News

The news articles were originally published in Spanish.

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  27/07/18 The Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, Josep Borrell, closed the 30th Professional Master's Programme in European Union of the Real Instituto de Estudios Europeos in the Ministry's Hall of Ambassadors and presented the members of the class with their final certificates.
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  15/02/18 Tribute to Spain's transition to democracy, chaired by Javier Solana Madariaga, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Secretary General of NATO and the European Union's first High Representative for the CFSP

  The tribute focused on seven distinguished Aragonese figures of the Transition

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  11/05/16 His Majesty King Felipe VI receives a delegation from the Real Instituto de Estudios Europeos
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  01/12/15 Former Prime Minister Felipe González gives the inaugural lecture of the 28th class of the Professional Master's Programme in European Union in Zaragoza
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  13/05/15 The President of the Cortes of Aragón, José Ángel Biel, addresses the members of the 27th class of the Master's Programme

  Beforehand, he signed the Book of Honour. The Director-General for Common Policies and General Affairs of the European Union, Alejandro Abellán, attended the event and spoke.

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  27/04/15 Margarita Delgado, Deputy Director-General for Supervision, presents the Gold Insignia of the Real Instituto de Estudios Europeos to Antonio Sáinz de Vicuña

  The ceremony took place at the new headquarters of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt. For many years Antonio Sáinz de Vicuña was Director-General of the ECB's Legal Services

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  23/01/15 The diplomat Enrique Mora signs the Book of Honour of the Real Instituto de Estudios Europeos after one of his sessions in the 27th Master's Programme in European Union
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  16/01/15 MEP and former Minister of Justice Dr Juan Fernando López Aguilar receives the Medal of the Real Instituto de Estudios Europeos

  It was presented to him by the Rector, Manuel López, at a ceremony held in the lecture hall of the Paraninfo of the University of Zaragoza

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  15/12/14 The distinguished State Attorney Antonio Sáinz de Vicuña, now at KPMG, signs the Book of Honour of the Real Instituto de Estudios Europeos.

  For many years he was Director-General of the Legal Services of the European Central Bank

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  02/12/14 Alejandro Abellán with members of the Ricardo Díez-Hochleitner class (27th Master's Programme in European Union) during a break in one of his sessions
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  24/06/14 Jesús Gracia, Secretary of State for International Cooperation and for Ibero-America, gives the closing lecture of the 26th Professional Master's Programme in European Union.

  The ceremony was chaired by the Chairman of Ibercaja, Amado Franco, and attended by Gustavo Alcalde, Government Delegate in Aragón

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  11/05/14 The member of parliament and former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, a member of the Institute's Honorary Committee, presents the Medal of the Institute to Ambassador Fernando Alvargonzález
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  24/04/14 The Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Spain to the European Union with members of the Mario Draghi class, after one of his sessions in the Master's Programme
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  03/04/14 The President of the Cortes of Aragón, José Ángel Biel, chairs the ceremony at which Antonio Tajani will receive the Gold Insignia of the Institute
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  02/04/14 Members of the 27th class of the Master's Programme with His Royal Highness the Prince of Asturias at the close of the 1st European Forum on Industry and Entrepreneurship
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  02/04/14 Members of the Mario Draghi class pose with the Vice-President of the European Commission, Antonio Tajani

  The Real Instituto de Estudios Europeos helped to prepare and organise this European Forum

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  29/11/13 The Spanish Ambassador to the OECD, Ricardo Díez-Hochleitner, gave the inaugural lecture of the 26th Master's Programme in European Union
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  04/11/13 Message from the President of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, to the Real Instituto de Estudios Europeos
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  03/11/13 ECB Director-General Antonio Sáinz de Vicuña receives the Medal of the Real Instituto de Estudios Europeos
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  17/10/13 The President of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, will be the patron of the 26th class of the Master's Programme in European Union of the Real Instituto de Estudios Europeos
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  05/04/13 Alfonso Dastis, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain to the European Union, at the 25th Master's Programme of the Real Instituto de Estudios Europeos
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  25/01/13 Jorge Gómez greeted the Manuel Pizarro class a few days before taking up his post at the European Commission in Brussels
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  18/12/12 Ambassador Javier Elorza closes the 2012 sessions of the RIEE's 25th Master's Programme in European Union at a special session
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  30/11/12 The Chairman of the ICO gave the inaugural lecture of the 25th Master's Programme in European Union (Manuel Pizarro class) at Ibercaja to an audience of nearly 200

  With a brilliant lecture on "Banking union and the eurozone crisis".

