The sixth and largest-ever edition of the U-Multirank university ranking, scoring more than 1,700 universities from 96 countries, has just been published. Every year, U-Multirank compares higher education institutions’ performance in areas that matter most to students. A mapshowing the universities with top overall performance is a new feature U-Multirank has added in this year’s edition. European higher […]
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The European Commission, European Investment Bank and Breakthrough Energy Ventures establish a new €100 million fund to support clean energy investments
Breakthrough Energy Ventures Europe (BEV-E), a new €100 million investment fund was established by the European Commission, the European Investment Bank and Breakthrough Energy Ventures during the Fourth Mission Innovation Ministerial meeting in Vancouver, Canada. The fund will help develop innovative European companies and bring radically new clean energy technologies to the market. It will […]
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Small increase in EU’s total greenhouse gas emissions in 2017
Total greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union (EU) increased by 0.7 % in 2017, according to latest official data published recently by the European Environment Agency (EEA). Less coal was used to produce heat and electricity but this was offset by higher industrial and transport emissions, the latter increasing for the fourth consecutive year. According […]
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EEA Agreement turns 25 with the pending challenge of completing the internal market and its social dimension
The 25th anniversary of the European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement, in force since 1994, was the main topic of the EEA Consultative Committee meeting that took place on 23 and 24 May. This committee, which represents employers, workers and other civil society players of EEA member states, insisted on the importance of completing the internal […]
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Emergency Trust Fund for Africa: almost €100 million to support the most vulnerable in the Horn of Africa
The European Commission has adopted seven new programmes and additional funds for two existing projects, worth €99.5 million. They will support ongoing efforts to help the most vulnerable people in the Horn of Africa. At national level, four new programmes have been approved in these countries and areas: South Sudan: increased access to primary and […]
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The defense of a stronger common agricultural policy for climate action
The European Commission published on May 27 an external study to analyze the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency and coherence of the EU added value for climate action in certain key measures of the CAP. Launched in 1962 to support the production of affordable and good quality food for European citizens, the CAP introduced climate action as […]
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Household energy prices in the EU increased compared with 2017
On average, household electricity prices in the European Union (EU) increased to €21.1 per 100 kWh (+3.5%), between the second half of 2017 and the second half of 2018. Nevertheless, the average EU household electricity price was only €0.1 per 100 kWh higher than in the second half of 2015, the former peak in the last ten […]
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A Europe that protects: good progress on tackling hybrid threats
The European Union and Member States have made good progress in tackling hybrid threats through a number of concerted actions in a wide range of sectors to significantly boost capacities, shows the latest report adopted by the Commission and the European External Action Service. The 22 measures identified under the 2016 Joint Framework on Countering […]
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Digital Single Market: Commission publishes guidance on free flow of non-personal data
The European Commission published a new guidance on the interaction of free flow of non-personal data with the EU data protection rules. As part of the Digital Single Market strategy, the new Regulation on the free flow of non-personal data, which has started to apply in the Member states, will allow data to be stored and processed […]
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