Monthly Archives: February 2018

Consumers will enjoy additional rights for electricity thanks to new EU rules on access to price comparison sites, use of home-produced energy and energy monitors. The new rules will need to be approved by Parliament before they can enter into force. They were approved by Parliament's energy committee on 21 February. The proposals are part…

Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia and Romania are the countries that have pledged to Schengen -  the EU's passport-free travel area, that covers 26 countries. Despite Bulgaria and Romania fulfilling the necessary criteria and repeated calls from the European Parliament to let them join, the Schengen area has not been expanded to these two countries yet as…

Investing in European education and training is essential for the European economy to remain competitive in the global context. Namely, 65 percent of children who started school this year will occupy professions that do not exist today, and 90 percent of occupations will require some level of digital skills. Today, 44 percent of Europeans do…