Estimated time of reading: ~ 3 minutes The US asylum procedure for Ukrainian refugees escaping Russia’s invasion will be sped up thanks to a new program launched by President Joe Biden. As long as they can provide for them financially, American citizens and charitable organizations may sponsor Ukrainian refugees under the “Unite for Ukraine” initiative. […]
Estimated time of reading: ~ 1 minute The Secretary-General of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) invited EU territories to submit their applications for the 2024 edition of the European Entrepreneurial Region (EER) Award. The European Entrepreneurial Region (EER) identifies and rewards EU regions and cities which show an outstanding and innovative entrepreneurial policy […]
Estimated time of reading: ~ 2 minutes Since Russia invaded Ukraine, the European Union started a race against time to reduce its dependency on Russian gas. On March 25th 2022, the US President, Joe Biden, and the European Commission President, Ursula Von der Leyen, met in Brussels and agreed to work together to support Europe’s energy […]
Estimated time of reading: ~ 2 minutes Two years after the Biden administration and the European Commission successfully put an end to the trade disputes of the Trump era, Washington and Brussels seems again at odds on the matter, this time over US electric vehicles subsidies and EU initiatives to contain US big tech companies. The […]
Estimated time of reading: ~ 3 minutes On November 23, Russian forces carried out major combat attacks on energy infrastructure in Ukraine. “Up until 11:00 a.m. local time today, manufacturers of power supply 70% of Ukraine’s electrical needs. Thirty percent of capacity is currently unavailable” was the post of the Ukrenergo shared on Facebook and […]
After putting an end to trade-related disagreements that characterized the US-EU relations during the Trump mandate, Biden administration has adopted an ambiguous attitude, reinforcing the bilateral commitment to its NATO ally on one side, but approving opinion inflaming measures like the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that could once again hinder the United States relation with […]
Estimated time of reading: ~ 4 minutes According to information compiled by UNHCR, 7.8 million people have been evacuated from Ukraine into Europe. About 19 percent of all Ukrainians fall under this category. Approximately 15.4 million people left Ukraine, but 7.7 million have subsequently come back. The largest exodus happened on March 7, when more […]
Estimated time of reading: ~ 1 minute In the framework of the Single Market Programme – COSME strand, EISMEA has published a call to greenen SMEs and social economy entrepreneurs in local ecosystems and social economy. The call will support transnational partnerships aimed at strengthening the capacity of SMEs and entrepreneurs in the social economy […]
Estimated time of reading: ~ 2 minutes The Russian war of aggression to Ukraine became an “energy war” towards Europe with strong impact on its economy. In the meantime, Europe is showing its resilience accelerating on renewable energies and diversifying sources of gas. And for Russia the war does not seem convenient for its energy […]
Estimated time of reading: ~ 3 minutes Russia’s GDP contracted for the second quarter in a row, felling by 4 per cent year on year as the western response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine helped plunge the economy into recession. And even inflation is very high in Russia having reached 12,9 per cent in October. […]
