The European Parliament has finally approved the introduction of covid certificates, so-called covid passports, which should make it easier for people to travel across borders from the beginning of July. A large majority of MEPs have supported the rules requiring all EU countries to issue and recognize free certificates of vaccination, negative testing or illness. The ...
A majority of MEPs today intend to support the introduction of so-called covid passports, which are intended to make it easier for people to travel across borders during a pandemic from July. In the morning debate, MEPs said that digital certificates would be a great relief for the people of the European Union and the needy ...
The European Union’s budget, increased by an extraordinary reconstruction fund, should count on a total expenditure of 311.3 billion euros (7.9 trillion CZK) next year. It was proposed today by the European Commission, according to which the grants for member states from the unprecedented crisis package will amount to 143.5 billion euros. Another 167.8 billion will go ...
According to seasonally calculated data, the economies of the European Union countries in the first quarter fell by 0.1 percent compared to the previous three months due to a pandemic. This was announced today by Eurostat, in its revised report. This is a better development than the Office stated in a previous estimate, according to which the ...
The European Commission (EC) has launched an investigation into whether Facebook is abusing its position in the advertising market. The Commission is primarily interested in how Facebook handles the data of advertisers and whether it misuses the information obtained to compete with them in the markets where it operates. The Commission cites as an example the advertisements of ...
The ambassadors of the member states of the European Union today approved a ban on the entry of Belarusian airlines into the EU airspace and their landing at EU airports. At the same time, the recommendation not to use Belarus’ airspace should apply to EU carriers. Reuters reported, referring to three diplomatic sources. The approved measures are ...
Renting a car abroad, opening a bank account or requesting medical treatment could be easier in the future. The European Commission (EC) today presented a proposal for a so-called digital wallet to enable people to easily use electronic documents throughout the European Union. The Commission claims that the digital identity will be resistant to data misuse, which ...
France, Sweden and Norway today called for an investigation into a report by Danish Radio (DR), which said Danish secret services were helping the US National Security Agency (NSA) spy on leading European politicians between 2012 and 2014. If the allegations turned out to be true, it would be an “extremely serious” issue, according to French ...
The economic sentiment in the European Union improved again in May, its main indicator rising to 113.9 points from April’s 109.9 points. This was announced today by the European Commission (EC). The index is significantly above its long-term average and is close to the maximum from December 2017. For the euro area, the indicator rose to 114.5 ...
