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The Eastern Mediterranean becomes a new gas province

04/05/2022 | Society / Institutions

MEDITERRANEAN. The problem of gas resources in the Mediterranean, but also of their sharing, was invited to the 11th Cybèle meeting in Marseilles whereas the decision of the European Union not to be supplied with Russian gas imposes to find other solutions.

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Entrepreneurship in the Euro-Mediterranean region continues to have a male face

03/08/2022 | Society / Institutions

MEDITERRANEAN. The first report of the Intergovernmental Monitoring Mechanism for Gender Equality in the Euro-Mediterranean Region published by the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) provides a forty-six page overview of the position of women in society.

Irena sees Morocco as a future green hydrogen giant

01/18/2022 | Environment

MOROCCO. According to the latest report "Geopolitics of the energy transformation: the hydrogen factor" by the International Renewable Energy Agency, "the rapid growth of the global hydrogen economy can lead to major geo-economic and geopolitical upheavals and a wave of new interdependencies".

The European Commission grants €319 million to Croatia to finance its reconstruction after several earthquakes

01/04/2022 | Environment

CROATIA. The European Commission has approved €319 million in aid to Croatia to help rebuild the country after several earthquakes.

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Twenty years of the euro

01/04/2022 | Society / Institutions

EU. The euro, which became the single currency on 1 January 2002, is celebrating its 20th anniversary and is now the common currency of 19 of the 27 Member States of the European Union.

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Air traffic: collapse confirmed for 2020 and aborted recovery in 2021

12/07/2021 | Transport

EUROPE. The air transport sector lost 73% of its passengers in Europe in 2020. 2021 will be less catastrophic, but will also remain a black year.

R&D spending falls by €1bn in the EU

11/30/2021 | Society / Institutions

EU. Research and development expenditure in the EU Member States amounted to around €311bn in 2020, a drop of €1bn compared to 2019 according to Eurostat,

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The Rafale is a hit in the Mediterranean

11/25/2021 | Society / Institutions

MEDITERRANEAN. Greece, Egypt, Croatia, the sales of Rafales are doing well around the Mediterranean. Even if it means accepting unsavoury customers.

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Promises, but still no horizon for EU integration of the Western Balkans

10/07/2021 | Society / Institutions

WESTERN BALKANS. Financial aid, promises, declarations of love, but still no progress in the accession process of the six Western Balkan countries at the EU-Western Balkans Summit in Brdo.

Minimum wage boost in France and Spain

09/21/2021 | Society / Institutions

FRANCE/SPAIN. France and Spain give a boost to the minimum wage. In gross monthly terms, it will rise to €1,589 in France (1 October) and to €1,125 in Spain (retroactive to 1 September).

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Albania, Northern Macedonia and Serbia unite in "Open Balkans", antechamber to the Schengen Area

09/02/2021 | Society / Institutions

WESTERN BALKANS. Tired of stagnating in the queue to enter the European Union, three Western Balkan countries (Albania, Macedonia and Serbia) decided to create their own free trade area: "Open Balkans". An initiative that is not well received by Brussels and their neighbours.

The European Commission proposes 530 M€ for emergency measures against Covid-19

03/11/2021 | Society / Institutions

EU. EU. The European Commission is proposing to release an envelope of nearly 530 M€ to support emergency measures against the coronavirus. Three Mediterranean countries in the process of accession will be able to benefit from it.

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Nine Member States receive €14bn loans to overcome their Covid-19 spending

02/02/2021 | Society / Institutions

EU. The European Commission has disbursed loans totalling €14 billion to nine Member States.

14 bn extra funding to help European countries in their recovery

01/27/2021 | Society / Institutions

EU. The European Commission has issued €14bn worth of social bonds under the SURE instrument developed by the European Union to help eighteen Member States protect jobs and employees from the consequences of the health crisis.

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The introduction of new Member States stuck in the European funnel

11/20/2020 | Society / Institutions

Despite his divorce from the United Kingdom and the break-up of his engagement with Turkey, the European Union still seduces, but knows how to make itself wanted. Its only suitors today are all in the Western Balkans. They have to work hard to put a ring on this sixty-three-year-old lady's finger, who is becoming more and more difficult to choose.

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European Commission proposes €684 million in financial support for the earthquake in Croatia

10/12/2020 | Environment

CROATIA. The European Commission is proposing €683.7 million in aid to help Croatia repair the material damage caused by an earthquake in Zagreb at the end of March 2020.

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Ursula von der Leyen unveils the European Commission's priorities for 2021

09/16/2020 | Society / Institutions

EU. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, focused her first EU speech since her appointment on the EU's response to the health and economic crisis and the Green Pact.

EIF and HBOR provide financial support to three private equity funds in Croatia

09/02/2020 | Services

CROATIA. The European Investment Fund and the Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development are jointly investing €205 million in three Croatian private equity funds.

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Corinne Brunon-Meunier appointed Director General of the IRD

03/04/2020 | People

FRANCE. Valérie Verdier, President of the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), has appointed Corinne Brunon-Meunier as Director General of this French public institution.

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Croatian woman at the head of the Council of Europe

06/27/2019 | People

EUROPE. Elected with 159 votes out of 264, Marija Pejcinovic Buric succeeds Thorbjørn Jagland.

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