The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) launched today a public consultation on its draft Supervisory Statement regarding a more outcomes-focused supervision of the sales process and pre-contractual disclosures of insurance-based investment products (IBIPs), within the existing regulatory framework. The objective of EIOPA’s Supervisory Statement is to help supervisors calibrate their engagement with insurance […]
Volunteers from different religious and cultural communities removed 50 kilograms of waste near Padua’s railway station, continuing a series of joint initiatives promoting environmental responsibility and community cooperation. PADUA, Italy, 8 October 2026 — Scientology Volunteer Ministers joined members of Padua’s Muslim, Bangladeshi and Pakistani communities on Sunday, 4 October, for a neighbourhood cleanup in […]
Russia reports no confirmed infection, but unanswered questions prevent a full international risk assessment The World Health Organization has asked Russia for laboratory results and fuller information after an employee of an anti-plague institute in Siberia died from severe pneumonia of unknown cause. Pneumonic plague has not been confirmed, while European health authorities say there […]
The first Inner Vertical Target (IVT) is completed and ready to face ITER’s blazing plasma. Fusion for Energy (F4E) andResearch Instruments (RI) have worked together for over a decade to set the factories in motion. The component will sit at the heart of the largest-ever fusion reactor and comes with uniquely demanding requirements. Europe’s supply […]
Safety is essential to the successful development and deployment of hydrogen technologies and to the competitiveness of Europe’s hydrogen sector. As hydrogen projects move from research and demonstration towards commercial deployment, effective safety management and knowledge sharing are increasingly important. The European Hydrogen Safety Panel (EHSP), established under the Clean Hydrogen Partnership, provides independent safety […]
The secondPower to the Peatlands conference, held in Den Bosch, the Netherlands, from 2-4 September, brought together peatland practitioners, policymakers, researchers and land managers. Around 564 people participated across the two days, while more than 200 followed online. Under the theme ‘Back to the Future: imagining tomorrow, acting today’, the conference highlighted how peatland restoration […]
The Chair described the challenges of delivering on AMLA’s mandate while continuing to build the organisation, and was clear that convergence between Member States is still low, particularly in the non-financial sector. She explained how AMLA is cooperating closely with national supervisors, financial intelligence units and other stakeholders in the AML/CFT system to deliver on […]
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From 1 July to 31 December 2026, Ireland holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the eighth time. The Irish Presidency is focusing its work on three closely connected priorities: competitiveness, values and security. Across Europe, EU-funded programmes support research, innovation and infrastructure that bring together organisations from different countries to […]
Pneumonic plague is a serious infectious disease that is transmitted through cough droplets. However, there has not been a case of plague in the EU for decades, and the disease can be effectively treated with antibiotics readily available in the European Union. Transmission also generally requires close and prolonged contact with an infected person who […]
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today a supervisory statement on the authorization and ongoing supervision of private equity-related (re)insurance undertakings. The statement is addressed to national supervisors and aims to promote consistent, high-quality and risk-based supervision of private equity-backed undertakings across the Union. Private equity (PE) firms have over the past […]
Media-Society.com // Two Warsaw meetings examine human rights across the OSCE region, but their mandates and institutional status are not the same The Human Dimension Implementation Meeting and the Warsaw Human Dimension Conference perform broadly similar work: both bring governments, civil society and international institutions together to examine whether OSCE states are meeting their human-rights […]
Media-Society.com // More than 1,800 participants confront torture prevention, capital punishment and counterterrorism safeguards The Warsaw Human Dimension Conference entered its first full rule-of-law day on Tuesday, bringing governments and civil-society representatives together to examine torture, capital punishment and human-rights protections in counterterrorism. The meeting formally opened on Monday, 5 October, rather than Tuesday as […]
The 2026 Creative Europe Desks Meeting brought together around 250 participants from 41 countries in Brussels from 28 to 30 September for three days of exchange and cooperation.At the heart of these three days are the Creative Europe Desks, which provide national-level guidance to stakeholders interested in learning more about the programme and how to […]
Do you have experience in fields such as sport, culture, youth, education and training or audiovisual? Do you possess good interpersonal and organisational skills, IT competences, as well as the flexibility and willingness to work in an independent capacity, often under short deadlines? EACEA is continuously on the lookout for external experts to help ensure […]
The assessment, carried out by experts from the European Commission (EC), the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), with the support of national experts from Finland and Kosovo*, will bring together the Albanian Institute of Public Health andMinistry of Agriculture and Rural Developmentas well as other public […]
AMLA invites stakeholders to submit their expressions of interest by 18 October 2026 at 23h59 CEST. Further details on eligibility, selection and practical arrangements are available in the call for expressions of interest. For more information on the initiative and the purpose of the roundtables, see AMLA’s news announcement. Interested stakeholders can submit their application […]
At its monthly meeting, EMA’s safety committee (PRAC) carried out its broad range of responsibilities to manage the safety of medicines, including the assessment ofsafety signals,risk management plans,periodic safety update reportsand post-authorisation safety studies. The Committee did not start or conclude any referral procedures. Information on ongoing safety referrals is provided in the ‘Ongoing referrals’ […]
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