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The Commission has today adopted its Partnership Agreement with France, laying down an investment strategy worth €18.4 billion in cohesion policy funding for the period 2021-2027. The funds will support France in promoting economic, social and territorial cohesion, while advancing key EU priorities such as the green and digital transition. The funds will also contribute ...

The Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds (SPEA) will develop a project that allows through the sound to know more about the seabirds from Madeira and...

By    •  Updated: 12/04/2021 - 18:17 Millions of us take holidays in the European Union each year, with Paris, Milan and Barcelona among the top tourist destinations worldwide. While they are undoubtedly amazing cities, there are some equally dazzling destinations that seem to fly under the radar. As well as the 27 member states of the EU, there are 32 special territories. Some are classed as Outermost Regions, while others are Overseas Countries and Territories, or ‘special cases’, and they range from the outskirts of Europe - like the Faroe Islands - all th...

Posted on 15 March 2021. The Autonomous Government of the Azores, lead by President José  Manuel Bolieiro, has stated that its administration is unhappy with the reduced number of COVID’19 vaccines the Government of Portugal has made available to the Azorean population. Indeed, the Azorean administration has indicated it is very concerned about the spread of the COVID’19 British variant in the archipelago, and threatened to procure vaccine supply sources elsewhere. To date, only about 6% of Azorean populations has received the first dose of the vaccine, with about 18,600 people being v...

The Canarian banana sector falters after three decades of being protected by Europe The Canarian banana started this year with difficulties. The obligation to establish a minimum price and the impossibility of selling at a loss, as proposed by the draft reform of the food chain law, harms a product that has been protected by Europe for almost three decades. Their relationship officially began in 1993 with the entry into force of the Common Market Organization (CMO) in the banana sector in the EU, which ensured a balance between the different banana supply sources on the market. Back then, the...