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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12080

24 August 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 20
NEWS BRIEFS / Culture
Italy, Belgium and France were main European Year of Cultural Heritage beneficiaries

23/08/2018 (Agence Europe) – The countries that have most benefited from the European Year of Cultural Heritage funds are Italy, Belgium and France. The European Commission announced this news following a parliamentary question submitted by Liadh Ní Riada (GUE/NGL, Ireland). It was effectively confirmed that 77 requests for support were submitted through cooperation projects in the Creative Europe programme and 29 of them had obtained a positive response. The European Year of Cultural...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: London publishes technical notices to prepare its citizens and economic actors for hard Brexit
EBO: European Patents Office trade unionists demand end to 'persecutions' of union representatives
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: Informal meeting of member state experts to find common, sustainable solutions to migrant disembarkation headache
TRANSPORT: Competition from third country airlines - hopes for interinstitutional negotiations to be concluded this November
JUSTICE: Those defending golden visas attempt to provide assurances but Commission takes harder line
FOOD SAFETY: EU notes failings in Argentina's system for combating foot-and-mouth disease
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
MONEY LAUNDERING: MONEYVAL committee flags up shortcomings in Latvian prudential system
PAYMENTS: Eva Maydell unveils her plans to ensure the transparency of payments subject to currency conversion
INSURANCE: Bulgarian insurance sector plunged into turmoil with insolvency of Cypriot company Olympic
EXTERNAL ACTION
IRAN: EU announces €18 million in measures to help economic and social development
RUSSIA: Sebastian Kurz says Vienna supports European position on Moscow
FYROM: Johannes Hahn regrets calls for boycott of referendum on country's name
MALDIVES: EU not yet taken decision on sanctions
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: Two Polish measures approved
SAUDI ARABIA: EU denounces death sentence on five human rights activists
CAMBODIA: EU reiterates call for release of opposition leader Kem Sokha
CULTURE: Italy, Belgium and France were main European Year of Cultural Heritage beneficiaries
SPACE: Successful launch of European satellite Aeolus
INDUSTRY: 'Dieselgate' - Commission cannot be mediator between France and Germany
HEALTH: New cigarette packs will be required in the UK if Brexit without agreement