ESMA proposes improvements to Transparency Directive after Wirecard case
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: ESMA proposes improvements to Transparency Directive after Wirecard Description: The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has written to the European Commission (EC) with its proposals to improve the Transparency Directive (TD) following the Wirecard case. The letter addresses provisions related to enforcement of financial information.
African swine fever: devising an ‘exit strategy’ for affected countries
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: African swine fever: devising an ‘exit strategy’ for affected countries Description: EFSA has devised surveillance strategies that will help countries affected by African swine fever (ASF) to determine when the virus has stopped circulating among their wild boar populations. The scientific opinion recommends an “exit strategy” comprising two phases: a period of routine surveillance of wild boar (the screening phase) followed by a shorter period of intense surveillance (the confirmation phase). Modelling demonstrated that: The accuracy of the approach rises in line with the number of wild boar carcasses collected and tested. Lengthening the monitoring period increases the...
Kenya: Team Europe partners with Equity Bank to support business and agriculture amid COVID-19
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Kenya: Team Europe partners with Equity Bank to support business and agriculture amid COVID-19 Description: The European Union and the European Investment Bank, working together as Team Europe, are providing EUR 120 million (KES 15.8 billion) of new support for Equity Bank to enhance financing to Kenyan companies most impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.
Article - Timeline: milestones in the EU's fight for women's rights (video)
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Timeline: milestones in the EU's fight for women's rights (video) | News | European Parliament Description: Equal rights in the EU have come a long way, but the Covid-19 pandemic could put them at risk. Watch our video for some of the milestones.
Austria: EIB provides €7.5 million to artificial intelligence software innovator Cortical.io
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Austria: EIB provides €7.5 million to artificial intelligence software innovator Cortical.io Description: The EIB is providing €7.5 million to Cortical.io AG, an Austrian software company developing innovative artificial intelligence technology based on a Natural Language Understanding (NLU) approach that can interpret and process human language text. The software is capable of performing search and analysis based on meanings of words or sentences. Its current applications include smart search and classification of information in contracts and emails. Cortical.io’s technology can search, extract, annotate and analyse key information from unstructured text – even with specialised vocabulary – across multiple languages and business sectors, and the company has already started developing standardised products to speed up deployment of the technology. The EIB financing will cover research and development (R&D) as well as operational investments supporting Cortical.io’s growth.