A topic of growing interest that, according to researchers, will receive more attention in the future. So much so that the 2022 Nobel Prize in Medicine, Svante Pääbo, has focused much of his research on the study of the DNA of these hominids. Under the title ‘Worldwide research trends on Neanderthals’, published in the ‘Journal […]
Parliament approves 9.5 million in volcano aid for La Palma
The European Parliament on Wednesday backed aid from the Solidarity Fund to mitigate natural damage in several Member States, including the eruption of the La Palma volcano. In total, MEPs backed the use of ¤718.5 million from the EU Solidarity Fund, of which ¤9.45 million will go to Spain to deal with the consequences of […]
Call for Young Delegates-Rejuvenating politics
As part of its “Rejuvenating politics” initiative the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe will invite one young person per member State to come to Strasbourg (France) to take an active part, as a youth delegate, in its 44th (21-23 March) and 45th (24-26 October) sessions to develop their own grass-roots project back home […]
Senior Assistant Position in the scientific field of Political Science in Croatia
Offer Description Senior Assistant in the scientific field of Political Science for work on the research project “Researching Europe, Digitalisation, and Conspiracy Theories (REDACT)“. The position is financed by the Croatian Science Foundation under the competition (101004509 — CHANSE — H2020-SC6- TRANSFORMATIONS-2018-2019-2020 / H2020- SC6-TRANSFORMATIONS-2020), for a fixed period of 2 years, under the mentorship of prof. Ph.D. Nebojše Blanuše, […]
REPowerEU: deal on energy measures in national recovery plans
Measures to save energy, produce clean energy and diversify supplies Support for vulnerable households, SMEs and micro-enterprises Member states to allocate more funds to cross-border and multi-country energy projects MEPs struck a deal with Council on the inclusion of REPowerEU measures in national recovery plans to support independence from Russian fossil fuels and the green […]
EU citizens’ support for Ukraine is solid, Eurobarometer survey finds
Democracy remains the most important value EU citizens want Parliament to stand up for. 72% of respondents believe their country has benefited from being an EU member. Democracy, human rights and free speech are paramount to EU citizens as they call on the European Parliament to defend these values on which our Union is founded. […]
Iran: EU adopts Council conclusions and additional restrictive measures
The Council approved new conclusions on Iran, focusing in particular on: the unacceptable repression of the ongoing protests and the human rights situation, Iran’s military cooperation with Russia, including delivery of drones deployed by Russia in its war of aggression against Ukraine, the JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action), as well as regional security. Furthermore, the Council added 20 individuals and one […]
G7 Leaders’ Statement
We, the Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7), met on 12 December, to reflect on progress of our cooperation under Germany’s Presidency to jointly address global challenges at a time of severe geopolitical crisis and critical moment for the world economy. We were joined by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. This year in the face […]
Eva Kaili no longer Vice-President of the European Parliament
The European Parliament decided on Tuesday to terminate the term of office of Vice-President Eva Kaili. The decision that Eva Kaili (NA, EL) will no longer serve as one of Parliament’s Vice-Presidents was approved by 625 votes in favour, 1 against and 2 abstentions, representing a double majority of two-thirds of the votes cast and a majority […]