The European Court of Auditors is conducting an audit of EU support and funding for digitising industry and boosting digital innovation in Europe. The auditors will examine whether the European Commission provides effective support to Member States for digitisation of their industries, and helps start-ups and small- and-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in their efforts to […]
ECB European Cultural Days 2019: Celebrating 20 years of the euro
Since its launch in 2003 the European Cultural Days of the ECB has featured artists from 15 EU countries. This year’s events mark the euro’s 20th anniversary and will be dedicated to Europe. Four concerts, including an open air riverside concert and a chamber music evening at the ECB, will bring a wide variety of […]
Traineeships at the General Secretariat of the Council
Each year the General Secretariat of the Council offers around 100 places for paid work experience and around 20 places for unpaid compulsory work experience. An internship contract at the General Secretariat of the Council (GSC) offers: first-hand experience of the work of the GSC; knowledge about the EU: understanding of the processes and policies […]
Milk, fruits and vegetables distributed to schoolchildren thanks to EU programme
With the start of a new school year, the EU school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme will resume in participating EU countries for 2019-2020. EU school scheme The EU school scheme aims at promoting healthy eating and balanced diets through the distribution of fruit, vegetables and milk products while also proposing educational programmes on agriculture […]
Four MEDIA-supported films will compete for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival
The 76th Venice Film Festival starts today featuring 12 films supported by the MEDIA programme – the EU’s programme for supporting the European film and audiovisual industries. Four of the MEDIA-supported films have additionally been shortlisted to compete for the Golden Lion: ‘The Truth’ by Hirokazu Kore-eda (France, Japan), ‘About Endlessness’ by Roy Andersson (Sweden, Germany, Norway), ‘Martin Eden’ by […]
H2020: FET Proactive: emerging paradigms and communities
This call (FETPROACT-EIC-05-2019), whose objective is to explore and consolidate a new technological direction in order to place it firmly on the map as a viable paradigm of the technology of the future, as well as to promote interdisciplinary communities capable of promoting this initiative, ranging from participating consortia to a greater number of European […]
Postdoctoral contract LSPE-STRIP 2019 in the Canary Islands Astrophysics Institute
The Canary Islands Astrophysics Institute (IAC in Spanish) of Tenerife announces the signing of a postdoctoral contract to work on the LSPE-STRIP (P/301503) and “Precision Cosmology with CMB” (AYA2017-84185-P) projects, led at the IAC by Dr. José Alberto Rubiño-Martin. Research topics at the IAC cover most fields of astrophysics, including solar physics, planetary systems, stellar […]
EU supports recovery and resilience in Nigeria with additional €50 million
In the margins of the 7th Tokyo International Conference on Africa Development (TICAD) , Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica signed a new €50 million package to enhance efforts in North East Nigeria. On this occasion, Commissioner Mimica said: “The agreement signed today increases our bilateral cooperation with Nigeria by €50 million, bringing the […]
Spain ranks first in attracted funding of Horizon 2020 Challenge 6 Programme
For the first time, Spain has become the first country to receive attractive funding under the Horizon 2020 “Europe in a Changing World: Inclusive, Innovative and Reflective Societies” Challenge 6 programme. The Spanish participants attract a financing of 16.7 million Euros, which means a participation of 12.1% of the EU-28 budget in the 2019 call. […]