Amadeo Fernández-Alba, director del Laboratorio Europeo de Referencia para Residuos de Plaguicidas (EURL) de la Comisión Europea (Dirección General de Salud -DG SANTE-) en la Universidad de Almería es nuestro #PersonajeEuropeoDelMes. Amadeo Fernández-Alba (1953) es madrileño, pero almeriense de adopción, padre de tres hijos, Catedrático de Química Analítica de la UAL. Licenciado en Ciencias por […]
Accounting Officer Position
The European Defence Agency was established on 12 July 2004, and is governed by Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/1835 defining the statute, seat and operational rules of the European Defence Agency. The Agency has its headquarters in Brussels. The main task of EDA is to support the Council and the Member States in their effort to […]
Science Fiction and Fantasy writers take centre stage at the 7th EU-China International Literary Festival
Leading science fiction and fantasy writers from all across Europe and China will come together at the 7th EU-China International Literary Festival to discuss their work, their creative ideas and the world that inspires them. Organized for the seventh time this year, the festival will take place from September 7-25, 2022, featuring a series of online literary […]
Statement by President von der Leyen on energy
We are facing an extraordinary situation, not only because Russia is an unreliable supplier, as we have witnessed over the last days, weeks, months, but also because Russia is actively manipulating the gas market. I am deeply convinced that with our unity, our determination, our solidarity, we will prevail. And we have, over the last […]
European Conference in Málaga: Dual Use Technologies 2022 – Cyber Security and Digital Applications in Defence
The European Commission and IDEA (the Agency of Innovation and Development of Andalusia) bring together, in a joint ENDR event, a wide range of participants from defence/security-related businesses, national and European authorities, knowledge institutions and cluster organisations. This fully on-site international event is focused on cybersecurity and cyber defence as well as other digital technologies […]
Ten recommendations on how to better protect cultural heritage from the impact of climate change
Coinciding with the European Heritage Days 2022, which this year revolve around the topic of sustainability, the Commission publishes today a report on strengthening cultural heritage resilience to protect it from the effects of climate change. The information gathered by a group of experts is alarming, as climate change is directly and indirectly threatening all forms of cultural […]
A European Care Strategy for carers and care receivers
The European Commission presents the European Care Strategy to ensure quality, affordable and accessible care services across the European Union and improve the situation for both care receivers and the people caring for them, professionally or informally. The Strategy is accompanied by two Recommendations for Member States on the revision of the Barcelona targets on […]
Horizon Europe: ATM application-oriented Research for Virtualisation and Cyber-secure Data Sharing
Expected Outcome Project results are expected to contribute to the following expected outcomes. Capacity. Project results are expected to demonstrate that capacity would not be affected by the development of new U-space services or the validation of operational and technical requirements. In addition, the development of indicators and metrics linked to U-space should help to demonstrate […]
ECDC-EMA statement on booster vaccination with Omicron adapted bivalent COVID-19 vaccines
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) have issued a joint statement providing updated public health considerations on the use of the newly authorised adapted COVID-19 vaccines to support the planning of the autumn and winter vaccination campaigns. The EU has recently extended its arsenal with two new updated vaccines, Comirnaty […]