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  • ERDF: 11 Regional Programmes approved for disbursement of funds in Italy

    EU funding opportunities 9 March 2015 , by

    Last February, the European Commission gave its green light to the Operational Programme for Culture and Development for Italy, as well as to 11 ERDF Regional Operational Programmes for the period 2014-2020. The regions concerned are Emilia-Romagna, Lazio, Liguria, Lombardy, Marche, Piedmont, Tuscany, Umbria, Valle d’Aosta and the Autonomous Provinces of Trento and Bolzano. Programmes […]

  • Going for Growth: a tale of two OECDs

    Economy 9 March 2015 , by

    A few days ago the OECD published its annual Going for Growth report, an analysis of the economic situation in Europe and beyond Europe, with reform and policy proposals. The title of this year’s issue is “Breaking the vicious circle”. To understand the origin of such viciousness we need to explore the split personality of […]

  • The European Energy Union comes true, maybe…

    Energy 9 March 2015 , by

    Last February 25th, European Commissioner Maroš Šefcovic has presented the Communication 80/2015 for the European energy strategy. The proposed package joins the EU 2030 climate and energy package and the European Energy Security Strategy, in order to both reduce the emissions of CO2 (-60% by 2050) and the dependence on Russian gas. Indeed, energy is […]

  • Interview with Francesca Siniscalchi

    Editorial 9 March 2015 , by

    Good evening Francesca, a presentation. Good evening Damiano, I am a legal officer, I work for the EU Commission. In the last ten years I have been following legal aspects of the research policy. I have been working for twenty years for different EU institutions, starting at the Court of Justice, then Parliament, finally the […]

  • Military personnel can be granted asylum for defection

    Migration 9 March 2015 , by

    In 2013 the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) was requested to intervene in the case of Andre Shepherd, a US mechanic, former soldier, who deserted from his army base over the Iraq war and who had applied for asylum in Germany. The court ruled that when there is evidence that war crimes […]

  • 3.8 billion euro to fight poverty in EU

    Employment and Social Affairs 9 March 2015 , by

    With the European Commission’s adoption of the last national Operational Program on February 26, the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) has finally been launched, providing a strong signal of EU solidarity towards people that are most in need. The FEAD will support people at risk of poverty and social exclusion providing […]

  • And now for something completely different…

    Economy 23 February 2015 , by

    These days it is hard to write an article about economy in Europe without mentioning Greece. After all, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer after meeting Greece’s Finance Minister said that the ongoing Eurozone power struggle is the biggest threat to the global economy. However, according to some analysts there is something even more dangerous out […]

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