18 arrested as police across Europe seize 350 firearms
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: 18 arrested as police across Europe seize 350 firearms Description: Following a complex investigation supported by Europol, the Dutch National Police (Politie) together with the Czech National Organised Crime Agency (Národní centrála proti organizovanému zločinu) and the Slovak National Crime Agency (Národná kriminálna agentúra) swooped on a gun trafficking gang, arresting 6 of its members this past month in the framework of Operational Taskforce LOS.
The JRC Competence Centre on Participatory and Deliberative Democracy as knowledge and coordination hub for regions and cities
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: The JRC Competence Centre on Participatory and Deliberative Democracy as knowledge and coordination hub for regions and cities Description: Today, the European Commission Joint Research (JRC) Centre launched the Competence Centre on Participatory and Deliberative Democracy (CC). It aims at providing tools, resources, research and methodologies to build capacity and best practice in participatory and deliberative democracy across different levels of governance in the EU. Mark Speich, Chair of the CoR commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External Affairs – CIVEX - stated that the cooperation between the CC and regions and cities could be mutual: On the one hand the CoR can be a full partner of the JRC in its work on the EC policy priority
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Police raid takes fake flat listings offline Description: The Budapest Metropolitan Police (Budapesti Rendőr-főkapitányság), supported by Europol, dismantled an organised crime group involved in fraud and money laundering. The operation was supported by the judicial and law enforcement authorities of the Dominican Republic via Interpol.
Improved supervision of pension costs and charges, and of defined contribution risk management: EIOPA issues two supervisory opinions
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Improved supervision of pension costs and charges, defined contribution risk management: EIOPA issues two supervisory opinions - Eiopa European Commission Description: Improved supervision of pension costs and charges, defined contribution risk management: EIOPA issues two supervisory opinions
Focus sharpens on 'hard reality' of political resistance to sub-national UK-EU cooperation
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Focus sharpens on Description: The prospect of assembly for members of the UK and European parliaments was on 5 October welcomed by members of the European Committee of the Regions, who called for its evolution into a forum to which regions and cities could also have access.
EIOPA examines further aspects of insurers’ failures and near misses
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