[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The European Commission has for the first time presented calls for projects under Horizon 2020, the European Union's €80 billion research and innovation programme. Worth more than €15 billion over the first two years, the funding is intended to help boost Europe's knowledge-driven economy, and...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The port city of Dalian in northeast China has approved a plan to restrict sales of new cars. Dalian is the fifth city in China -- along with Beijing, Shanghai, Guiyang and Guangzhou -- to restrict vehicle sales, and others are expected to join them. With...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Renault-Nissan hopes to reach an agreement with German partner Daimler to deepen the alliance between the carmakers during the first quarter of next year. The agreement would allow Daimler to build Mercedes-Benz cars in Renault-Nissan’s factory in Mexico, increase the use of Renault engines in luxury...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council adopted the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), the future funding instrument for the trans-European networks in the fields of transport, energy and telecommunications (76/13; statements: 16096/13. The regulation establishing the CEF determines the conditions, methods and procedures for the Union's financial contribution...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Council approved a programme in support of the competitiveness of EU enterprises for the years 2014 to 2020. The COSME programme, which has a budget of EUR 2.3 billion in current prices for the seven years, is designed to contribute to the competitiveness of EU...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Ministers agreed a general approach on a proposal aimed at building up a minimum infrastructure for alternative fuels across the EU. The draft directive is part of the Clean Power for Transport initiative. Source: Consilium[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In theory, many people would be happy to drive an electric car. But the main hurdle in creating a mass market for these vehicles has been so-called ‘range anxiety' – the fear that you will run out of power because there are not enough places...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The member states’ transport ministers, meeting in Council on 7 December, will try to agree on the deployment of infrastructure for alternative fuels in the EU. The Council is expected to adopt a general approach on a proposal presented by the European Commission nearly a...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Competitiveness Council met on 2 and 3 December in Brussels. Ministers adopted the "Horizon 2020" programme for research and innovation for the years 2014 to 2020 (PE-CO_S 67/13). Horizon 2020 will replace the EU's 7th Research Framework Programme (FP7), which runs until the end of 2013. Compared with...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Guidelines to enable trainees to acquire high-quality work experience under safe and fair conditions, and to increase their chances of finding a good quality job, have been proposed today by the European Commission. The proposal for a Council Recommendation on a Quality Framework for Traineeships...