Rome [ENA] According to ANSA, Italian Press Agency, the European Central Bank on Thursday revised its eurozone real GDP growth forecast for 2017 up to 2.2% from 1.9% and credited the contributed of migrants and women for boosting the labour force. "Immigration has made a large positive contribution to the working age population during the recovery, reflecting primarily the inflow of workers from new EU Member States,"   [Full story...]

Rome/Vienna [ENA] A well-co-ordinated approach to security sector governance and reform is central in order to deal efficiently with today’s security challenges. The OSCE-wide Conference on Security Sector Governance and Reform (SSG/R), held on 19th september at the Hofburg in Vienna and organized by the 2017 Austrian OSCE Chairmanship and the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre, tried to cope with this vital question.   [Full story...]