login
login

Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11633

28 September 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 25
EXTERNAL ACTION / Moldova
EU releases €15 million for public administration reform
Brussels, 27/09/2016 (Agence Europe)

On Monday 26 September, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy Johannes Hahn visited Chisinau, where he announced that the EU had earmarked €15 million "to support Moldova in its public administration reform".

During a press conference with Moldova's Prime Minister Pavel Filip after the signing of the financing agreement for the public administration support programme, Hahn announced: "We want to help modernise the public administration and make it more citizen friendly and...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
DEFENCE: Mid-November target for determining level of Europe of Defence ambition
JHA: Slovak prime minister says quotas for asylum-seekers are thing of the past
JHA: MEPs endorse visa waiver for Ukraine
COHESION: Four major recommendations for simplifying funding requirements for beneficiaries and management authorities
FISHERIES: Commission proposes sharp cut in 2017 cod catch in Baltic
AGRICULTURE: Over 52,000 farmers taking part in milk reduction scheme
DIGITAL: Parliament divided by mode of decision-making on audiovisual rules revision
DIGITAL: Roaming - Commission envisages 5% threshold for sustainability clause
COMPETITIVENESS: Ministers to discuss collaborative economy and the steel industry
ENERGY: Parliament preparing recommendations on EU LNG and gas storage strategy
TRANSPORT: Pavel Telicka calls for creation of true Trans-European Motorway of the Sky
CLIMATE: Ninety NGOs call on ICAO to reduce aviation emissions right now
CLIMATE: G7 transport ministers call on all countries to join ICAO's market measure in 2021
BIODIVERSITY: WWF and other NGOs urge EU to act to save threatened oceans
EXTERNAL ACTION
COLOMBIA: Council suspends sanctions against FARC
BOSNIA: EU encourages country's institutions to solve question of Republika Srpska Day
MOLDOVA: EU releases €15 million for public administration reform
TRADE: Parliament wants better protection for outermost region banana producers
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: Growing pressure in favour of initiative on whistleblower protection
TAXATION: OECD says that Apple's taxes are mainly owed in the USA
ANTI-TRUST: International Skating Union's practices still anti-competitive, says Commission
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET:  Kristalina Georgieva warns that decisions will have to be made on policies to be funded in future
NEWS BRIEFS
COHESION: Structured dialogue on freezing regional Portuguese and Spanish funds to take place on 3 October
CLIMATE: Shift to strengthen Commission-ICAO partnership
FINANCE: Fines handed to rating agencies too low, says ESMA