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ESA Good news for Europe’s Global Monitoring for Environment and Security program: the European Council has secured the program’s EU funding through 2020. The multiannual financial framework – MFF – is a seven-year plan for the EU’s budget. On 8 February, European heads of State and government agreed to include GMES in the 2014–20 MFF. Within the new framework, €3786 million was allocated for GMES. This amount covers GMES Services, In-Situ Component (a network of...
LONDON, February 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent paper by CRU sets out the impact of CO2 charging on the cost structure of the EU steel industry, quantifies the effect on profitability and identifies the reductions in production volume that are likely to occur under different CO2 price scenarios. Under a CO2 price of EUR30, analysis suggests that crude steel production in Europe could fall by 9%, with profitability falling by as much as 27%. With the majority of steelmakers...
KIEV, Ukraine, February 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Improved data protection measures, a more business-friendly tax regime, and a powerful new law to combat discrimination are among a raft of reforms which, says the Ukrainian Government, show it is "matching words with actions" in its drive towards European integration. 2013 has already proven to be a busy year for the Government. This week, the cabinet adopted a bill aimed at bringing the protection of personal data into...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Now it's your turn to join the conversation on Transatlantic issues. EU Ambassador to the U.S. Joao Vale de Almeida and U.S. Ambassador to the EU William Kennard are taking questions via social media. Starting now, tweet questions to @ValedeAlmeidaEU or @USAmbEU using the hashtag #AskAmbs. The Ambassadors will answer the questions they receive February 21 at 10:30 am EST on Twitter. Any EU-U.S. issues are up for discussion, many...
LONDON, Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- "You don't scare me! You're gonna need more bears," says Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko in his best menacing tone, and the game moves up to the next level. Now you have to dislodge the helmet off the Belarusian leader's head by throwing teddy bears off a crop-dusting plane. A Belarusian NPO is using a video game (available in Android and iOS versions) to raise awareness of the dire human rights situation in the country: "The EU has...
DUBLIN, Ireland, February 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Shire (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPG) announces results for the year to December 31, 2012. Financial Highlights Full Year 2012(1) Product sales $4,407 million +12% Product sales excluding ADDERALL XR...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "We, the Leaders of the United States and the European Union, are pleased to announce that, based on recommendations from the U.S.-EU High Level Working Group on Jobs and Growth co-chaired by United States Trade Representative Kirk and European Trade Commissioner De Gucht, the United States and the European Union will each initiate the internal procedures necessary to launch negotiations on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment...
Lung cancer is likely to overtake breast cancer as the main cause of cancer death among European women by the middle of this decade, according to new research published in the cancer journal Annals of Oncology today (Wednesday). In the UK and Poland it has already overtaken breast cancer as the main cause of cancer deaths in women. The study by researchers in Italy and Switzerland predicts that just over 1.3 million people will die from cancer (737,747 men and 576,489 women) in the 27...
FRANKFURT, Germany, February 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Verband der Chemischen Industrie (VCI, the German chemical industry association) supports a rapid start of negotiations between the EU and the USA: towards a transatlantic free trade zone. The VCI's director-general Dr Utz Tillmann is glad that US President Obama gives the green light for talks about a comprehensive trade partnership. Tillmann states: "We appreciate that free world trade and the transatlantic partnership...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates (SOCMA) tonight welcomed President Obama's announcement during his State of the Union address that the U.S. and the European Union (EU) will begin free trade negotiations. "Trade agreements provide U.S. chemical manufacturers greater access to the world's consumers and positively contribute to the growth of the U.S. economy," said Lawrence D. Sloan, President and CEO. "Such...
