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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12072

28 July 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 14 / 21
NEWS BRIEFS / Environment
ShiftIDEAS and Enova both win at StartUp Europe Awards

27/07/2018 (Agence Europe) – Two innovative Bulgarian companies - ShiftIDEAS and Enova - who won in the StartUp Europe Awards in the environment and water categories, received their prizes from the European Commissioner for the Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Karmenu Vella, in Brussels on Tuesday 24 July. ShiftIDEAS (BYOMIC) won for developing a fully biodegradable composite material from agricultural waste. Enova won for designing a system of biosensors to detect and quantify...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY: Lisbon Summit to strengthen interconnection cooperation between France and Iberian peninsula
MIGRATION: Madrid and Paris confirm their joint vision of migration challenge response
FOOD SAFETY: Pesticide residues in food, EFSA annual report says risks are low
ENVIRONMENT: Civil society organisations join Brussels Capital Region's challenge at Court of Justice opposing glyphosate
REGIONS: Commission is prepared to amend its instruments in an effort to help victims of fires in Greece
SINGLE MARKET: Austrian Presidency of Council of the EU wants to look into governance for artificial intelligence strategy
EXTERNAL ACTION
USA: Agreement concluded between Juncker and Trump on bilateral trade raises hope and questions across the EU
PAKISTAN: EU calls for fair and transparent appeals procedures
PHILIPPINES: EU hails signature of Bangsamoro Organic Law
ECONOMY - FINANCE
EMU: Emmanuel Macron and Pedro Sánchez reiterate their ambitions of deepening Economic and Monetary Union
FINANCE: FinTech regulation in the EU must strike a balance between stimulating the market and security, says EESC
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: Green light to German public financing to promote energy efficiency in rail transport
EGYPT: EIB signs initial finance agreement worth €126 million to improve sanitation
ENVIRONMENT: ShiftIDEAS and Enova both win at StartUp Europe Awards
SPACE: Copernicus to the rescue to support Greek authorities in tackling forest fires in Attica
INDUSTRY: Volvo is first car manufacturer to install 'eCall' European automatic alert system
ISRAEL: EU condemns murder of Israeli
PALESTINE: EU points out that it is crucial that UNRWA can play its role
UNITED KINGDOM: Parliament vetoes any back-pedalling over commitments taken in draft joint agreement of December 2017
SOCIAL: According to Eurofound, teleworking is not taking off in EU
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-WORD: A brief Brexit break