Mayors of EU capital cities meet Commissioner Hahn

Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn hosts the first direct talks between the Commission and the EU's capital cities on February 28, 2013. The meeting brings together 20 mayors from capital cities. It aims to promote a regular dialogue between the capitals and the Commission and to mobilise them as...

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National leaders from the EU's 27 member states agreed on MMF

The European Council on 8 February 2013 reached agreement on the next multiannual financial framework (MFF), which defines the budgetary priorities of the EU for the years 2014-2020. In line with the consolidation efforts in the Member States, EU leaders agreed to cut, compared to the current MFF 2007-2013, the financial...

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Summary of the Council of the European Union of Trio: Poland Demark and Cyprus.

Three successive presidencies, known as presidency trios, cooperate for an 18-month period to provide continuity by sharing common political programmes. The 2011–2012 trio consisted of Poland (1 July 2011 - 31 December 2011), Denmark (1 January 2012 - 30 June 2012) and Cyprus (1 July 2012 - 31 December 2012). According to the Lisbon Treaty, Poland was...

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Ministers in the European Council discuss a revised "negotiation box"

In the run-up to the November European Council meeting dedicated to the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2014-2020, the ministers discussed a revised "negotiating box", presented by the Cyprus Presidency at the Council meeting on 24 September. The updated "box" contains a reduced number of options and reflects the Presidency's...

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Open days 2012

Representatives of the Varazdin County and the City of Rijeka participated in 10th Open Days 2012 - European Week of Regions and Cities in Brussels, 8 to 11 October 2012.   This is an annual gathering of experts of regional and local development organized by the Committee of the Regions, in cooperation...

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Twinning project with Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship

Croatian Regions Office in Brussels together with Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship, the City of Rijeka and Kvarner County, organized a two-day seminar on the implementation of Structural Funds and good practices in Poland on the 4th and 5th June 2012 at the premises of the Regional Development Agency Porin. Representatives of Croatian...

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