measures for another year - Protecting workers against lead and diisocyanates: Council signs off on new limit values - Updated fisheries measures in the ICCAT area: Council gives final green light - Police cooperation: Council gives green light to better data exchanges between police authorities - Capital markets union: Council adopts new rules on alternative investment fund managers and plain-vanilla EU investment funds - Council adopts regulation on instant payments - Council conclusions at the start of the 13th World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference

Top Stories from the European Council - 15-20 April 2024 — 18 April 2024, 23:59 CET

European Council conclusions, 17 and 18 April 2024 - European Council conclusions on Ukraine, the Middle East and Türkiye, 17 April 2024 - EU support to Somalia: Council approves further support under the European Peace Facility to the Somali National Army and to the military component of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia - Sudan: Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union one year into the conflict - EU-Central America: Council greenlights association agreement - Recovery fund: Council approves conclusions on the mid-term evaluation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility - Euro 7: Council adopts new rules on emission limits for cars, vans and trucks - The Gambia: visa fees down to normal level - Council adopts €1 billion macro-financial assistance to Egypt - Tourist bus drivers: Council adopts new law to improve their working conditions

This Week's Top Stories from the European Parliament - 26 February-1 March 2024 — 29 February 2024, 23:29 CET

MEPs: EU must actively support Russia's democratic opposition - MEPs back plans for an EU-wide digital wallet - Parliament calls on the EU to give Ukraine whatever it needs to defeat Russia - Parliament backs deeper political and economic ties with Chile - Parliament adopts plan to protect the EU energy market from manipulation - New rules for a responsible and transparent short-term rental sector - Nature restoration: taking better care of habitats in the EU - Foreign policy, security and defence: the EU should focus on strategic alliances - Parliament calls for action against the erosion of EU values in member states - European Parliament signs agreements with the Committee of Regions and the European Investment Bank - MEPs back updates to EU rules on driving licences to improve road - MEPs improve EU protection for quality agricultural products - Yulia Navalnaya: "If you want to defeat Putin, fight his criminal gang" - Waste shipments: MEPs adopt tougher EU rules - Parliament approves key budgetary support for Ukraine and the EU - Environmental crimes: MEPs adopt extended list of offences and sanctions

Top Stories from the European Council - 4-8 March 2024 — 07 March 2024, 23:25 CET

Criminal investigations: Council and EP reach agreement on transfer of proceedings law that will help fight cross-border crime more effectively - Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans: Council agrees its negotiating mandate - Single sky reform: Council and Parliament strike a deal to improve efficiency of air space management in the EU - Cyber solidarity package: Council and Parliament strike deals to strengthen cyber security capacities in the EU - Plant health law: Council and Parliament strike deal to simplify and strengthen current rules - Council and Parliament strike a deal to ban products made with forced labour - Packaging: Council and Parliament strike a deal to make packaging more sustainable and reduce packaging waste in the EU - EU-Angola: Council gives final greenlight to the EU's first sustainable investment facilitation agreement - Security of gas supply: member states agree on recommendation to continue voluntary demand reduction measures - Interoperable Europe act: Council adopts new law for more efficient digital public services across the EU

This Week's Top Stories from the European Parliament - 18-22 March 2024 — 22 March 2024, 01:11 CET

Metsola at the European Council: This election will be the test of our systems - Olaf Scholz: "We need a geopolitical, larger, reformed EU" - Food waste reduction: what EU actions are there? - Deal to extend trade support for Ukraine with safeguards for EU farmers - EU pharmaceutical policy: MEPs support comprehensive reform - National winners of the 2024 European Charlemagne Youth Prize - First green light to new bill on firms' impact on human rights and environment - Platform Work: first green light to new EU rules on employment status - Foreign Affairs Committee and EU ministers debate enlargement - EU Health Data Space to support patients and research - Human rights breaches in Afghanistan and Venezuela - Court of Auditors: European Parliament endorses new Italian member - Deal on making firearms import and export more transparent to fight trafficking - MEPs agree to extend trade support for Moldova, continue work on Ukraine - Euro 7: Parliament adopts measures to reduce road transport emissions - Media Freedom Act: a new bill to protect EU journalists and press freedom

Top Stories from the European Council - 18-22 March 2024 — 22 March 2024, 00:58 CET

9th Association Council meeting between the EU and Ukraine - Tripartite Social Summit, 20 March - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - Ukraine: Council and Parliament reach a deal to renew EU's autonomous trade measures - Hong Kong: Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the adoption of new national security legislation - Anti-SLAPP: Final green light for EU law protecting journalists and human rights defenders - Reform of the Statute of the Court of Justice adopted - Green diplomacy: Council conclusions reaffirm the EU's commitment to work closely with partners to accelerate a global just and inclusive green transition - Ukraine Assistance Fund: Council allocates €5 billion under the European Peace Facility to support Ukraine militarily - Wholesale energy markets: Council adopts law to protect against market manipulation - Tourism: Council gives its final approval to the regulation for short-term rentals - Strategic autonomy: Council gives its final approval on the critical raw materials act