Central News
19 January 2012 Enter our Photo Competition 2012: "Take a closer look at CENTRAL EUROPE"
...and vote for your favourite photo on our Facebook page.[more]
19 December 2011 TROLLEY international photo contest 2011: and the winner is...
The audience response to the TROLLEY photo contest 2011 entitled "My trolleybus - my city" was tremendous: 129 participants from 6 countries submitted altogether 250 pictures. [more]
12 December 2011 The CENTRAL EUROPE project ET-struct produces an online learning platform dealing with a challenging topic in the programme area
Entrepreneurship in Booming Sectors in CENTRAL EUROPE[more]
05 December 2011 The promotion of everyday cycling in European cities and regions
The CENTRAL EUROPE project BICY helps to put everyday cycling on the city map.[more]
02 December 2011 New issue of 'the CENTRAL EUROPEAN' focuses on regional competitiveness
The fourth issue of the annual magazine of the Central Europe Programme highlights people, regions and projects working together in Central Europe to increase regional competitiveness and to improve the quality of life of their...[more]
30 November 2011 CENTRAL EUROPE project CrossCulTour comes to a successful end
After three years, the CENTRAL EUROPE project “CrossCulTour - Cross-Marketing Strategies for Culture and Tourism” ended yesterday.[more]
29 November 2011 CENTRAL EUROPE Programme receives 134 applications for funding
Within the 4th call for project proposals of the CENTRAL EUROPE Programme, the Joint Technical Secretariat (JTS) has received 134 applications for funding by the time of closure in October 2011. [more]
Other News
16 December 2011 Optimistic assumptions lead to positive scenarios
The decarbonisation of the European economy by the year 2050 is technically possible and economically acceptable, stated the European Commission in its ‘Energy road map 2050’, published on 15 December. [more]
15 December 2011 Eurostat regional yearbook 2011 out now
The Eurostat regional yearbook 2011 gives a detailed picture of a large number of statistical fields in the 27 member states of the European Union, as well as in EFTA and candidate countries. [more]
25 October 2011 Connecting Europe: The new EU core transport network
The Commission has adopted a proposal to transform the existing patchwork of European roads, railways, airports and canals into a unified transport network (TEN-T). [more]
25 October 2011 New co-financing rates: Member states set deadline
The European Council of 23 October called for the adoption, before the end of the year, of the proposals for a temporary increase in co-financing rates for EU funds.[more]
13 October 2011 Hahn: Macro-conditionality a “measure of last resort”
Simplification of procedures, concentration of aid, enhanced conditionality and focus on performance: Regional Policy Commissioner Johannes Hahn presented, on 6 October, the key principles that underpin the new regulatory...[more]
07 October 2011 Commission lays foundations to boost impact of cohesion investments after 2013
EU cohesion policy has been a force for change over the last ten years, making a genuine contribution to convergence and growth in the EU and directly creating over one million jobs, investing in training to improve the...[more]
29 September 2011 Visions and options for Cohesion Policy after 2013
EU Cohesion Policy is the main instrument for pursuing the EU’s economic, social and territorial cohesion objectives. It accounts for the second largest share of the EU budget, encompasses several funds and is aligned with the...[more]
