Food enzymes: scientific guidance updated
EFSA has updated its scientific guidance on the submission of food enzyme dossiers for safety evaluation.
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Euro area monthly balance of payments: August 2021
Current account recorded €13 billion surplus in August 2021, down from €23 billion in previous month Current account surplus amounted to €328 billion (2.8% of euro area GDP) in 12 months to August 2021, up from €176 billion (1.5%) one year earlier In financial account, euro area residents’ net acquisitions of non-euro area portfolio investment securities totalled €942 […]
Consolidated financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 15 October 2021
In the week ending 15 October 2021 the net position of the Eurosystem in foreign currency (asset items 2 and 3 minus liability items 7, 8 and 9) remained virtually unchanged at EUR 320 billion.
“Serbia Ready to Join EU”
Serbia has been “ready to join the EU for years” and Hungary is a committed supporter of those endeavours, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in Horgoš (Horgos), in northern Serbia, on Monday, at a ceremony marking the start of the refurbishment of the railway line linking Subotica (Szabadka) and Szeged.
New manufacturing sites and new formulation approved for COVID-19 vaccine from BioNTech/Pfizer
Additional manufacturing sites approved
EMA starts evaluating use of COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty in children aged 5 to 11
EMA has started evaluating an application to extend the use of BioNTech/Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, Comirnaty, to children aged 5 to 11.
Romanian President Thanks Hungary for Help With Efforts Against Covid
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has thanked Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for the Hungarian government’s assistance with efforts against the coronavirus pandemic.
Fidesz: Hungary to Veto EU Climate Tax Plans
Hungary and the Visegrad Group countries will veto a new tax Brussels plans to introduce “under the guise of fighting climate change”, the communications director of ruling Fidesz said over the weekend.
Migratory situation at EU’s borders in September: Increase on the Central Mediterranean and Western Balkan routes
The number of illegal border crossings at EU’s external borders in the first nine months of 2021 rose 68% to 133 900*, according to preliminary calculations. This is 47% more than in 2019 before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic when the number of illegal border crossings amounted to 91 000.
Cornerstone Laid for Budapest-Belgrade Rail Line Upgrade
The cornerstone for the Budapest-Belgrade railway line upgrade was laid in Kiskunhalas, in southern Hungary, on Friday.