EU traveller can ’roam like at home’ for 10 more years

mennessä CrNet Oy | heinä 1, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The European Union’s new, improved roaming regulation entered into force on 1 July, under which travellers in the EU and the European Economic Area can call, text and surf abroad without extra charges. The new improved roaming rules, which extend...

EU invests €5.4 billion in sustainable, safe, and efficient transport infrastructure

mennessä CrNet Oy | kesä 30, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The Commission has today selected 135 transport infrastructure projects for EU grants, from 399 project proposals submitted under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), the EU’s funding instrument for strategic investment in transport infrastructure. The funding...

EU states agree higher targets for renewables

mennessä CrNet Oy | kesä 28, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

EU ministers adopted a general approach on two legislative proposals that tackle energy aspects of the EU’s climate transition, the renewable energies directive and the energy efficiency directive. ”The agreement of the member states on these two proposals...

EU agrees new social, environmental reporting rules for large companies

mennessä CrNet Oy | kesä 27, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

MEPs and EU governments struck a provisional deal Tuesday on new reporting rules for large companies, with obligations to disclose their impact on environment, human rights, social standards and work ethics. Currently, non-financial information that companies are...

Food security: EU to step up its support to African, Caribbean and Pacific countries in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

mennessä CrNet Oy | kesä 22, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The European Commission adopted today a proposal to mobilise €600 million from the reserves of the European Development Fund to address the current food security crisis aggravated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. These funds will support African, Caribbean and...