Tweet A new EU survey on the Integration of Immigrants in the EU reveals that 80% of Irish people, highest in the EU, feel that the integration of most immigrants is successful in their local area or country. The EU average is 54% with people least positive
Read more →Tweet The European Commission this week proposed new measures to: bolster the security of identity cards and reduce document fraud; provide law enforcement and judicial authorities with access to electronic evidence and financial information; further restrict terrorists’ access to explosives precursors; and strengthen controls on the import
Read more →TweetUnity, urgency and pragmatism marked the Spring European Council where EU leaders showed strong determination on delivering on key priorities European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker participated yesterday and today at the European Council where EU leaders sent out a message that Europe is both united and focused
Read more →TweetA two-year long cybercrime investigation between the Romanian Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and terrorism – Central Structure, Romanian National Police, the Prosecution Office of Milan and the Italian National Police, with the support of Eurojust, Europol and its Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce, has led to the
Read more →TweetThe euro area seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 8.5% in February 2018, down from 8.6% in January 2018 and from 9.5% in February 2017. This is the lowest rate recorded in the euro area since December 2008. The EU28 unemployment rate was 7.1%. Read more…
Read more →TweetThe European Commission is launching an expert group on liability and new technologies and is looking for experts on Artificial Intelligence, advanced robotics, the Internet of Things and more. The deadline for application is 30 April 2018. Read more…
Read more →TweetThe Centre for Archaeology and Innovation Ireland is a partner in the EU-funded ARIADNE project which has created a registry of archaeological repositories and a portal to search and access them. The portal allows users to filter their search by time period (e.g. the first century BC),
Read more →TweetThe European Commission wants to make cross-border payments in euro cheaper across the entire EU. Under current rules, there is no difference for euro area residents or businesses if they carry out euro transactions in their own country or with another euro area Member State. Under the
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