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The EU Commission has decided to register an initiative of European citizens called "Returntheplastics: a citizens' initiative for a deposit system throughout the EU for the recycling of plastic bottles". The organisers of the initiative ask the Commission to put forward a proposal to: introduce a EU-wide deposit system to [...]

The Commission has approved the amendment of six operational programmes (Ops) of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Social Fund (ESF) in Spain, Bulgaria, Italy, Hungary and Germany under REACT-EU for a total of 2.7 billion euros. In Italy, 1 billion euros is added to the national [...]

A total of 10 million euros will be provided to support theatrical and entertainment companies affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The European Commission has recently approved an Italian scheme of 10 million euros, specifically designed to help the cultural sector. Under the scheme, the aid will take the form of [...]

The European Parliament has finally adopted the Fisheries Fund 2021-2027, to support the blue economy, protect biodiversity and promote international governance of the oceans. The new European Fund for Maritime Affairs, Fisheries and Aquaculture (Feampa) encourages EU countries to invest to make the fisheries and aquaculture sectors more competitive and [...]

The European Commission today published a new technical guide on climate-proof infrastructure projects for the period 2021-2027. The guidelines will help to integrate climate considerations into future investments and the development of infrastructure projects, be they buildings, network infrastructure or a range of built systems and assets. This will enable [...]

The European Commission has published its latest report on the short-term prospects of EU agricultural markets. With significant progress in the vaccination campaign against COVID-19 across the EU, catering services have been reopened and travel restrictions have been gradually lifted. This should have a positive impact on tourism this summer [...]

Within Horizon Europe, the largest European research and innovation programme (2021-2027), the Commission has selected 11 new projects worth €120 million to support and enable urgent research on coronavirus and its variants. This funding is one of the many research and innovation actions undertaken to combat coronavirus and contributes to [...]

G20 Environment, reunited in Naples, has approved a "Communiqué" with the strategies to apply with regards to sustainable finance, marine litter, a net of Unesco environmental experts (a network which was wanted by Italy), an appeal for the protection and the restoration of the degraded soils, a sustainable water management [...]

On 16 July 2021, with the adoption by the European Commission of the proposal for a Council recommendation for a "Pact for Research and Innovation in Europe", the European Research Area (ERA) began to take shape. The Pact defines priority and shared areas in which EU countries will have to [...]

The ECB has launched technical tests for a Community digital currency. The Governing Council of the European Central Bank has started the analysis phase of the project for a digital euro. The 24-months analysis phase will address key issues related to the definition of technical characteristics and distribution. A digital [...]