Online shopping: EU against geo-blocking and country redirects

Tech&Inno

MEPs have voted in favor of ending geo-blocking and country redirects by the end of 2018. any Europeans shop online on a daily basis. Whether it’s for electronics, appliances or furniture, 57% of EU citizens bought something online in 2017. Shopping online is one of the favorite activities of internet

Capital Markets Union: new rules for investment firms

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The European Commission proposes a two-track overhaul to make life simpler for smaller investment firms, while bringing the largest, systemic ones under the same regime as European banks. Investment firms and the services they provide are vital to a well-functioning Capital Markets Union (CMU). Alongside banks, EU capital markets rely

Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU 2018 – Priorities and Programme

EU&Politico

On January 1, 2018, a decade after its accession to the EU, Bulgaria took over the rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU for the first time. Presidency represents a great honor, but a great responsibility too. For six months Bulgaria will be the main driving force for the tasks

EU Winter Economic Forecast 2017

EU&Politico

All EU Member States' economies set to grow in 2016, 2017 and 2018 Having proven resilient to global challenges last year, the European economic recovery is expected to continue this year and next: for the first time in almost a decade, the economies of all EU Member States are expected to

10th EU-Montenegro Accession Conference: Chapters 2 and 3 opened

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The tenth meeting of the Accession Conference with Montenegro at Ministerial level was held today in Brussels to open negotiations on Chapter 2 - Freedom of movement for workers, and Chapter 3 - Right of establishment and freedom to provide services. The European Union delegation was led by Mr Sven

EC: Completion of the Banking Union by 2018

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uropean citizens and businesses will benefit from deeper financial integration and a more stable financial system, thanks to Commission plans to accelerate with the completion of the missing parts of the Banking Union. The Banking Union must be completed if it is to deliver its full potential in making the

EU – 10 years since the start of the economic crisis

he global financial crisis began 10 years ago and led to the European Union's worst recession in its six-decade history. The crisis did not start in Europe but EU institutions and Member States needed to act resolutely to counter its impact and address the shortcomings of the initial set-up of

EU Roaming: a successful story

rom 15 June 2017 on, using your mobile phone anywhere in the EU will cost you the same as at home. The long-awaited end to roaming charges within the EU was agreed upon by the Council of the EU and the European Parliament two years ago. The Parliament played a

Antitrust: Commission fines Google €2.42 billion

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he European Commission has fined Google €2.42 billion for breaching EU antitrust rules. Google has abused its market dominance as a search engine by giving an illegal advantage to another Google product, its comparison shopping service. The company must now end the conduct within 90 days or face penalty payments of

Youth initiative: a strategy for high quality, inclusive, future-oriented education

he European Commission has adopted new initiatives on school and higher education, including a proposal on graduate tracking to help Member States collect information on what graduates do after their studies. The overall aim of these initiatives is to help Member States provide high quality and inclusive education for all young

2018 EU budget draft: focus on jobs, investments, migration and security

he Commission proposed a draft budget for 2018 of €161 billion in commitments to stimulate the creation of more jobs, especially for young people, and to boost growth and strategic investments. Building on the actions already undertaken in previous years, next year's EU budget will continue dealing effectively with the migration

2017 Doing Business Report: Montenegro 51st

orld Bank has published 14th Doing Business report for 2015-2016 period. According to the report, Montenegro was ranked 51th out of 190 economies covered. That is three places lower than previous year, if the same methodology was applied to the DB 2016 report. Methodology updates* As part of a three-year update in