On 27 and 28 February, President Ursula von der Leyen will visit New Delhi, accompanied by the College of Commissioners, to meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian Government. The unprecedented visit, one of the first by the College of Commissioners at an early stage of the new mandate, underlines the strong momentum in […]
Commission approves €920 million German State aid measure to support Infineon in setting up a new semiconductor manufacturing facility
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €920 million German aid measure for the construction of a new semiconductor manufacturing plant in Dresden. The measure will allow Infineon to complete the MEGAFAB-DD project which will be able to produce a wide range of different types of chips. This new manufacturing plant […]
Learning – Heinrich Böll Foundation grants – Several countries
The Heinrich Böll Foundation grants scholarships to approximately 1,500 undergraduates, graduates, and Ph.D. students of all subjects and nationalities per year, who are pursuing their degree at universities, universities of applied sciences (‘Fachhochschulen’), or universities of the arts (‘Kunsthochschulen”). Scholarship recipients are expected to have excellent academic records and to be socially and politically engaged. […]
Eurostat: In 2022, 65% of European citizens watched TV or videos online.
In 2022, 65% of EUcitizens watched TV or watched videos online. In 24 out of 27 EU countries, more than half of 16-74 year olds used the internet to watch TV or stream videos. Finland had the highest percentage at 93%, followed by the Netherlands (90%) and Denmark (89%). At the other extreme, […]
European Commission announces winners of the New European Bauhaus 2024 Awards
The Commission today announced 20 winners of the New European Bauhaus (NBE) 2024 awards, for the fourth consecutive year, organised with cohesion policy funding. These awards reward outstanding projects and initiatives that combine sustainability, inclusiveness and aesthetics, demonstrating how the European Green Pact transition can practically enrich the lives of individuals and communities. The […]
Spanish was the second most studied foreign language in upper secondary education in the EU.
In 2022, 60.8% of students in general upper secondary education across the EU studied two or more foreign languages as compulsory subjects or as compulsory curricular options, a decrease of only 0.2 percentage points compared to 2021 (61.0%). In upper secondary vocational education, this percentage was 33.8 %, a decrease of 1.1 percentage points compared […]
Eurostat: Income inequality across the EU
In 2022, the median equivalised disposable income in the EU was 18 706 purchasing power standards (PPS) per inhabitant, increasing from 18 011 PPS recorded in 2021. At the national level, the EU countries with the highest median disposable incomes in 2022 were Luxembourg (33 214 PPS), the Netherlands (25 437 PPS), Austria (25 119 PPS), Belgium (24 142 PPS), Denmark (23 244 PPS) and Germany (23 197 PPS). […]
European Chips Act enters into force
the European Chips Act enters into force. It puts in place a comprehensive set of measures to ensure the EU’s security of supply, resilience and technological leadership in semiconductor technologies and applications. Semiconductors are the essential building blocks of digital and digitised products. From smartphones and cars, through critical applications and infrastructures for healthcare, energy, defence, communications […]
EU participates in the UN General Assembly
The high-level week of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly starts on 18 September 2023. The first day of the general debate was on Tuesday, 19 September. The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, will address the General Assembly on behalf of the EU and will participate in a series of side events. EU priorities […]