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ECB: The Transmission Protection Instrument

The Governing Council today approved the Transmission Protection Instrument (TPI). The Governing Council assessed that the establishment of the TPI is necessary to support the effective transmission of monetary policy. In particular, as the Governing Council continues normalising monetary policy, the TPI will ensure that the monetary policy stance is transmitted smoothly across all euro […]

Detect, prevent, report: EFSA’s African swine fever campaign extended for the third year

The campaign ‘Stop African swine fever’ has been extended for the third consecutive year. It is run in partnership with local authorities in eighteen countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo [1], Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia.

Sturgeon slipping towards extinction: Chances of survival dimming for world’s most threatened group of species

All 26 remaining sturgeon and paddlefish species are threatened with extinction according to today’s IUCN Red List update, which confirmed the extinction of the Chinese paddlefish and the extinction in the wild of the Yangtze sturgeon as well as raising the threat level for seven other species across the globe. The new assessment carried out […]

Euro area monthly balance of payments: May 2022

Current account recorded €4 billion deficit in May 2022, in line with the previous month Current account surplus amounted to €138 billion (1.1% of euro area GDP) in 12 months to May 2022, down from €352 billion (3.0%) one year earlier In financial account, euro area residents’ net acquisitions of non-euro area portfolio investment securities totalled €239 billion […]