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The current health crisis compels us to tackle the risk of the next long-term EU budget not coming into force on 1 January 2021 with even more urgency, MEPs say.
Committee on Budgets

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The current health crisis compels us to tackle the risk of the next long-term EU budget not coming into force on 1 January 2021 with even more urgency, MEPs say.
Committee on Budgets

Source : © European Union, 2020 - EP

The current health crisis compels us to tackle the risk of the next long-term EU budget not coming into force on 1 January 2021 with even more urgency, MEPs say.
Committee on Budgets

Source : © European Union, 2020 - EP

Germany’s decision to take full advantage of the EU's relaxed state aid rules could be "a locomotive" for Europe but a strong recovery fund is needed to avoid distortions in the internal market, EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager told MEPs on Monday (4 May).

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Der Ständerat stellt sich oppositionslos hinter den Armeeeinsatz während der Corona-Pandemie. Er hat am Montag den Assistenzdienst für bis zu 8000 Armeeangehörige bis höchstens Ende Juni nachträglich gutgeheissen.

Vádat emelt az államügyészség hétfőn Petr Nečas volt cseh kormányfő ellen hamis tanúskodás miatt - jelentette az Aktuálne.cz hírportál.

Die Corona-Zeit ändert unsere Zahlungsgewohnheiten. Selbst das Gipfeli beim Bäcker zahlen wir nun meist mit Karte. Doch jede Kartenzahlung verursacht Gebühren für die Händler. Das ist vor allem für Läden mit vielen kleinen Umsätzen ein Problem, sagt der Preisüberwacher.

Plusieurs organisations d'entraide enjoignent Berne de mettre la main au portefeuille pour combler le fossé qui se creuse encore davantage avec la pandémie dans les pays les plus pauvres.

Dans son discours prononcé le dimanche 3 avril 2020, le président de la République tanzanienne, John Magufuli, a jeté le discrédit sur les chiffres officiels sur le Coronavirus dans son pays. Selon lui, les données officielles fournies par le gouvernement sur le Coronavirus seraient trafiquées et revues à la hausse. Il ouvre d’ailleurs une enquête […]

L’article Tanzanie, Coronavirus : le Président Jonh Magufuli dénonce des « statistiques trafiquées et revues à la hausse » est apparu en premier sur Afrik.com.

Dank Pilates und Sport-Hypnose rast Marina Gilardoni an der Skeleton-WM aufs Podest. Jetzt ist Peking 2022 im Visier.

Die Corona-Krise hat zu einer grossen Welle von Heimarbeit geführt. Nun kommt die Lockerung. In welchem Umfang Homeoffice weiterhin möglich ist, hängt von den Arbeitgebern ab.

Le quotidien va recourir au Tribunal fédéral pour défendre son journaliste, accusé d'avoir outrepassé ses droits lors du procès du double homicide des Verrières (NE).

Le Conseil d’État affecte 4,6 millions de francs au site qui raconte l’urbanisation de Genève.

Sa 43e édition a beau avoir lieu dans sept mois, ses organisateurs sont dans l’expectative. Entretien avec Jerry Maspoli.

Written by Ivana Katsarova,

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With the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, which has caused the shutdown of some 70 000 cinemas in China, nearly 2 500 in the US and over 9 000 in the EU, the joy sparked by the success of the film industry in 2019 has quickly given way to anxiety. Shootings, premieres, spring festivals and entertainment events have faced near-total cancellation or postponement due to the pandemic, thus inflicting an estimated loss of US$5 billion on the global box office; this amount could skyrocket to between US$15 billion and US$17 billion, if cinemas do not reopen by the end of May 2020.

The EU film sector is essentially made up of small companies employing creative and technical freelancers, which makes it particularly vulnerable to the pandemic. The domino effect of the lockdown has triggered the immediate freeze of hundreds of projects in the shooting phase, disrupted cash flows and pushed production companies to the brink of bankruptcy. To limit and/or mitigate the economic damage caused by coronavirus, governments and national film and audiovisual funds across the EU have been quick in setting up both general blanket measures (such as solidarity funds and short-term unemployment schemes) and/or specific industry-related funds and grants (helping arthouse cinema and providing financial relief to producers and distributors).

For its part, the EU has acted promptly to limit the spread of the virus and help EU countries to withstand its social and economic impact. In addition to the Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative (CRII) and the CRII+, both approved by the European Parliament and the Council in record time, the Commission has set up a Temporary Framework allowing EU countries to derogate from State aid rules, and proposed a European instrument for temporary support (SURE) to help protect jobs and workers affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

In the meantime, various film festivals have gone digital and a number of streaming companies have started offering free options to all those confined to their homes by the lockdown. Similarly, major studios are also releasing films to home video earlier than what has been the norm thus far. It remains unclear as to how long it will take before audiences go back to cinemas and what unexpected consequences the various mitigation measures in place could have.

Read the complete briefing on ‘Coronavirus and the European film industry‘ in the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.

Cinema sites and cinema screens in the EU-27, 2018

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Der Berner Schokoladefabrikant Gysi schliesst per Ende Juni definitiv. Das zuständige Gericht hat die Aktiengesellschaft Ende April in die Nachlassstundung geschickt.

Wer würde nicht gerne mal hinter die Mauern des Kensington Palace schauen? Ein neues Enthüllungsbuch erlaubt einem nun genau das.