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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13005

24 August 2022
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NEWS BRIEFS / Cohesion
European Commission approves €320 million budget for cross-border cooperation between Spain and Portugal

23/08/2022 (Agence Europe) – On Tuesday, 23 August, the European Commission approved a €320 million budget for the EU programme for cross-border cooperation between Spain and Portugal for the 2021–2027 period. Also known as ‘Interreg POCTEP’, the cooperation programme between the two countries’ cross-border regions will serve to develop networks between small and medium-sized enterprises on both sides of the border, will finance projects that aim to improve the energy...

Contents

Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: Ms Von der Leyen and Mr Michel state EU will never recognise annexation of Crimea
HOME AFFAIRS: Josep Borrell opposes an EU-wide suspension on issuing visas for Russian citizens
HEALTH: one thousand Ukrainian patients evacuated to European hospitals
SECTORAL POLICIES
FISHERIES: European Commission proposes to renew levels of several quotas in Baltic Sea in 2023
FISHERIES: European Commission approves Finnish and Swedish programmes for implementation of EMFAF
RESEARCH: European Commission highlights severity of continuing drought in Europe in August
CIVIL PROTECTION: RescEU mobilises and deploys two new Canadairs to Portugal
HEALTH: EMA believes that intradermal injection of monkeypox vaccine could optimise vaccine doses
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT: European Commission opens a feedback period to review electronic forms for public procurement
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: rule of law conditionality regulation, European Commission examines Hungary’s responses before presenting measures
INSTITUTIONAL: national parliaments do not challenge European legislative initiatives
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: impact of national regulations on tax advisers is little known, says European Parliament
INSURANCE: insurance sector is globally resilient despite macroeconomic, market and digital risks
EXTERNAL ACTION
AFRICA: EU allocates further humanitarian aid to Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda
NEWS BRIEFS
COHESION: European Commission approves €320 million budget for cross-border cooperation between Spain and Portugal
COHESION: €76 million for Austria under Just Transition Fund
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Mauro Petriccione, director-general of European Commission’s ‘Climate’ department, has died
ENERGY: Thierry Breton is confident that EU will be able to do without Russian gas
COMPANIES: ACCA calls for maximum alignment of sustainability reporting standards
MIGRATION: Solidarity Declaration, first relocation of migrants rescued at sea expected in August
WTO: world merchandise trade not expected to grow strongly in second quarter
SINGAPORE: EU welcomes decriminalisation of sex between two men in Singapore