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3 Arrested for Smuggling over 259 Vietnamese Migrants to Germany

May 31, 2021

Europe

British Reporter — In the early hours of 31 May, some 740 police officers carried out coordinated raids across Germany and Slovakia against the members of a criminal syndicate smuggling Vietnamese nationals into Europe, arresting 3 individuals, Europol notes.

Health and consumer crisis: Europeans remain cautious

The FINANCIAL -- According to BNP Paribas, for nine months now, Europe has

by The FINANCIAL

December 26, 2020

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Commission approves Euro 300 million German aid scheme to support transition to sustainable local public transport

The FINANCIAL -- The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid

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December 22, 2020

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36 entries have been added to the Belarus financial sanctions regime

29 individuals and 7 entities have been added to the consolidated list

by The FINANCIAL

December 18, 2020

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Europe

Antitrust: Commission fines Google €1.49 billion

The FINANCIAL -- The European Commission has fined Google €1.49 billion for breaching EU antitrust rules. Google has abused its market dominance by imposing a number of restrictive clauses in contracts with third-party websites which prevented Google's rivals from placing their search adverts

by The FINANCIAL

March 20, 2019

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The European Court of Auditors examine EU ecodesign and energy labels

The FINANCIAL -- The European Court of Auditors is conducting an audit of EU measures for ecodesign and energy labelling of products, including household appliances. In articular, the auditors will assess these measures’ contribution to the EU’s energy efficiency and environmental objectives.

by The FINANCIAL

March 20, 2019

1 min read

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Highest proportions of innovative enterprises in Belgium, Portugal, Finland, Luxembourg and Germany

The FINANCIAL -- The full results of the Community Innovation Survey 2016, which contains a broad set of indicators on innovation activities of enterprises, are now available in the Eurostat online database.

by The FINANCIAL

March 20, 2019

1 min read

Europe

Non-EU citizens: 4.4 % of the EU population in 2018

The FINANCIAL – The number of people residing in European Union (EU) Member States with citizenship of a non-member country on 1 January 2018 was 22.3 million, representing 4.4 % of the EU population. In addition, there were 17.6 million people living

by The FINANCIAL

March 20, 2019

1 min read

Europe

Gender employment gap in the EU

The FINANCIAL -- In 2017, the employment rate of women aged 20 – 64 (66.5%) was 11.5 percentage points (pp) lower than that of men aged 20 - 64 (78.0%) in the European Union (EU). In other words, the gender employment gap

by The FINANCIAL

March 11, 2019

1 min read

Europe

Estonia attracts promising Tech Talent with All- Expenses paid Trips for Job Interviews

The FINANCIAL -- Estonia, the nation with the most startups with a valuation over $1 billion per capita, announced the launch of its second Career Hunt campaign. Following the success of its first campaign in 2018, this new initiative is designed to draw

by The FINANCIAL

February 28, 2019

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Europe

Non-EU citizens: 4 in 10 at risk of poverty in the EU

The FINANCIAL – In 2017, non-European Union citizens were at a higher risk of poverty than foreign European Union (EU) citizens or national citizens. Across the whole of the EU, 41.2 % of non-EU citizens were assessed to be at risk of

by The FINANCIAL

February 27, 2019

1 min read

Europe

Euro area international trade in goods surplus €17.0 bn

The FINANCIAL -- The first estimate for euro area (EA19) exports of goods to the rest of the world in December 2018 was €176.5 billion, a decrease of 2.5% compared with December 2017 (€181.0 bn). Imports from the rest of the world stood

by The FINANCIAL

February 27, 2019

1 min read

Europe

Two-thirds of the EU’s fruit plantation area is concentrated in Spain, Italy and Poland

The FINANCIAL -- Almost 1.3 million hectares (ha) of land in the European Union (EU) were covered with fruit trees in 2017. A little over one third of this total was accounted for by apple orchards (473 500 ha, 37%), and another one

by The FINANCIAL

February 27, 2019

2 mins read

Europe

EU trade with the League of Arab States

The FINANCIAL--In 2017 the LAS was the destination of 10.3 % of exports from the EU and the origin of 6.5 % of all EU imports from the rest of the world. Between 2007 and 2017, exports from the EU to the

by The FINANCIAL

February 26, 2019

1 min read