Today, the European Commission adopted two proposals to digitalise passports and identity cards, also called ‘EU Digital Travel application’, for individuals travelling to and from the Schengen area. Both EU citizens and non-EU citizens are subject to systematic checks when crossing the EU’s external borders. Currently, these checks are made physically at the border crossing […]
EU agricultural markets return to stability
EU agricultural markets are showing positive signs of stabilisation, according to the Autumn 2024 edition of the report on the short-term outlook for EU agricultural markets, published today by the Commission. According to the report, these positive trends are mainly due to the fact that input costs have steadily declined in recent months, as food […]
TTM T-Shirt Design Contest
Join the Eurodesk Time to Move campaign, show off your creativity and design a t-shirt that captures the spirit of “Traveling across Europe.” Every year, the Eurodesk Network invites you to get competitive with the Time to Move contest! Throughout September and October, we are running a T-shirt design contest. The theme of this year is […]
EU Court of Justice annuls 2019 EU-Morocco fisheries agreements
The consent of the people of Western Sahara to the implementation, in that non-self-governing territory, of the 2019 EU-Morocco trade agreements regarding fisheries and agricultural products is a condition for the validity of the decisions by which the Council approved those agreements on behalf of the European Union. It is true that a consultation process […]
A new study highlights the key drivers of academic research commercialisation
A recent study supported by the EU-funded ATTRACT2 project looks into if and how open innovation activities and scientists’ entrepreneurial intentions foster the transformation of research outcomes into marketable products. Published in the ‘CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation’, the study analyses five case studies of European research consortia funded under ATTRACT2 to propose potential […]
PhD position: Data-driven and semantic framework for redox flow battery modelling, characterisation and design optimisation, Germany
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Networks are joint research and training projects funded by the European Union. Funding is provided for doctoral candidates from both inside and outside Europe to carry out individual project work in a European country other than their own. The training network “PREDICTOR” is made up of 22 partners, coordinated by Fraunhofer ICT […]
European Labour Authority publishes report on labour mobility challenges in the HORECA sector and launches new initiatives
The Hotel, restaurant and catering, Horeca sector is an important sector of the EU economy. In 2023, the tourism industries, including Horeca, employed over 10.4 million workers in the EU, accounting for about 5.1% of all workers aged 15-64 years. The overwhelming majority of these workers are engaged in the Horeca sector. Horeca is particularly […]
EU signs first HERA-Invest agreement to boost innovation in health and health emergency preparedness
The Commission, through its Health Emergency Response and Preparedness Authority (HERA) and the European Investment Bank, has today signed a €20 million agreement with the French biopharmaceutical company Fabentech. The agreement will allow the company to develop and deploy its broad-spectrum medicines to combat biological threats to public health. The threat analysis conducted by HERA […]
Schuman Traineeships at the European Parliament
The European Parliament offers different traineeships within its Secretariat in order to contribute to the vocational training of young citizens, and to the understanding of the working of the institution. These traineeships are awarded for a period of five months. Schuman Traineeships: Requeriments be aged 18+; hold a university level diploma(s); have a thorough knowledge of […]