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An EU visit might have breathed new life into the controversial Peljesac Bridge project . . The on again off again Peljesac Bridge is on again following a visit to the region by European Transport Commissioner […]

Data on road safety aroused concern for politicians in EU: 75 people die on European roads every day; in 2012 around 28,000 people were killed and more than 1.5 million injured in about 1 million traffic accidents on EU roads,...

Energy and tax policy are on next WEEK’s agenda as European leaders gather in Brussels to discuss the issues at the EU summit on Wednesday. Related Stories EU targets tax evasion on savings EU finance ministers draw blank on...

- EU nations on Tuesday missed a key deadline in a decade-long drive for a safer, cheaper, more climate-friendly "single" European sky, triggering warnings by Brussels of imminent legal action. Speaking on a day meant to mark a...

EC transport commissioner Siim Kallas has bowed to pressure from road haulage federations and shelved plans to introduce a cabotage scheme without restrictions across the EU from 2014. Last December, France’s leading road...

Brussels, 16-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission today adopted two regulations to promote the roll-out of ‘intelligent information services’, such as real-time warnings about dangerous road conditions ahead and...

TALLINN - Estonian Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas considers Rail Baltica the most serious of the many transport projects currently counting on European Union funds support, reports Public Broad...

Author(s): Elena Ralli EU is promoting the adoption of a new generation of digital tachographs for trucks and buses in order to ensure compliance with EU rules. Innovations include devices that can read on-board recording...

European Commission Press release Brussels, 15 May 2013 The European Commission today adopted two regulations to promote the roll-out of 'intelligent information services', such as real-time warnings about dangerous road...

Working together towards a safer and more environmentally friendly shipping EU Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas and the Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization Mr. Koji Sekimizu met on May 7th, in...

Unfair competition, exploitation of foreign workers, and dangerous situations on the road, these are just a selection from the stories included in survey forms on the future of the transport sector completed by some 3000 Dutch...

PM vows upgraded railway between Rijeka and Hungary by 2020 : Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic, who visited the seaport of Rijeka, together with European Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas and Croatia’s Transport and...

Cross-border ticketing has elusive for travel companies, but US-based SilverRail is establishing industry standards for online B2B rail distribution globally -- just like GDSs did in the air ticketing years ago.

The European Commission has adopted revised implementing regulations on performance and charging, setting the framework for the upcoming negotiations on targets for the second reference period (2015 to 2019) of the SES...

The EU continues to look forward and rapidly advance UA civilian integration, are you watching FAA?? A completely different narrative to what is currently happening in the New World (well the bit between Canada and Mexico) View...

Author(s): Elena Ralli EU Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas met today with the Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Mr. Koji Sekimizu in Brussels and agreed to enhance cooperation in order to...

Brussels, 7-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The Commission has adopted today a new Regulation establishing governance and incentive mechanisms to facilitate the effective and timely deployment of SESAR, the Union’s flagship project...

Proposed EU Legislation Would Permit the Use of ATDynamics' Maximum Efficiency TrailerTail Aerodynamic Device Throughout the European Union New Legislation Proposed by the European Commission in April Will Support the...

Brussels, 6-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The official celebration of the first rotation of TECH800 turboshaft demonstrator took place on Friday 26 April, in Pau (France), in the presence of Siim Kallas, Commissioner for Transport...

Siemens will deliver high-speed trains to Eurostar, the operator of the Channel Tunnel passenger train service, later than expected, a member of the German engineering conglomerate’s management board told a newspaper. Siemens...

European Road Safety Day, dedicated to reducing pedestrian fatalities in urban areas Brussels, 6-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Road Safety Day – May 6 – is the Commission’s contribution to the United Nations Global... All similar articles: 134 »

Commission Press release Brussels, 6 May 2013 European The European Road Safety Day – May 6 – is the Commission's contribution to the United Nations Global Road Safety Week, whose theme this year is "pedestrian road safety".

European Commission Vice President and Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas, who was on an official visit to Croatia on Thursday, said that no solution had yet been selected regarding the best way to connect the south of Croatia...

Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic, who on Friday visited the seaport of Rijeka, together with European Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas and Croatia's Transport and Infrastructure Minister Sinisa Hajdas Doncic, said that...

With 27 separate bits of airspace connecting European countries, is it any wonder the the old continent still seems fragmented and inefficient? Well, back in 1999 the European Commission launched a plan termed Single European...

The Commission has adopted today a new Regulation establishing governance and incentive mechanisms to facilitate the effective and timely deployment of SESAR, the Union's flagship project that aims at modernising the Air...

Author(s): Elena Ralli The European Commission adopted today revised Regulations concerning the Single European Sky (SES) Performance Scheme for the 2015 -2019 period, aiming to improve air navigation services. The scheme will...

Jennifer Mckiernan Source: Aberdeen Evening Express Created: THIRSTY passengers in Aberdeen International Airport currently have no access to free drinking water, a Euro MP has complained. Thirsty passengers in Aberdeen...