Border controls will be discontinued on the 344km stretch of border between Hungary and Croatia from January 1, 2023, following approval of Croatia’s integration into the Schengen area, interior ministry state secretary Bence Rétvári said on Thursday.
Alarming degradation of biodiversity has prompted initiatives for financial investments in nature both globally and in Europe. Besides strengthening biodiversity, such investments can have other important benefits, such as supporting climate action, food security, and improving quality of life in cities. European Environment Agency’s (EEA) new briefing highlights that better data, impact analysis and coordination […]
The European Commission is publishing its first Zero Pollution Monitoring and Outlook report setting pathways to cleaner air, water and soil. The Commission report, together with the European Environment Agency’s monitoring assessment, shows that EU policies have contributed to reducing air pollution as well as pollution from pesticides. However, in other areas such as harmful […]
EMA’s Emergency Task Force (ETF) has cautioned that monoclonal antibodies[1] currently authorised for COVID-19 are unlikely to be effective against emerging strains of SARS-CoV-2.
Police in Poland, Estonia, Germany, Lithuania and Latvia, coordinated by Europol, have arrested several members of a human smuggling ring using the Belarusian border with Poland to smuggle migrants into Europe.
Russia’s war on Ukraine has strained the EU’s weapon stockpiles and showed it lacks critical capabilities to protect itself from exterior threats, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Thursday.
At its meeting on 1 December 2022, the General Board of the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) noted that risks to financial stability have increased over the past few months. This reflects persistently high inflation, a tightening of financial conditions and a perceptible deterioration in the economic outlook. While third-quarter GDP growth in the European Union […]
Compared with September: consumer expectations for inflation 12 months ahead increased further, while expectations for inflation three years ahead remained unchanged; inflation expectations remained well below the perceived past inflation rate, particularly at the medium-term horizon of three years; expectations for both nominal spending and income growth over the next 12 months increased, and expected […]
In the week ending 2 December 2022 the net position of the Eurosystem in foreign currency (asset items 2 and 3 minus liability items 7, 8 and 9) decreased by EUR 0.3 billion to EUR 367.7 billion.
EMA’s Emergency Task Force (ETF) considers that adapted mRNA bivalent vaccines targeting the original strain and Omicron BA.4-5 subvariants of SARS-CoV-2 may be used for primary (initial) vaccination. These vaccines are currently only authorised as boosters.
