Nine arrests in hit against network smuggling migrants via the Greek-Turkish land border
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Nine arrests in hit against network smuggling migrants via the Greek-Turkish land border Description: On 20 January 2021, the Hellenic Police (Ελληνική Αστυνομία), supported by Europol, dismantled an organised crime group smuggling migrants from Turkey to Greece by land. After passing the border crossing, the migrants were forced to walk in groups of 3 to 10 people for several days until they reached a predefined location. From there, members of the smuggling network would pick them up by car to bring them to a safe house in Northern Greece. Afterwards, the migrants were transported to Thessaloniki and from there on to Athens, using sophisticated methods to avoid police detection.
Article - Plenary highlights: vaccines, new US president, right to disconnect
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Plenary highlights: vaccines, new US president, right to disconnect | News | European Parliament Description: MEPs demanded more clarity about Covid-19 vaccine contracts and welcomed the inauguration of Joe Biden as US president during Parliament's first plenary session of the year.
EIB Group and Committee of the Regions reinforce their long-standing cooperation
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: EIB Group and Committee of the Regions reinforce their long-standing cooperation Description: The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) and EIB Group have renewed and reinforced their long-standing cooperation today with the adoption of a new joint Action Plan for cooperation in 2021 .
A new consultation warns: many EU governments are excluding regions and cities from the preparation of post-COVID recovery plans
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: A new consultation warns: many EU governments are excluding regions and cities from the preparation of post-COVID recovery plans Description: The CoR-CEMR work points out that only a few countries took on local-regional authorities
Euro banknote counterfeiting at historically low level in 2020
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Euro banknote counterfeiting at historically low level in 2020 Description: The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank of the 19 European Union countries which have adopted the euro. Our main task is to maintain price stability in the euro area and so preserve the purchasing power of the single currency.