The European Commission announced it had selected 11 universities and research organisations to host European Research Area Chairs (ERA Chairs) funded under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7).
The European Commission today announced it had selected 11 universities and research organisations to host European Research Area Chairs (ERA Chairs) funded under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7).
The number of African elephants illegally killed has doubled over the last decade, with 22 000 killed by poachers in 2012; rhinoceros poaching has escalated in South Africa, with rhino horn selling at EUR 40 000/kilo; and poaching now accounts for 78 % of Sumatran tiger deaths. Tiger bones sell for EUR 900/kilo
Students and academic staff from Latin America will have more opportunities to study or train in European universities thanks to increased support from Erasmus+, the new European funding programme for education, training, sport and youth.
Declaration of the European Commission following the popular vote in Switzerland on the “mass immigration” initiative and the Statement of the Hellenic Presidency of the Council of the EU on the results of the Swiss referendum.
New rules, which aim to restore confidence in the EU’s financial markets and improve investor protection, now have to be formally approved by EU member states –
The Commission estimates that around 100 000 seasonal workers enter the EU every year.
This is the first time in a macro-regional strategy that there has been an equal balance of EU countries (Croatia, Greece, Italy, Slovenia) and non-EU countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia) working together to meet common challenges and build on shared strengths.
Common rules on matters related to detention, adopted unanimously by Member States, have been implemented only in around half of the EU’s 28 countries.
Head of the EU Delegation, Michael Davenport, rejected the accusations about the corruption and misuse of money within the support and improvement of Serbia’s health system project implementation, and he expressed regret for the “Doctors against corruption” NGO’s bringing of false statements, Fonet reports.
