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The European Commission accorded the final funding to the pre-accession and to the Assistance Program Transition for Croatia for the amount of €46,8 million in order to promote the strengthening of the administrative capacity of the judicial system and the protection of fundamental rights. The purpose of this funding is to help also Croatia to develop a modern, transparent, and citizen-oriented public service.

A new proposal presented yesterday by the European Commission will provide a lifeline to businesses hit by the economic crisis, aiming to modernize the EU rules on cross-border insolvency proceedings, including to give a "second chance "to the companies otherwise viable.

Sakharov Prize 2012 was awarded Wednesday afternoon by the President of the European Parliament during the plenary session. Two empty chairs received the applauses by the whole semicircle.

The 3000 new settlements on West Bank blocks and East Jerusalem suggested by Israel, represents the bulwark against the establishment of two States, depending to MEPs declaration which was passed this Thursday, this project makes impossible all solution. That necessite the   immediate resumption of negotiations between Israel and  the Palestinians. That necessite in order to ensure peace.

A unitary patent will soon be available for the inventors of the EU. With a reduction of up to 80% of costs,  the regime approved by the European Parliament aims to make the new european unitary patent more competitive vis-à-vis the United States and Japan.

The Competitiveness Council (Research and Space), met yesterday in Brussels, has reached two preliminary agrreements, on the Specific Programme implementing Horizon 2020 and on the Strategic Innovation Agenda of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT).

Member States and the European Parliament have reached an agreement on the 2013 EU budget for the LLP Programme and its sectorial sub programmes, averting the funding crisis which threatened Erasmus, the popular students's exchange scheme.

The Competitiveness Council (Industry), held in Brussels today, discusses issues relating to the updating of the European Industrial Policy, the simplification of state aid rules and the harmonization of national customs legislation.

Organized by the EU Cyprus Presidency, the closing ceremony of the European Year for Active Ageing and  Solidarity between Generations 2012 was held yesterday, 10th December, in Nicosia.

"Today, on 10 December, we celebrate Human Rights Day. Standing up for Human Rights,democracy and the rule of law is the silver thread that runs through EU external relations."