Exposure to air pollution, second-hand smoke, radon, ultraviolet radiation, asbestos, certain chemicals and other pollutants causes over 10% of all cancer cases in Europe, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) report published today. The good news is that these risks are preventable.
The European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) has published its annual report on the state of asylum in Europe. The report examines how events in 2021 and early 2022, such as the take-over of Afghanistan by the Taliban, state-sponsored migrant smuggling from Belarus and the first land war in Europe in nearly 30 years shaped […]
The spokesman of the opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) party said on Sunday that “each and every step taken recently by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán points in the direction that he wants Hungary to quit the European Union”.
The radical Mi Hazánk (Our Homeland) party on Friday said it rejected the European Union candidacy granted to Ukraine, saying the country was “unprepared”.
The European Commission on Thursday said it opened an in-depth investigation to assess the planned acquisition of OMV Slovenija by Hungarian oil and gas company MOL.
Besides Ukraine and Moldova, Georgia and Bosnia-Herzegovina should also be granted European Union candidate status, Judit Varga, the justice minister, said in Brussels ahead of a summit of EU leaders. Bosnia-Herzegovina must not be “left out” of the group of Western Balkan countries aiming to join the EU, she said.
Viktor Orbán has reaffirmed Hungary’s support for Ukraine’s bid to attain candidate status for European Union membership.
The Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency has selected Dr Sharon McGuinness as ECHA’s next Executive Director.
EMA has recommended granting a marketing authorisation for COVID-19 Vaccine (inactivated, adjuvanted) Valneva for use in the primary vaccination of people from 18 to 50 years of age.
Total assets of EU-headquartered credit institutions increased from €29.44 trillion in December 2020 to €30.44 trillion in December 2021, an increase of 3.42%. EU non-performing loans ratio[1] declined by 0.2 percentage points year on year to 2.08% in December 2021. EU average return on equity[2] was 6.81% and Common Equity Tier 1 ratio[3] was 15.73% in December 2021. Euro area banks and […]
