In the past, innovation in sectors like plastics, textiles and furniture, often took place in silos, optimising for a specific aspect of the product or material. While these innovations have delivered improvements in one domain, they often weakened value creation or retention in other steps in the value chain, mostly downstream. Specific Challenge Systemic innovation should […]
Listeriosis represented the zoonotic disease with more hospitalized cases and deaths in 2018
Nearly one in three foodborne outbreaks in the EU in 2018 were caused by Salmonella. This is one of the main findings of the annual report on trends and sources of zoonoses published today by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). In 2018, EU Member States […]
60 PhD opportunities at the Hannover Medical School
HBRS is one of Germany’s leading graduate schools, funded by the Excellence Initiative and offering top-level research, education and training possibilities. Under this umbrella our three international (MD)/PhD programs Infection Biology, Molecular Medicine and Regenerative Sciences provide fully-funded studentships for a three-year course. Organisation Hannover Medical School Research Field Biological sciences, Medical sciences Deadline 01 April […]
Creative Europe: Support for Development of European Video Games
The Creative Europe programme aims to support the European audiovisual, cultural and creative sector. Scope Within the specific objective of reinforcing the European audiovisual sector’s capacity to operate transnationally and internationally, one of the priorities of the MEDIA Sub-programme is to: increase the capacity of audiovisual operators to develop European audiovisual works with a potential […]
The European Union will step up efforts towards a peaceful and political solution in Libya
The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, together with High Representative Josep Borrell, have met recently with Fayez al-Sarraj, Chairman of the Presidency Council of the Government of National Accord of the State of Libya, upon his arrival in Brussels. Libia Crisis President Michel expressed concerns about the worrying military escalations in Libya. He […]
European Entrepreneurial Region (EER) Award 2021
The European Entrepreneurial Region (EER) is a project that identifies and rewards EU regions which show an outstanding and innovative entrepreneurial policy strategy, irrespective of their size, wealth and competences. The regions with the most credible, forward-thinking and promising vision plan are granted the label “European Entrepreneurial Region” (EER) for a specific year. The EER label has been set […]
Event: The EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF)
Date 05 July 2020 – 09 July 2020 Event Type Conference Location Italy, Trieste Organiser ESOF The EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) is a biennial, pan-European, general science conference dedicated to scientific research and innovation. Each conference aims to deliver stimulating content and lively debate around the latest advancements and discoveries in the sciences, humanities and social sciences. ESOF brings […]
The Second Chamber of the Supreme Court agrees that Oriol Junqueras’ freedom and the request for a petition to the European Parliament do not proceed, since he has already been definitively sentenced.
The Court of the ‘procés’ has refused to authorise Oriol Junqueras’ transference to the headquarters of the European Parliament, as well as refusing to agree to his release. The Chamber considers that there is no need to declare the nullity of the sentence for which he was condemned to 13 years’ of prison and 13 […]
Readout of the meeting between President Ursula von der Leyen and Prime Minister Boris Johnson
President von der Leyen met Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday to frame the forthcoming discussions on the future relationship between the EU and the UK. In her own words, this is about « old friends, new beginnings ». Both leaders agreed that the EU and the UK share common values and many interests, and that there are […]