OECD water team leader urges more funding for water protection
Xavier Leflaive, the OECD’s water team leader, has called for tripling funding for water protection.
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Air pollution caused 400,000 premature European deaths in 2016
Poor air quality caused about 400,000 premature deaths in Europe in 2016, the most recent year data is available, and almost every city-dwelling European is exposed to pollution levels that exceed healthy levels, according to a report on Wednesday.
CEE Aviation Conference 2019 Warsaw, Poland
The CEE Aviation Conference and Business Consulting Ltd. is holding its 4th aviation summit, and, for first time, in Warsaw.
2 Italian police officers killed, 3 wounded by robbery suspects
Two Italian policemen have been shot dead after a suspect ‘with psychiatric problems’ grappled an officer before ‘shooting at point blank range’ and fleeing.
Drunk easyJet Passeneger Insulted Women On Board
A 39-year-old British tourist insulted women on an easyJet flight from Budapest to Manchester.
Monetary developments in the euro area: August 2019
Annual growth rate of broad monetary aggregate M3 increased to 5.7% in August 2019 from 5.1% in July (revised from 5.2%) Annual growth rate of narrower monetary aggregate M1, comprising currency in circulation and overnight deposits, increased to 8.4% in August from 7.8% in July Annual growth rate of adjusted loans to households stood at 3.4% in August, unchanged from […]
Consolidated financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 20 September 2019
In the week ending 20 September 2019 gold and gold receivables (asset item 1) increased by EUR 1 million owing to transactions in gold by two Eurosystem central banks. The net position of the Eurosystem in foreign currency (asset items 2 and 3 minus liability items 7, 8 and 9) decreased by EUR 0.2 billion to EUR 287.8 billion. As a result of the Eurosystem’s open market operations and standing facilities, […]
ESRB issues five warnings and six recommendations on medium-term residential real estate sector vulnerabilities
The European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) has today published a set of country-specific warnings and recommendations on medium-term vulnerabilities in the residential real estate sector. The ESRB has a mandate to issue warnings when significant systemic risks are identified and to provide recommendations for remedial action to address such risks. The warnings were sent to the […]
ECB sanctions Piraeus Bank S.A. for breaching own funds provisions between 2015 and 2017
Piraeus Bank S.A found in breach of own funds provisions on an individual and on a consolidated basis during six consecutive quarterly reporting periods between 2015 and 2017 committed under the direction of the former management of Piraeus Bank S.A. ECB imposes a penalty for an amount of € 5,150,000 on Piraeus Bank S.A. The […]
Meeting highlights from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) 16-19 September 2019
EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) recommended seven medicines for approval at its September 2019 meeting.