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  23/11/12 The Chairman of the ICO, Román Escolano, will give the inaugural lecture of the RIEE's 25th Professional Master's Programme in European Union on 30 November

  It will take place at Ibercaja's headquarters.

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  17/11/12 Esteban Peralta, an official of the International Criminal Court, spoke at the Real Instituto de Estudios Europeos
• 15/11/12 International Criminal Court official Esteban Peralta will open Saturday's session on the 17th in the 25th Master's Programme in European Union
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  01/10/12 Manuel Pizarro will be the patron of the 25th class of the Professional Master's Programme in European Union (26 October 2012 to June 2013)
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  20/07/12 The 28th European Academy of Jaca was held

  Jesús Gracia Aldaz and Mario Garcés gave the closing and opening lectures respectively

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  17/07/12 4th Course on International and European Civil Service and Diplomacy, in Jaca

  Rafael Mendívil opened the Course

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  Tribute to Esteban Peralta at the opening of the 28th European Academy of Jaca
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  10/06/12 Statement by the RIEE on the unlawful detention of Professor Esteban Peralta
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  05/06/12 The Under-Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Rafael Mendívil, presented Diplomas in Advanced European Studies in the Hall of Ambassadors of the Palacio de Santa Cruz during the Madrid sessions of the 24th Master's Programme in European Union.
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  04/06/12 The Minister of Defence, Pedro Morenés Eulate, has opened the Madrid sessions of the 24th Master's Programme in European Union
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  01/06/12 Luis Romero, Director-General of the European Commission's Legal Service and former Director-General for Budget, visited the Real Instituto de Estudios Europeos

  After signing the Book of Honour, he gave a session in the 24th Professional Master's Programme in European Union

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  29/05/12 The Spanish Ambassador to the OECD speaks at the Master's Programme in European Union of the Real Instituto de Estudios Europeos
• 26/05/12 Ricardo Díez-Hochleitner, Luis Romero and Nuria Díaz will speak in Zaragoza at the Master's Programme of the Real Instituto de Estudios Europeos

  On the 29th, Ambassador Díez-Hochleitner will speak on "The OECD as a stimulus and benchmark for European integration".

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  09/05/12 Ricardo Díez-Hochleitner, Spanish Ambassador to the OECD and a member of the RIEE's Honorary Committee, receives Zaragoza City Council's 2012 "Star of Europe" award.
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  21/04/12 Antonio Tajani, Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship, received the Medal of the Real Instituto de Estudios Europeos

  On 17 April, MEP and former Minister Jaime Mayor Oreja presented the RIEE Medal to the Vice-President of the European Commission, Antonio Tajani, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

• Appointments of Javier Elorza, José de Carvajal and Daniel Calleja, members of the RIEE's Honorary Committee

  Javier Elorza and José de Carvajal have been appointed Spanish Ambassador to Italy and to NATO respectively. Daniel Calleja has been appointed Director-General for Industry at the European Commission.

• Inaugural lecture by Isabel Tocino, member of the RIEE's Honorary Committee and former Minister of the Environment

  At the 30th Course on the European Union of the "Alonso V de Aragón" Chair, on 20 March, at the Provincial Council of Zaragoza.

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  16/12/11 The conference "25 years of Spain in the European Union and the crisis" comes to a close

  The opening on 14 December was chaired by the President of the Provincial Council of Zaragoza, Luis María Beamonte. The closing session was chaired by the Minister for Finance and Public Administration of the Government of Aragón, Mario Garcés.

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  04/12/11 The Head of the European Commission Representation in Spain, Francisco Fonseca, signs the Book of Honour of the Real Instituto de Estudios Europeos

  On 2 December, before his session in the 24th Master's Programme in European Union.

• 03/12/11 Conference "25 years of Spain in the European Union and the crisis"

  Organised by the Real Instituto de Estudios Europeos in collaboration with the "Alonso V de Aragón" Chair, the conference will feature, among others, Leopoldo Abadía and Ambassador Javier Elorza.

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  28/11/11 Daniel Calleja, the European Commission's special envoy for SMEs, gave the inaugural lecture of the 2011-2012 class of the Professional Master's Programme in European Union

  He spoke on "The European Union's industrial policy in the face of the crisis" in the Patio de la Infanta at Ibercaja, at an event chaired by the Minister for Economy and Employment of the Government of Aragón, Francisco Bono.

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  25/11/11 Jaime Caruana is the patron of the 2011-2012 class of the Professional Master's Programme in European Union

  The distinguished General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements and former Governor of the Banco de España is the patron of the 24th class.

