The Council and the European Parliament agreed on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union, to further improve the resilience and incident response capacities of both the public and private sector and the EU as a whole. Once adopted, the new directive, called ‘NIS2’, will replace the current directive on security […]
Deeper cooperation between EU and Japan is a vital necessity
At the 28th EU-Japan summit in Tokyo, leaders discussed bilateral relations and how to coordinate their responses to Russia’s war against Ukraine and to important global and regional challenges. They also launched the digital partnership. The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, representing […]
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 […]
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 […]
Eurobarometer on the European Year of Youth
On Friday,the Commission published its Flash Eurobarometer on Youth and Democracy, conducted between 22 February and 4 March 2022. With the European Year of Youth in full swing, and at the end of the Conference on the future of Europe – where youth played a crucial part – it allows to take stock of the sentiment among the young generation. […]
EU EOM Long-term Observers Return to Colombia for Presidential Elections
After some weeks of pause, following the legislative elections, the long-term observers of the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) are back in Colombia. For this next stage of observation of the electoral year, the same 34 citizens from different nationalities of the European Union plus Switzerland and Norway, who were, since February, observing […]
EU Aid Volunteers
EU Aid Volunteers initiative brings together volunteers and organisations from different countries, providing practical support to humanitarian aid projects and contributing to strengthening the local capacity and resilience of disaster-affected communities. The EU Aid Volunteers initiative is open to EU citizens and third country long-term residents in a Member State from a wide range of […]
One hundred smart and climate-neutral cities by 2030
The Commission announced last week the 100 EU cities that will participate in the EU mission “100 smart and climate-neutral cities by 2030”, the so-called mission on cities. The 100 cities come from all 27 Member States, with an additional 12 cities from countries associated or with the potential to be associated with Horizon Europe, […]
EU and UNESCO mark the World Press Freedom Day with Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate in Ramallah
In celebration of the World Press Freedom Day, the Office of the European Union Representative, UNESCO, and the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate joined Palestinian media practitioners to highlight the role of the state, civil society and press actors in ensuring freedom and quality of journalism and public expression in the context of the global digital environment. […]