Marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on Friday (25 November), the Commission called for the smooth adoption of the directive on combatting violence against women and the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention.
EU countries, including Germany, have spent billions to help citizens get through the energy crisis, though measures have not been targeted towards society’s most vulnerable, the European Commission said on Tuesday (22 November).
Algae have the potential not only to improve European diets but also to contribute to carbon dioxide (CO2) mitigation, the EU’s Fisheries Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius told EURACTIV in an exclusive interview.
The European Commission on Tuesday endorsed a positive preliminary assessment of Cyprus’ payment request for €85 million in grants under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), while Cyprus lost €90 million in grants due to better-than-expected economic performance during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Fertilisers from livestock manure could be key to reducing costs and increasing independence from non-EU countries, according to EU27 agriculture ministers and the European Commission.
Health commissioner Stella Kyriakides presented a proposal for an update to the two-decade-old EU Council recommendation on cancer screening on Tuesday (20 September), with the aim of including more cancer types in national screening programmes.
The European Commission has released its proposal for a Media Freedom Act, to a mixed reaction from civil society and media sector organisations.
The European Commission has announced it will be funding new projects to support reception, asylum and return systems in Cyprus, Italy, Spain, Greece, and Poland.
The European Commission has proposed to slash in half the use and risk of chemical pesticides by 2030, confirming the level of ambition enshrined in the European Green Deal despite food insecurity threats in light of the Ukraine war.
In the run-up to the Seventy-fifth World Health Assembly starting on Sunday (22 May), the European Commission aims to align member state positions and ensure the EU-wide agreements are translated into WHO policies.
