Brussels, 19/12/2014 (Agence Europe) - Commissioner Corina Cretu has been true to her word, having this year again approved half the operational programmes on time. She had been encouraged to speed up the adoption of the programmes so that the structural funds for the 2014-2020 funding period could be brought into play. On Friday 19 December, 148 of the 311 programmes submitted by the member states had been adopted. Regional Development Commissioner Cretu acknowledged that a great deal of...