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European Parliament :

• EP calls for new EU-China partnership based on reciprocity
• Parliament adopts ambitious approach on financial transaction tax

  

Council of the European Union :

• Clearing the way towards a growth agenda

European Commission :

• Environment: Clean water at majority of EU holiday destinations

  

• Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities: Winners of BAGSO Seniors Day Photography Competition 2012 announced
• EU in the World Humanitarian Aid: European Commission allocates €5 million to help flood victims in South America

• Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship: European Commission calls on Member States to implement national plans for Roma integration

  

• Research: Networking for nanotechnology

European Food Safety Authority :

• Pesticides and bee health: EFSA reviews the science

  

European Parliament :

• Combine austerity with measures to boost growth, say Eurobarometer respondents

European Commission :

• Competition: Commission adopts rules on national support for industry electricity costs in context of the EU Emission Trading Scheme

  

• Culture: Invitation to an inspiration and dialogue meeting on the role of culture in a time of crisis
• Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities: Meeting the coach! - Launch of the Generations@school Project in Greece
• Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities: Youth: Employment and Inclusion in times of crisis
• Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities: 'Write me a poem about your elders' awards ceremony in Belgium
• EU in the world Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy :Montenegro Spring Report adopted by the Commission
• EU in the world Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy: Positive EU-Turkey agenda launched in Ankara
• EU in the World Humanitarian Aid: ECHO responds to the hunger crisis in Yemen

• Health and Consumer Policy: A new European Consumer Agenda – Boosting confidence and growth by putting consumers at the heart of the Single Market

  

• Health and Consumer Policy: May 2012: Flash Consumer Confidence Indicator
• Research: Android vulnerability neutralised

European Economic and Social Committee :

• Tax havens and social economy at the EESC plenary session

Fusion for Energy :

• Fusion for Energy seat is set in Barcelona

European Parliament :

• Financial transaction tax: getting the financial sector to contribute towards the cost of the crisis
• Expectations for growth summit

  

• Opening - school bombing and earthquake in Italy

  

European Commission :

• Agriculture and Rural Development: Two private storage aid tenders to be opened for olive oil
• Enterprise and Industry: Enhancing business cooperation between SMEs in Colombia and the EU
• Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities: The European Commission publishes The 2012 Ageing Report
• Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities: Commission launches 'Your First EURES job' pilot project to help young people find jobs
• Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities: Higher skills provide growing job opportunities as general labour demand slows down
• EU in the World Humanitarian Aid: EU Civil Protection Field Exercise: Large scale flooding in Croatia

• Research: METHODS & MATERIALS: Cheaper plaster on the cards
• Research: GLOBAL WARMING: Sophisticated simulations predict future warming
• Statistics: Further increase in VAT rates in 2012 [240 KB]
• Statistics: Construction output up by 12.4% in euro area [327 KB]
• Taxation and Customs Union: EU savings tax rules and savings agreements with third countries

European Commission :

• The European Union at the G8 summit in Camp David (U.S.) on 18-19 May 2012: "Acting together"

  

• Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities: Indie-rock band Please the Trees and the Elpida Choir of Seniors tour the Czech Republic
• Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities: Network of Age-Friendly Communities across the United States
• Research: GLOBAL WARMING: Sophisticated simulations predict future warming
• Research: BIOLOGY: Study probes how organisms evolved diverse mechanisms
• Research: Bluefin tuna fishing season: JRC habitat maps help compliance control
• Statistics: April 2012 Euro area annual inflation down to 2.6% EU down to 2.7%

  

• Watch the latest clips from the ITER construction site

• Day against homophobia: the situation in the EU is improving

  

• EU Council approved conclusions on a new VAT strategy [112 KB]

European Commission :

• Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities: Bridging Generations with Andrea Camilleri in Rome
• Health and Consumer Policy: Food: Commission adopts landmark list of permitted health claims

• Research: Tsunami early warning: Co-operation with Italian Civil Protection
• Statistics: April 2012 Euro area annual inflation down to 2.6% EU down to 2.7%

  

• Statistics: Euro area external trade surplus 8.6 bn euro [233 KB]

• Fusion for energy inspires Catalan youth to follow a career in science.

