Europe needs targeted cohesion funding
European Voice | October 18, 2012On the eve of last Friday’s ‘Friends of Cohesion Policy’ meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia’s prime minister, Robert Fico, set out in your newspaper (“The Cohesion policy is good for all”, 4-10 October) why the European Union’s net beneficiary states want no cuts to the future multi-annual financial framework (MFF) 2014-20. Boosting jobs and growth was Fico’s message, reinforced by the countries at the Bratislava meeting, but with very few concrete details and, of course, some obligatory nods to ‘better spending’.
EU’s energy strategy in the Balkans questioned by MEPs
Information Daily | October 18, 2012Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and local Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) worry that the European Commission is bypassing civil society and environmental rules in its Western Balkan strategy.
MEPs question EU’s energy strategy in the Balkans
EurActiv | October 17, 2012MEPs and local NGOs worry that that the European Commission is bypassing civil society and environmental rules as it devises an energy strategy for the Western Balkan region.
EU budget debate: Some one trillion euro questions and answers
EurActiv | October 11, 2012Keti Medarova-Bergstrom and Pawel Swidlicki put their heads together to identify why and where EU budgetary spending has got it wrong in the past and propose how roughly €1 trillion can better serve Europe’s environment, economy and people in the next funding period.
Regional Funds: it’s not the quantity, it’s the quality
EurActiv | October 10, 2012Western and Eastern European governments fighting over some billions less or more to the EU’s next multi-annual budget (2014-2020) would better focus on how to spend this precious resource.
International development banks remain opaque institutions
Public Service Europe | October 2, 2012*Despite the establishment of internal bodies to help increase transparency and address complaints – international development banks still offer a very limited right to redress, /PublicServiceEurope.com /reports*
EU budget negotiations: a zero-sum game?
Public Service Europe | September 28, 2012The seven-year EU budget could unlock investment and jobs, but only if the shadow-boxing around the negotiating table ends now.
Przeciwnicy odkrywek przyjadą do Lubina
Ekonomia24.pl, Rzeczpospolita | September 21, 2012Polscy przeciwnicy budowy kopalń odkrywkowych węgla brunatnego zyskują nowych sojuszników. Poparcie otrzymali już od podobnych organizacji działających w Niemczech, przedstawiciele kolejnych krajów deklarują pomoc w walce z odkrywkami w Polsce i Europie
EUR 172 billion are needed for energy efficiency in 7 countries of Central and Eastern Europe
3e News | September 18, 2012The total investment cost for renewable sources in Bulgaria would be approximately EUR 745 million, according analysis of CEE Bankwatch Network
Towards a dirtier world
The Africa Report | August 9, 2012Would anyone like to buy some triple A derivatives that simultaneously prove to everyone that you are a truly caring person?
