HONG KONG, Feb 7, 2023 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – HG Semiconductor Limited (“HG Semiconductor”, together with its subsidiaries, “the Group”; stock code: 6908. HK) today announced the appointments of Dr. XU Zhihong (“Dr. Xu”) as Vice Chairman and Executive Director; Dr. CAO Yu (“Dr. Cao”) as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director; and […]
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EU to ‘protect competitiveness’ from US inflation act
This file photo taken on Jan 1, 2022 shows the European Union flag under the Arc de Triomphe, on the Place de l'Etoile in Paris. (ALAIN JOCARD / AFP) BRUSSELS – The leaders of the European Union (EU) on Tuesday vowed to take measures to protect the competitiveness of the bloc's member states from the […]
Irish foreign minister: UK-EU talks still challenging, complex
In this file photo taken on Dec 11, 2017 pro-EU protesters wave EU and Union flags outside the Houses of Parliament in central London. (BEN STANSALL / AFP) BELFAST — Very challenging and complex issues remain to be resolved in talks between British and European Union negotiators on post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland despite […]
Croatia enters eurozone, Schengen area
Clients wait in line to withdraw cash at a bank in the center of Zagreb on Dec 30, 2022, as the euro becomes Croatia's official currency on Jan 1, 2023. (DENIS LOVROVIC / AFP) ZAGREB – Croatia entered the eurozone and the European Union's (EU) border-free Schengen area on New Year's Day. This was the […]
German court rejects challenge to 750b euro EU recovery fund
Flags of the European Union flutter in front of the headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on March 10, 2021. (ARMANDO BABANI / AFP) BERLIN – Germany's constitutional court on Tuesday threw out a legal challenge to the European Union's 750-billion-euro ($786 billion) recovery fund, which saw the EU […]
EU with tougher emission reduction targets for member states
In this April 29, 2021 file photo, a coal-fired RWE power plant steams on a sunny day in Neurath, Germany. (MARTIN MEISSNER / AP) BRUSSELS — The Council of the European Union (EU) and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on Tuesday evening to tighten EU countries' greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets. Under […]
EU proposes new measures to combat high energy prices
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a press conference on a new package of measures to address high energy prices and ensure security of supply, during a plenary session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on Oct 18, 2022. (FREDERICK FLORIN / AFP) BRUSSELS – The European Commission has proposed […]
EU leaders pledge to further coordinate energy policies
Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala attends a press conference after an informal summit of the European Union in Prague, the Czech Republic, on Oct. 7, 2022. (LIAN YI / XINHUA) PRAGUE – European Union leaders said on Friday at an informal summit here that they are still working on coordinated energy policies for the bloc's […]
‘Strive and Rise’: Deloitte Foundation Hong Kong uplifts youth for brighter futures
HONG KONG, Sep 23, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Deloitte Foundation Hong Kong has donated HKD1 million to support the Hong Kong SAR government’s Strive and Rise Programme, launched timely to address intergenerational poverty by helping underprivileged children, particularly those living in subdivided accommodation, realize their potential. In addition to a financial contribution, […]
EU member states agree emergency gas curbs
The gas storage plant Reckrod is pictured near Eiterfeld, central Germany, July 14, 2022, after the Nord Stream 1 pipeline was shut down due to maintenance. European Union governments agreed on July 26, 2022 to ration natural gas this winter to protect themselves against possible supply cuts by Russia. (MICHAEL PROBST / AP, FILE) BRUSSELS […]
Ukraine joins NATO’s program of technological cooperation
Apartment buildings damaged during fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces stand in Severodonetsk, in the territory which is under control of the Government of the Luhansk People's Republic, in eastern Ukraine, July 12, 2022. (PHOTO / AP) KYIV – Ukraine has become an associate member of the Multilateral Interoperability Program (MIP), which coordinates technological cooperation […]