• "Europe on the Ground" wins 2012 European Charlemagne Youth Prize
• Libya: MEPs hopeful for upcoming elections but worried about arms smuggling
• Bank capital rules - 14 May Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee vote

• Making European banks more solid

European Commission :

• Economic and Financial Affairs: Ageing report: Europe needs to prepare for growing older
• Enterprise and Industry: First investment under the European Angels Fund
• Enterprise and Industry: Volume of retail trade up by 0.3% in euro area
• Enterprise and Industry: Commission proposes new VAT rules for vouchers
• Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities: A day of Solidarity between Generations in Lamia
• Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities: High level Commission representatives took part in a Generations@school project in Belgium
• Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities: Generations@school launch in Latvia
• EU in the world Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy: EU bolsters its support to reformers in its Southern and Eastern neighbourhoods
• Digital Agenda: EU research breakthrough will cut 4G / LTE mobile network energy use in half
• Statistics: Euro area and EU27 GDP stable [123 KB]

• EIB supports SMEs in Spain

• L'investissement de l'UE dans la sécurité collective en Afrique centrale : un pari risqué

• Economic committee to vote on limiting bankers' bonuses and strengthening banks

  

• Fiscal Policy: Growth dimension and control of new Commission powers needed
• MEPs discuss situation in Libya and elections with Libya's Deputy Prime Minister

Council of the European Union :

• Syria: Council strengthens EU sanctions once more [79 KB]

European Commission :

• Agriculture and Rural Development: Report on implementing the EU organic farming Regulation
• Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities: Generations@School launch in Portugal
• Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities: Flash mob event in Dublin to celebrate the European Year for Active Ageing
• Maritime Affairs and Fisheries: Challenges and opportunities of maritime and coastal tourism: public consultation launched today
• Research: Apractical guide to green products and services
• Research: Progress on materials and safety standards for photovoltaic modules
• Statistics: Air passenger transport in the EU27 in 2010 Highest growth in number of passengers in Copenhagen, Vienna, Milan and Rome airports

  

• Statistics: Industrial production down by 0.3% in euro area [297 KB]
• Transport: Road charging plans must be fair to all drivers

  

• ESPAS Report 'Global Trends 2030 - Citizens in an Interconnected and Polycentric World'

• EP this week: votes on budgetary oversight and banking rules; Albania
• MEPs to debate developments in Sudan and South Sudan
• Celebrating the Festival of Europe

European Commission :

• Economic and Financial Affairs: Spring forecast 2012-13: towards a slow recovery
• Economic and Financial Affairs: Statement from EFSF regarding next disbursement to Greece
• Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities: The 10th German Senior Citizens Day, celebrated in Hamburg
• Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities: Dialogue between Generations at the European Day of Solidarity in Bulgaria
• Digital Agenda: New price caps for mobile data roaming expected to save families over €200 each year and business travellers over €1000.
• Research: BIOLOGY: Study probes how organisms evolved diverse mechanisms
• Research: LIFE SCIENCES: Scientists uncover link between genes and bone disease
• Statistics: A gateway to European statistics [155 KB]

• Why is the EU 'irrelevant' for Israel?

• MEPs want to improve the detection of potentially dangerous medicines
• Come and celebrate the Festival of Europe with the European Parliament
• New deal to cut mobile roaming prices, including data services

  

• Homelessness and Housing Rights in the Context of the Crisis

European Commission :

• Economic and Financial Affairs: Key indicators for the euro area
• Enterprise and Industry: Antonio Tajani: Fostering industrial co-operation with the United States
• Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion: Dialogue between Generations at the European Day of Solidarity in Bulgaria
• Maritime Affairs and Fisheries: Common Fisheries Policy: What future for Aquaculture?
• Digital Agenda: New price caps for mobile data roaming expected to save families over €200 each year and business travellers over €1000
• Taxation and Customs Union: Commission proposes new VAT rules for vouchers

  

• Working together: Risk prevention means active leadership and worker engagement

  

• European Defence Agency working with US on export controls

• Increase in cancers and fertility problems may be caused by household chemicals and pharmaceuticals
• Water: how can we account for our most vital resource?

• EUISS Director quoted in Europolitics

• The quiet revolution: challenges abound after more than sixty years of European unity
• What next for crisis-hit Europe?

  

European Commission :

• Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship: Have your say! Your rights, your future

  

• Research: Scientists uncover link between genes and bone disease

• The Commission's failure to provide third-country students with correct and reliable information about its scholarship scheme

  

• Generation ’92 video competition: And the winners are...

  

• EFSA Management Board Chair resigns [1,03 MB]

• Pension scheme rules

• Niccolò Rinaldi: trade "wonderful opportunity" for Arab Spring democracy

  

• MEPs to debate future of Europe
• Airport reform package: MEPs question added value for travellers

European Commission :

• Europe Day sees launch of first European Citizens' Initiative

  

• Agriculture and Rural Development: New study on "Addressing biodiversity and habitat preservation through measures applied under the Common Agricultural Policy"
• Competition: Commission launches major initiative to modernise state aid control

  

• Enterprise and Industry: New rules for textile labelling become applicable
• Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities: Four Generations’ Carnival in Helsinki to celebrate Intergenerational Solidarity
• EU in the World Humanitarian Aid: Celebrate Europe Day with ECHO!
• Digital Agenda: From football boots to spaceships, from mediaeval comics to Caravaggio. EU Ministers pick their top treasures in Europeana.
• Health and Consumer Policy: Latest report on safety of products shows fewer dangerous items reaching the EU market

