07/02/2021 15:29
Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) Marcel Ciolacu will have a series of online meetings with European officials in the first half of next week, including Nicolas Schmit, European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights and Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, informs a press release of the Social Democratic Party sent to AGERPRES on Sunday.
According to the cited source, on Monday, there are meetings scheduled in the agenda, starting with 13:00 hrs, with Sergei Stanishev, president of the Party of European Socialists, and from 15:00 hrs Marcel Ciolacu will meet with Nicolas Schmit, European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights.
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Mr Coveney warned the EU Commission to act quickly to resolve the issues, which burst into the spotlight due to trade chaos at Northern Irish ports this week. Officials in Stormont have also called for the Northern Ireland protocol to be scrapped and replaced due to the impact on trade in the country. Calling on Ursula von der Leyen to act, Mr Coveney said resolutions must be made in order to restore trade in Northern Ireland.
2/3/2021 1:04:20 PM GMT | By Eren Sengezer
In a letter to Maroš Šefčovič, European Commission Vice President of Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight, British Cabinet Minister Michael Gove said grace periods for N. Ireland supermarkets and suppliers should be extended until at least January 1, 2023.
Additional takeaways We urgently need to look at process around mutual recognition of professional qualifications and movement of seed potatoes and other plants. Grace periods should be adapted to cover all relevant local businesses and services as authorised traders. In all cases, what is now required is political, not technical, solutions. Arrangements on medicines should be extended for a further year until at least January 1, 2023.
Published: 28 Jan 2021, 12:06
By:
Edith Hancock
Mika Lintilä, Finland s Minister of Economic Affairs, opened a webinar on the country s new battery manufacturing strategy on 28 January. Image: Valtioneuvosto/Wikimedia Commons
Finland has launched a new battery development strategy and is touting for investors to build up its manufacturing industry.
The National Battery Strategy 2025 was unveiled on Tuesday 26 January, and outlines seven objectives to develop the country’s battery sector, which includes targeting growth and renewal of Finland’s existing battery and electrification cluster, further investment, promoting industry competition, raising awareness of the strategy globally, responsible raw material sourcing, defining key roles in the sector’s value chain, and exploring circular economic solutions and advancing digital innovation in the space.
The European Union needs to accelerate the process of mass vaccination against the novel coronavirus, as well as that of vaccine deliveries, Maros Sefcovic, the