The Commission published on the 15t a Recommendation calling on EU Member States to review outbound investments of their companies into non-EU countries. The Recommendation applies to three technology areas of strategic importance as well as the highest risk – semiconductors, artificial intelligence and quantum technologies – and calls on Member States to assess risks to economic security potentially […]
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EU will provide €1.9 billion in initial humanitarian aid for 2025
The EU continues to remain a leading global humanitarian aid donor. With more than 300 million people estimated to need humanitarian assistance in 2025, the EU announces today an initial humanitarian budget for 2025 of €1.9 billion. The EU’s humanitarian aid will be allocated as follows: Middle East and North Africa €375 million will be […]
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House prices and rents went up in Q3 2024
In the third quarter of 2024, house prices in the EU went up by 3.8%, while rents increased by 3.2% compared with the third quarter of 2023. Compared with the second quarter of 2024, house prices increased by 1.4% and rents by 0.9%. This information comes from data on house prices and rents published by Eurostat today. This article presents […]
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Advances in security and criminal investigation: get to know the SIRIUS project
Building on six years of successful support to national law enforcement agencies (LEAs) and judicial authorities (JAs) in the field of electronic evidence, Europol and Eurojust launched the third phase of the SIRIUS project in January 2025. 00 Phase 3 of the SIRIUS project will continue to assist LEAs, JAs, and service providers in navigating […]
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TRICARIX: Advances in minimally invasive treatment for the tricuspid valve
Now just over 2 years since the EU-funded TRICARIX project ended, its innovative transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement system is making great strides in helping patients suffering from severe tricuspid regurgitation without the need for open-heart surgery. aunched in 2018 and coordinated by TRiCares in Germany, TRICARIX set out with an ambitious goal: to make open-heart […]
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Commission unveils action plan to protect the health sector from cyberattacks
Today, the Commission has presented an EU action plan aimed at bolstering the cybersecurity of hospitals and healthcare providers. This Action Plan was announced in President von der Leyen’s political guidelines as a key priority within the first 100 days of the new mandate. The initiative is an important step in shielding the healthcare sector from cyber […]
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Indicating the way forward for sustainable European aviation
A new report on the European aviation sector’s environmental performance sets out measures on how to reduce aviation’s impact on climate change, noise and air quality, and ensure Europe meets its goal of climate-neutrality by 2050. In particular, the report recommends focusing on measures such as increasing the use of sustainable aviation fuels, making the […]
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Rutte to MEPs: “We are safe now, we might not be safe in five years”
On Monday afternoon, MEPs discussed the security situation in Europe and beyond as well as defence and EU-NATO cooperation with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. In his first public discussion with MEPs from the Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Security and Defence and Parliament’s delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly since taking office […]
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The eTwinning platform celebrates 20 years of school collaboration
eTwinning, the EU’s flagship initiative for cross-border school collaboration, connecting teachers with each other, celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. Over 160,000 projects have reached more than three million pupils in the eTwinning community over these two decades, with the help of over 1.2 million teachers in 295,000 schools. Among these projects are the 2024 […]
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