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European Commission Daily news Brussels, 16 Apr 2024 Commission publishes Schengen report setting new priorities for the year ahead Today, the Commission reports on the State of Schengen over the past year and set...

President of the Eurogroup, Paschal Donohoe, is travelling to Washington D.C. on 16 April to attend the Spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World bank Group.

European Commission Speech Brussels, 16 Apr 2024 Dear ministers, Ladies and gentlemen, No far away from here is the Emergency Response Coordination Centre – the beating heart of our EU Civil Protection Mechani...

European Commission Press release Brussels, 16 Apr 2024 Starting this summer, thousands of young people will once again travel around Europe by train for free thanks to the latest call of the DiscoverEU programme.

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA), the European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Central Bank (ECB) have set up an alliance for common governance and collaboration in developing and maintaining the Data Point Model (DPM) Standards.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending €400 million to municipal energy supplier Thüringer Energie AG (TEAG) to upgrade and digitise the electricity grid in Thuringia. The co-financed EIB project totalling around €600 million will upgrade and expand the grid in rural areas to meet the needs of the energy transition.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the French department of Seine-Maritime have signed a 25-year, €150 million finance contract aiming to modernise the working and learning environments of 13 000 pupils across the region — 25% of the total registered in the department’s public lower secondary schools (collèges) — together with their teachers and other staff.