ESMIG refreshes executive committee ahead of next Smart Energy, Smart...
Brussels – 16 June 2014 – ESMIG, the European Smart Metering Industry Group, has announced significant changes to its executive committee personnel. President Frank Hyldmar (Elster) is stepping down,...
View ArticleInternational Financial Reporting Standards - ACCA offers feedback on the...
The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has been advised by ACCA’s (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) Global Forum for Corporate Reporting that the global standard for the...
View ArticleGreens/EFA alliance reconfirmed, as group expands to new member states
The alliance between the European Greens and the European Free Alliance was today formally reconfirmed for the coming legislative term (2014-19). The bureau of the new Greens/EFA group (co-presidents,...
View ArticleTerricabras confirmed as Greens/EFA Vice President
Newly elected Catalan MEP Josep Maria Terricabras has been confirmed as First Vice President of the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament. Terricabras was elected last week as President of the...
View ArticleACCA welcomes COREPER’s green light for a negotiating mandate on new rules...
The keywords in fighting money laundering and terrorist financing throughout Europe and worldwide are transparency and consistency between EU rules and the international approach, says global...
View ArticleSamos 2014 Summit on ICT-enabled Governance
Samos, June 17, 2014 More than 80 high-level experts in electronic governance from 20 countries will participate in the 5th International Samos Summit on "ICT-enabled Governance ", to be held on 30...
View ArticleLeft MEPs re-elect Gabi Zimmer as President
Newly elected MEPs from the European United Left / Nordic Green Left group in the European Parliament today voted Gabi Zimmer as the group's new President. Zimmer held the office in the last...
View ArticleResearch reveals multi-billion dollar promise of untapped Supply Chain Finance
Yet it makes up just 4% of the global financing marketCFOs and FDs can make business-case for supply chain finance Businesses are missing out on billions of dollars (US) by failing to tap into one of...
View ArticleEuropean Retail Sector Strenghtens Ties With South Korean Businesses
Brussels, 19 June 2014.The Foreign Trade Association (FTA), representing over 1,300 European retailers and importers, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Korea International Trade...
View ArticleGUE/NGL condemns crackdown on support for Spanish Republic
19/06/14 Brussels GUE/NGL MEPs have condemned the Spanish government's undemocratic ban on the displaying of republican symbols in the country. "This is a completely unjustified ban and severely...
View ArticleMediterranean Caritas call for safe and open channels of legal entry to the EU
Caritas Europa together with Caritas Italy, as a leading organisation of the Migramed(1), and in light of the upcoming Italian Presidency of the Council of the EU, call the EU and EU Member...
View ArticleEnergy Efficiency: Commission to put itself offside?
Allegedly, the Commission is planning to propose an astoundingly low indicative target on energy efficiency for 2030. “Bad for competitiveness, bad for jobs and the economy, bad for energy security,...
View ArticleWorld Refugee Day: 100 NGOs and thousands of citizens petition European...
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View ArticleSolidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike: end arbitrary...
GUE/NGL MEPs have shown their solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike by reiterating their support to the fight for justice for Palestinian people and Palestinian prisoners. The MEPs are...
View ArticleEPP Group Chairman to start negotiations with S&D
Solutions to the crisis cannot be based in recepies from the past In view of the upcoming European Council and the constitution of the European Parliament the week after, the Chairman of the EPP Group...
View ArticleTransformation challenges greater than ever for global finance functions
ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) think-tank outlines 10 key requirements needed for effective finance function change.
View ArticleItalian Presidency must break with neoliberal doctrine
GUE/NGL MEP Barbara Spinelli, who today represented the Group at a 'Conference of Presidents' meeting in Rome between EP political groups and the incoming Presidency, said: "We want to see a break with...
View ArticleEU leaders must respect European elections and ensure gender equality for top...
EU heads of state and government are set to decide on who they will nominate as candidate for president of the European Commission at their summit this week (26-27 June). The summit is also expected to...
View ArticleEPP and S&D Groups make significant progress in shaping a stable majority
The Chairmen of the EPP and S&D Groups, Manfred Weber and Martin Schulz MEPs, made significant progress on Tuesday in shaping a stable and sustainable majority in the European Parliament as well...
View ArticleEurope Must Speed Up its Energy Security Plan
In these times of tense international discussions between Russia and the EU as well as the latest developments in Irak, the energy security topic has (re)gained high priority. Now more than ever, the...
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