  

• Research: Scientists uncover link between genes and bone disease
• Research: ICT for health: Denmark leads the way with telehealth deployment

• NER 300 – EIB publishes April sales report

• Supervisory powers: Parliament and the other EU institutions

  

• Putting our houses in order: how the EU bids to create a more stable mortgage market

  

• Open Days 2012: behind the scenes in Parliament

  

Danish Presidency of the Council of the European Union :

• EU pedalling on Europe Day

  

• Culture : Make your voice heard! Vote for your favourite winner of the EU Prize for cultural heritage/ Europa Nostra Award
• Culture : Culture ministers discuss Creative Europe programme
• EU in the world : Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy : Commissioner Füle opens the second session of the High Level Accession Dialogue in Skopje
• EU in the world : Humanitarian Aid : The Police, Humanitarians and the Protection of Civilians – Roundtable results
• Digital Agenda : Commission adopts first report on the application of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive

  

• Statistics : Volume of retail trade up by 0.3% in euro area
• Statistics : Tourism statistics - nights spent in tourist accommodation establishments

• Asbestos – compensation fund proposed in the Bask region

• Stricter requirements to air pollution in Europe
• EU candidate country: A strategic and existential choice

European Commission :

• Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion: Roses for the Elderly
• Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion: Celebrating the Day of Generations in the heart of Budapest
• Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion: Commission proposes €1.6 million from Globalisation Fund for Spanish footwear workers
• Launch of the Generations@school Project in the Czech Republic
• EU in the world Enlargement: Albania: Potential to move higher up in the enlargement process
• EU in the World Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection: Additional funds to the Sahel food crisis
• Health and Consumer Policy: EU Health Programme: working together to improve public health in Europe [3,69 MB]
• Health and Consumer Policy: Health for the EU in 20 success stories [5,42 MB]
• Research: ENIAC Call 7 - 2012
• Research: Call for proposals for ARTEMIS 2012
• Research: EU atmospheric research project ready for take off
• Statistics: Volume of retail trade up by 0.3% in euro area [309 KB]
• Taxation and Customs Union: Customs: EU and USA agree to recognise each other's "trusted traders"

  

• European regions and cities set the agenda for successful cohesion policy 2014-2020
• President Bresso calls on the Mayors in China to join forces to shape sustainable cities

• Asbestos – compensation fund proposed in the Bask region

• First steps towards a European Master's in Official Statistics

• Internships (period September-December 2012)

• MEP Sonia Alfano: "Ordinary laws don't work against the mafia"

  

European Commission :

• Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities: Peer review on Public Employment Services and older workers
• Statistics: Industrial producer prices up by 0.5% in euro area [310 KB]

• Monetary policy decisions

  

• ECHA accepts group notification to the Classification and Labelling Inventory for companies who are not themselves manufacturers or importers

• "Schmallenberg" virus: analysis of the epidemiological data (April 2012)

  

• "Global Trends 2030" quoted in Today's Zaman
• EUISS 'Global Trends 2030' report in the Turkish Weekly

• MEPs call for more details on new EU culture programme

• Main results of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council [78 KB]

European Commission :

• Enterprise and Industry: SECUR-ED - One year on the project continues to focus on providing urban transport security for the citizens of Europe
• Enterprise and Industry: Galileo September launch will spur innovation
• EU in the World Development : Kenya: New EU support to strengthen food security among vulnerable mothers and children
• Digital Agenda: New strategy for safer internet and better internet content for children and teenagers

  

• Statistics: Euro area unemployment rate at 10.9% [207 KB]

• EIB activity report 2011 is out

• ENISA launches new online campaign inviting citizens to be the “face” of European Security Month

• European Citizen's Prize: honouring exceptional Europeans

  

European Commission :

• Enterprise and Industry: SMEs in the euro zone are struggling to get bank funding
• Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities: The ECDL Foundation announces a new version of "EqualSkills", adapted to seniors
• Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities: Mamy Rock, the star of this year's Festival of Europe in Brussels
• Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities: The European Women's Lobby brings a gender equality perspective to intergenerational solidarity
• EU in the world External relations: EU development cooperation with Kenya
• EU in the World Humanitarian Aid: More humanitarian funding for victims of Pakistan's floods and conflicts
• Statistics: Euro area inflation estimated at 2.6% [81 KB]
• Statistics: Household saving rate up to 13.7% in the euro area and to 11.8% in the EU27 [286 KB]
• Statistics: Business investment rate down to 20.7% in the euro area and to 20.2% in the EU27 [220 KB]

• Aspartame

  

• Training and Cohesion within police forces as an apt response to new Security challenges

• Voters' behaviour under scrutiny ahead of Sunday's French elections