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Estonia in Europe: looking to the future“ Speech by President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy at the Riigikogu, the Parliament of Estonia

First joint European Space Tweetup in Cologne

Launch of the Access-City Award 2012

European Commission calls for entries from across Member States

High Representative Catherine Ashton makes

three senior appointments in European External Action Service

Economic Recovery: Second batch of 4-billion-euro package goes to 43 pipeline and electricity projects

The European Commission selected today 43 major energy projects, which will significantly contribute to the economic recovery in the EU, while increasing our security of energy supply by creating cross-border infrastructure. With today’s decision, the Commission grants € 2.3 billion to 31 gas and 12 electricity projects. This is the second financial decision under the Economic Recovery Package which amounts to almost 4 billion Euros. It is the largest amount the EU has ever spent on energy infrastructure.

Redresarea economic: a doua tran" din pachetul de 4 miliarde de euro î la 43 de proiecte din domeniul gazelor ?i energiei electrice

Comisia European? a selec?ionat ast?zi pentru finan?are 43 de proiecte energetice majore, a c?ror realizare va contribui substan?ial la redresarea economic? din UE, înt?rind totodat? securitatea aprovizion?rii cu energie prin crearea unor infrastructuri transfrontaliere. Prin decizia adoptat? ast?zi, Comisia aloc? 2,3 miliarde de euro pentru 31 de proiecte din domeniul gazelor ?i 12 din domeniul energiei electrice. Este cea de-a doua decizie financiar? din cadrul pachetului de redresare economic? în valoare de aproape 4 miliarde de euro. Este ?i cea mai mare sum? investit? vreodat? de UE în infrastructura energetic?.

Finding a job (European Union)

The EU Commission cracks down on modern slavery and child sexual abuse

The European Commission has today adopted two proposals for new rules to step up the fight against trafficking in human beings and child sexual abuse, sexual exploitation and child pornography. These new proposals replace existing legislation which has been in place since respectively 2002 and 2004. The new proposals will guarantee full alignment with the highest European standards, provide better assistance for victims and tougher action against criminals responsible for child sexual abuse and trafficking. The proposals also deal with the rapidly changing technologies in the cyberspace

A new strategic approach to health for the EU (2008-2013)

The present White Paper sets out a new Community health strategy until 2013, which is designed to confront the growing challenges to the health of Europe's citizens, such as population ageing, cross-border health threats or illnesses linked to unhealthy lifestyles. This strategy is also intended to strengthen, in a single strategic framework, Community cooperation in the areas in which the Member States cannot act alone, ensure that health is better understood at European level and worldwide, and secure a bigger role for health in all policies. To this end, the White Paper proposes four principles and three strategic objectives for the coming years.

“Discovering Europe”, An Interactive Map at the Champ de Mars

Walk around a large map of the European Union, on display at the Champ de Mars, at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, and learn to recognise each of the EU's 27 Member States. 

Paris Equality summit

The French Presidency of the Council of the European Union is holding a second summit on equality on 29 and 30 September 2008 in Paris. 

OLAF PUBLISHES ITS ACTIVITY REPORT

A crumbling bridge built with EU money but substandard materials, plagiarism in an EU research project, tomato importers evading customs duties, a retired official trying to increase his pension by illegal means: these are only four examples demonstrating the large variety of cases in which the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) intervened in 2007. OLAF presented today in Brussels its new Annual Activity Report which illustrates its work inside and outside the EU in 15 case studies and numerous statistical tables. At the end of 2007, OLAF was investigating a total of 408 cases.