Tag: Slovenia
#DontBeAMule – More than 1,500 #MoneyMules identified in worldwide #MoneyLaundering sting
Working together with Europol, Eurojust and the European Banking Federation (EBF), police forces from over 20 States arrested 168 people (so far) as part of a coordinated money laundering crackdown, the European Money Mule Action (EMMA). This international swoop, the fourth of its kind, was intended to tackle the issue of ‘money mules’, who […]
#Latvia becomes 19th EU country to join #eHealth co-operation for personalized health care
Latvia has signed the European Declaration on linking genomic databases across borders that aims to improve understanding and prevention of disease and allow for more personalized treatments, in particular for rare diseases, cancer and brain-related diseases. The Declaration is an agreement of co-operation between the countries that want to provide secure and authorized cross-border access to national and […]
#EAPM – #HTA debate moves to Sofia for key conference
As the debate on EU-wide health technology assessment (HTA) reaches Council level after a positive vote on the Commission’s proposals at the latest Strasbourg plenary, the Bulgarian capital Sofia will host a conference on HTA’s implications for personalised medicine, writes European Alliance for Personalised Medicine (EAPM) Executive Director Denis Horgan. The Brussels-based EAPM, and its […]
Countries launch UN work to shut down global trade in #TortureTools
On 24 September, the Alliance for Torture-Free Trade agreed to step up the pace of its efforts and work towards a United Nations instrument – such as a binding convention – to stop the trade in instruments for torture and the death penalty. The Alliance for Torture-Free Trade is an initiative of the European Union, […]
State aid: Commission approves new Slovenian commitment package for #NovaLjubljanskaBanka #NLB
The European Commission has concluded that Slovenia’s aid for Nova Ljubljanska Banka (NLB) remains compatible with EU state aid rules on the basis of a new commitment package submitted by the Slovenian authorities on 13 July 2018. Slovenia has firmly committed to an ambitious time schedule for NLB’s sale with a first sale tranche of […]
#Slovenia president nominates no candidate for prime minister
Slovenian President Borut Pahor (pictured) told parliament on Monday (23 July) he would nominate no candidate for prime minister as no party enjoys majority support in parliament, writes Marja Novak. Slovenia held a national election on 3 June, won by the anti-immigrant Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS). It lacks potential coalition partners to form a government. Under […]
European Commission welcomes first operational steps towards a #EuropeanDefenceUnion
The European Commission has welcomed the decision adopted on 11 December by the Council formally establishing Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) and the plans presented by 25 EU member states to work together on a first set of 17 collaborative defence projects. President Juncker said: “In June I said it was time to wake up the Sleeping Beauty of the Lisbon Treaty: […]