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  30/05/11 His Royal Highness the Prince of Asturias received a delegation from the Real Instituto de Estudios Europeos on its 25th anniversary

  The delegation, led by a large part of the Institute's Board, also included the members of the Príncipe Felipe class.

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  09/05/11 Europe Day celebration with the participation of the Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe

  The Secretary of State for Foreign and Ibero-American Affairs, Juan Antonio Yáñez-Barnuevo, also took part in the event.

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  14/04/11 Forthcoming European Conference and Europe Day celebration with the participation of the Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe

  The Europe Day celebration will take place on 5 May at Ibercaja's headquarters, with an address by Maud de Boer-Buquicchio.

• 12/04/11 Working sessions of the Master's Programme of the Real Instituto de Estudios Europeos with González-Páramo, member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank

  At the headquarters of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt.

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  11/04/11 The Vice-President of the European Commission, Antonio Tajani, received the Master's Programme of the Real Instituto de Estudios Europeos

  The members of the Master's Programme also held working sessions with the Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Jaime Mayor Oreja, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Carlos Iturgaiz and Spain's Representative to the Council of Europe.

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  19/03/11 On its 25th anniversary, the Real Instituto de Estudios Europeos adds working sessions in Frankfurt to its Master's Programme in European Union

  The first to benefit from this visit to the European Central Bank will be the Príncipe Felipe class (2010-2011).

• 18/03/11 Registration open for the 24th Professional Master's Programme in European Union (2011-12)

  Registration information at www.riee.eu/master.html (in Spanish)

• 25/10/10 The sessions of the 23rd class of the Professional Master's Programme in European Union began on 26 October

  Amado Franco, Chairman of Ibercaja and Vice-Chairman of the CECA, gave the inaugural lecture on 4 November.

• 15/07/10 Opening of the 26th European Academy of Jaca

  The President of the Autonomous Community of Aragón, Marcelino Iglesias, presented the Medal of the Real Instituto de Estudios Europeos to the Spanish Ambassador to the European Union, Carlos Bastarreche.

• 14/07/10 Presentation of the Master's diplomas of the Real Instituto de Estudios Europeos

  Jaime Caruana, head of the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, presented the diplomas on 12 July.

• 05/07/10 Presentation at the City Council of the 26th European Academy of Jaca and the 2nd Course on International and European Civil Service and Diplomacy

  Both will take place in Jaca from 19 to 23 July, the Academy in the afternoons and the Course in the mornings.

• 17/05/10 Registration opens for the European Academy of Jaca and the Course on International and European Civil Service and Diplomacy

  Both will take place in Jaca from 19 to 23 July, the Academy in the afternoons and the Course in the mornings.

• 05/05/10 The 2010 European Conference ends successfully

  The 2010 European Conference, “The European Union: past, present and future”, was held at the Provincial Council of Zaragoza on 4 and 5 May.

• 13/01/10 Javier Solana is the patron of the class of the Master's Programme of the Real Instituto de Estudios Europeos

  The former Minister of Foreign Affairs and former Secretary General of NATO, who has just stepped down as Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union and High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, has agreed to be the patron of the 22nd class of the Master's Programme in European Union.

• 04/12/09 Juan Fernando López Aguilar gave the inaugural lecture of the 22nd Master's Programme in European Union

  On 4 December, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and former Minister of Justice, gave the inaugural lecture of the RIEE's 22nd Master's Programme in European Union.

• 27/10/09 Sessions begin for the 22nd class of the Master's Programme in European Communities and European Union

  The 22nd edition opens in Zaragoza on 27 October 2009, with participants from nine countries and a range of academic backgrounds.

• 06/07/09 Presentation at the City Council of the 25th European Academy of Jaca

  The event took place on 7 July at 9.45 a.m. in the council chamber of Jaca City Council.

• 09/06/09 Javier Velasco closed the 21st Master's Programme of the Real Instituto de Estudios Europeos

  He was accompanied by senior officials of his department, by Nuria Díaz, head of the team that defends Spain's interests before the Court of Justice of the European Communities, and by Maximiliano Bernad, President of the Institute.

• 02/06/09 Registration opens for the 23rd Master's Programme in European Union
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  11/03/09 José Manuel Durão Barroso, President of the Commission of the European Communities, receives the Gold Medal and Insignia of the Real Instituto de Estudios Europeos

  The ceremony took place in Brussels on Wednesday 11 March at 7 p.m. at the Permanent Representation of Spain to the European Union.