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Today, the Commission decided to register a European Citizens' Initiative entitled ‘ReturnthePlastics: A Citizen's Initiative to implement an EU-wide deposit-system to recycle plastic bottles'.
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State aid: Commission approves €50.6 million Cypriot scheme providing support to vulnerable borrowers with loans secured by primary residences ('Oikia scheme')
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Sanctions: Commission issues additional guidance on providing COVID-19-related humanitarian aid in sanctioned environments
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The EU Civil Protection Mechanism continues to channel support to help combat unprecedented forest fires in Greece and the rest of the Mediterranean.
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Today, the Commission published a proposal for a Council Recommendation on blended learning to support high quality and inclusive primary and secondary education.
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The Commission has approved the modification of seven Operational Programmes (OP) for the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and European Social Fund in Spain, Italy and Cyprus under REACT-EU for a total of €2.7 billion.
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Today, the European Commission has approved its seventh Advanced Purchase Agreement (APA) with a pharmaceutical company to ensure access to a potential vaccine against COVID-19 in Q4 of 2021 and in 2022.
Commission welcomes next step on the approval of the recovery and resilience plans of Croatia, Cyprus, Lithuania and Slovenia
EU invests €122 million in innovative projects to decarbonise the economy
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Statement by President von der Leyen on a new milestone in the EU Vaccines Strategy