Calls for strikes for Lufthansa and security personnel continue. Passengers need good nerves! An overview of the passenger rights of EU Regulation 261/2004. Vienna/Wiesbaden (OTS) – Compensation according to EU regulations Depending on the length of the flight route booked, you may be entitled to a flat-rate compensation payment of €250, €400 or €600 per … Read more
A new law requiring member states to promote the renovation of buildings to make them more energy efficient to reduce the EU’s carbon dioxide emissions was approved by the European Parliament today. Thus, from 2030 all new buildings in the EU should have zero carbon emissions. Agricultural buildings and heritage buildings will be excluded. The … Read more
ANP NOS News•today, 9:08 PM•Adjusted today, 10:30 PM Food deliverers, Uber drivers and other ‘platform workers’ will have better working conditions in the future. EU countries have reached an agreement on this. The European law that should improve the legal protection of platform workers appeared not to be passed last month due to resistance from … Read more
The European Commission imposed a fine of more than 1.8 billion euros on Apple. The fine concerns abuse of a dominant market position in the distribution of music streaming applications to iPhone and iPad users (“iOS users”) through its App Store. In particular, the Commission found that Apple imposed restrictions on app developers, preventing them … Read more
Schieder: “We will keep Europe’s promise of peace, democracy and prosperity” – Regner: “The EU election is the directional decision for a united and fair Europe” Vienna (OTS/SK) – The EU Commissioner for Employment and Social Rights Nicolas Schmit was named the EU’s top candidate for the upcoming European elections in June at the Congress … Read more
The countries abroad with which Greek voters identify most, in relation to their domestic party preference, are recorded by a Good Affairs poll published by “To Vima”. The general picture that emerges from the poll data shows that the voters who in the European elections are oriented towards voting for parties of the wider political … Read more
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Bogotá — The financing that CAF will provide to Colombia will be US$2,000 million this year. This was confirmed in an interview with Bloomberg Línea by the president of the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF), Sergio Díaz-Granados. These resources will be allocated to sovereign financing for nearly US$520 million; non-sovereign, with another US$500 million; … Read more
The problems in the US commercial real estate market, which have already hit banks in New York and Japan, have begun to spill over into Europe, raising fears of wider contagion. The aggressive rise in interest rates has led many financial institutions to now receive increasing provisions for debt that mainly concerns property owners and … Read more
EPAUrsula von der Leyen NOS News•today, 1:15 PM•Adjusted today, 2:26 PM Kysia Hekster European Union Correspondent Kysia Hekster European Union Correspondent The word is out: Ursula von der Leyen would like to become President of the European Commission again after the European Parliament elections in June. She announced this at a conference of her Christian … Read more
According to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, the EU Commission’s plans to relax environmental regulations for European farmers have not yet received a majority among the member states. Current news: headlines Farmer protests: EU Commission wants to withdraw bill for pesticide protection AfD: Alice Weidel sees Brexit as a “model for Germany” Farmers’ anger: Which … Read more