11:40 Supporting EU s cultural and creative sectors: the Council and the European Parliament reach a provisional deal on Creative Europe 2021-2027
The German Presidency of the Council and the European Parliament struck a provisional deal on the Creative Europe programme for 2021-2027. The programme supports European and international co-productions, distribution and sales of audio-visual works in Europe and beyond, development of video games, production of innovative TV content, and translation and promotion of literary works across the EU. Creative Europe also supports European cinema festivals, the music sector and heritage and architecture protection projects, as well as special actions such as the European Capitals of Culture, the European Heritage Label and the European Union Prize for Literature.
on December 16, 2020
The EU has taken a major step on the path towards an effective and fair green transition that will lessen the costs for those communities across Europe who are heavily dependent on fossil fuels.
EU ambassadors today endorsed the provisional political agreement reached by the German Presidency of the Council and the European Parliament on the new
€17.5 billion Just Transition Fund (JTF).
The Just Transition Fund is an affirmation of our solidarity and political will as a Union to tackle climate change together. It will help to reconcile economy and ecology. We cannot implement the European Green Deal without mitigating the consequences for those most affected by the decarbonisation of our economy.
Rinkevics stresses importance of cooperation between countries of EU, Latin America and Caribbean 2020-12-15 LETA/TBT Staff
RIGA - Foreign ministers from the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean on Monday held an online meeting at which Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics (New Unity) underlined the importance of closer cooperation, LETA was told at the Foreign Ministry.
Rinkevics said in his remarks at the meeting that both regions and their countries should join forces, sharing knowledge and experience of how to address the complex challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
It is essential that the most dependable and effective way be found towa.
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A milestone in cybersecurity: European Cybersecurity Competence Centre to be located in Bucharest - Hoofdinhoud
The German Presidency of the Council of the
EU has successfully completed negotiations with the European Parliament and European Commission on the establishment of the European Cybersecurity Competence Centre.
The new centre will focus on promoting cybersecurity research projects across the
EU. The aim is to improve the chances that European research will produce European cybersecurity products and services that can hold their own on the global market.
Federal Minister of the Interior, Horst Seehofer:
We need to ensure that people are safe as they go about their lives online. This new European competence centre will strengthen online security and Europe’s digital sovereignty. And it is good that Romania, too, will now be home to a European institution.