Rome [ENA] Every year, on 27 September, World Tourism Day is celebrated. This celebration brings with it an occasion to emphasize tourism’s actual and potential contribution to sustainable development. Innovation and digital transformation is this year’s focus. The official World Tourism Day celebration takes place in Budapest, Hungary to explore the many benefits that technological advances can bring to the sector.   [Full story...]

Rome/Brussels [ENA] The European Commission has recently proposed a consolidated link between cohesion policy and the European Semester process. The European Semester is the main EU tool for economic and fiscal policy coordination and also serves as a framework to support growth and jobs targets as set out in the Europe 2020 Strategy. This idea has been hotly disputed for some time. A coordinated and   [Full story...]