Lost in Europe on Wednesday won the 2024 Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism for its investigation into the disappearance of over 50 000 unaccompanied child migrants. The investigation, run by media from Germany, Italy, Greece, the Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland and the UK revealed that at least 51 433 unaccompanied child migrants disappeared after arriving in […]
EU invests €4.8 billion of emissions trading revenues in innovative net-zero projects
The Commission has today selected 85 innovative net zero emission projects to receive €4.8 billion in grants from the Innovation Fund to help deploy cutting-edge clean technologies across Europe. The 2023 call for proposals awards for the first time projects of various sizes (large, medium and small, as well as pilot projects) focusing on clean […]
European Climate Pact Ambassador
European Climate Pact Ambassadors inform, inspire and support climate policy and action in their communities and networks. To qualify as a Pact Ambassador, you must meet certain requirements. If you do not, you are welcome to become a ‘Friend of the European Climate Pact’ Pact Ambassador role Pact Ambassador appointments are for an initial one-year […]
Adjunct – postdoctoral trainee position (post-doc), Poland
Institute of History Tadeusz Manteuffel of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw announces a competition for the position of adjunct – postdoctoral trainee (post-doc) – contractor of the research project entitled “Non-Ukrainians in Revolutionary Ukraine, 1917-1921: (Trans-)National Agency in the Struggle for Emancipation and Survival”, commissioned by the National Science Center under the OPUS LAP scheme […]
Commission launches €323M calls under the Connecting Europe Facility
Today, the Commission has opened the fourth set of calls for proposals worth €323 million under the digital strand of the Connecting Europe Facility programme (CEF Digital). The new calls aim to speed up the deployment of fast, secure, and sustainable advanced infrastructures, contributing to the development of backbone connectivity, 5G networks, and quantum communication. €128 million […]
European Parliament approves more efficient and greener EU airspace
On Tuesday, MEPs paved the way for improved management of European airspace, enabling more direct flights and fewer delays, and supporting climate neutrality. The reform of Single European Sky rules, already agreed upon in negotiations with the Council last March, strengthens national performance plans for air navigation services and will help to improve EU airspace […]
Parliament approves up to €35 billion loan to Ukraine backed by Russian assets
On Tuesday, MEPs gave their green light to an extraordinary loan of up to €35 billion to Ukraine, to be repaid with future revenues from frozen Russian assets. With 518 votes in favour, 56 against and 61 abstentions, Parliament endorsed the new macro-financial assistance (MFA) to help Ukraine against Russia’s brutal war of aggression. This […]
Commission analyses potential to boost European Research Area
The EU has made strides towards building a more integrated, efficient and attractive single market for research and innovation, but further work is needed to fully tap into its potential. These are the conclusions of the Communication on the implementation of the European Research Area (ERA) that the Commission adopted today, reaffirming its commitment to […]
New Commission measures to help Member States recover from climate disasters
Today, the European Commission is taking further steps to support Member States affected by unprecedented climate-related disasters. As announced by European Commission President von der Leyen during her visit to Poland on 19 September 2024, the Commission is proposing amendments to three EU regulations to ensure that EU funds can be quickly mobilised in support of post-disaster recovery. The amendments concern the Regulations governing […]