More efficient state aid and agro-forestry strategies are essential to close the cohesion gap in rural areas. Sustainable and efficient management of agriculture and forestry is essential to safeguard and protect the landscape, keep rural economies alive, fight depopulation and, in this way, combat development disparities. Regional and local leaders call on the European Union […]
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Key energy saving actions
The International Energy Agency (IEA) and the European Commission outlined on 21 April 2022 a range of simple steps that citizens can take to reduce their energy use and save money, and that would save enough oil to fill 120 super tankers and enough natural gas to heat almost 20 million homes if adopted by […]
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The Broadband Platform discusses ways to improve digital cohesion in Europe
The European Committee of the Regions and European Commission held the 4th meeting of the Broadband Platform on 6 May, focusing on ways to improve the digital infrastructure in the European Union by adding the concept of digital cohesion to the ones of social, economic and territorial cohesion recognised by the Treaties. The Covid-19 pandemic and the […]
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Supporting the future of Syria: close to €6.4 billion mobilised
The European Union chaired the sixth Brussels Conference on “Supporting the future of Syria and the region”, which took place on 9 and 10 May 2022. The high level ministerial segment of the conference on 10 May gathered EU institutions and representatives of 55 countries including EU member states, as well as 22 international organisations, including the United Nations. High […]
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Commission boosts Horizon Europe budget to support green, health and digital innovations and displaced researchers of Ukraine
Today, the Commission has adopted the amendment to the Horizon Europe Work Programme 2021-2022, increasing the budget by nearly €562 million to further support EU Missions towards innovative solutions to green, health and digital challenges and more actions to boost the European innovation ecosystem. The programme’s budget for 2021 and 2022 now reaches a total of nearly €16 billion. […]
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Spain: EUR 150m EIB loan for hospitals in Galicia
The EIB provides EUR 150m to modernise and expand two public university hospital complexes in the Spanish region of Galicia The Vice President of the EIB, Ricardo Mourinho Félix, and the acting Minister of Finance and Public Administration of the Xunta de Galicia, Miguel Corgos López-Prado, met this morning in Santiago to discuss the collaboration […]
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European Union in the United States Marks Europe Day with First Transatlantic Bridge Award
José Andrés, Justice Stephen Breyer, and Deborah Rutter honored for their exceptional contributions to transatlantic relations. The Delegation of the European Union to the United States marks Europe Day today by awarding the first Transatlantic Bridge Award to three exceptional Americans for their contributions in fostering transatlantic relations and in supporting and embodying the values […]
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EU strongly condemns Russian cyber operations against Ukraine
The European Union and its Member States, together with its international partners, strongly condemn the malicious cyber activity conducted by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, which targeted the satellite KA-SAT network, operated by Viasat. The cyberattack took place one hour before Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 thus facilitating the […]
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The Conference on the Future of Europe concludes its work
In a closing ceremony today in Strasbourg, President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, on behalf of the Council Presidency, President Emmanuel Macron, and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen received from the Co-Chairs of the Conference Executive Board the final report on the outcome of the Conference. This unprecedented, one-year journey of discussion, debate and […]
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