The European Commission has rejected the Czech request for a 60-day postponement regarding comments on how the control of conflicts of interest in the distribution of European subsidies has improved. The deadline was set for them on Wednesday 22 September in a letter available to the iROZHLAS.cz server last Friday. Minister for Regional Development Klára Dostálová stated at today’s press conference […]
Most European Union countries continue to exceed airborne pollutant levels, although measures against the covid-19 pandemic have temporarily improved the situation, often increasing air quality. This was stated today in its report by the European Environment Agency (EEA), which presents the results of measurements from 2019 as well as preliminary data from last year. According to her, the Czechia is one […]
The European Union will have a new office from next year to better prepare the European bloc in response to the covid pandemic for further crises. The European Commission today unveiled details of a forthcoming health authority called HERA, which will protect EU countries from a recurrence of the severe effects of coronavirus infection. Brussels wants to […]
The European Commission (EC) plans to create a new chip-making ecosystem. It wants to ensure the competitiveness and self-sufficiency of the 27-member bloc, because the global shortage of semiconductors has shown how dangerous it is to rely on suppliers from Asia and the United States. This was said in the European Parliament today by the President of […]
The European Central Bank (ECB) will slow down bond purchases to support economic growth in the eurozone affected by the covid-19 pandemic. At today’s meeting, the Governing Council of the ECB decided to reduce its monthly purchases of bonds under the emergency pandemic program called PEPP compared to the previous two quarters but did not provide specific figures […]
The European Commission (EC) wants to start issuing the first of a series of so-called green bonds in October, which it intends to cover with a third of the extraordinary recovery fund used to kick-start the economies of European Union countries after the coronavirus crisis. The commission plans to raise a total of 250 billion euros […]
Prime Minister Andrej Babis admitted that his government did not manage the covid-19 epidemic well last September when it came to the return of children to school and people on holiday. However, his August statement “Best in Covid” was taken out of context and misused by some journalists and the opposition, he said. Babiš said this before […]
The European Union does not have a clear strategy to combat illegal migration, even with regard to the enlargement of the Schengen area to the countries of the Western Balkans, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš told reporters before today’s departure to Slovenia for the Bled Strategic Forum. The topic of this meeting will be the future of […]
The inflation rate in the euro area rose sharply in August, reaching three percent and reaching its highest level in almost ten years. This was stated today by the statistical office Eurostat in its quick estimate. Price growth thus significantly exceeded the long-term goal of the European Central Bank (ECB), which is at two percent. In July, […]