European Health Union: EU steps up action to prevent shortages of antibiotics for next winter

The European Commission, the Heads of Medicines Agencies (HMA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) are today issuing recommendations for actions to avoid shortages of key antibiotics used to treat respiratory infections for European patients in the next winter season. These recommendations, which have been developed through the Executive Steering Group on Shortages and Safety …

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Commission boosts data sharing and innovation for a smart, sustainable and resilient EU tourism ecosystem

The Commission published a Communication presenting the building blocks for a common European tourism data space. This data space will allow tourism businesses and public authorities to share a broad range of data to inform the development of innovative tourism services, improve the sustainability of the tourism ecosystem and strengthen its economic competitiveness. Tourism is a …

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Sustainable cities: five finalists for the European Green Capital & Leaf Awards

Five European cities are showing the way to resilience and sustainability as they enter the final stage of the European Green Capital and Green Leaf Awards. There is rising pressure on cities in view of the pollution, climate change and biodiversity crisis. The cities have been shortlisted based on their commitment in addressing urban environmental …

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Horizon Europe: EU Missions on track to meet their 2030 ambition towards a greener and healthier continent

During their first two years, the EU Missions in Horizon Europe have supported the Commission’s work on the European Green Deal, making Europe fit for the Digital Age, and Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan. Since their inception, EU Missions have demonstrated their potential to accelerate change. Supported primarily by Horizon Europe funding, they have also connected and supported EU policies and programmes with local …

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CYENS: CYENS is producing its own honey!

During the research activities of the BE-HIVE project, researchers, and technicians from CYENS have designed and installed a smart beehive at the rooftop of the STOA building that hosts the CYENS Center of Excellence. The beehive is called smart, because the conditions inside the beehive are monitored in real-time, allowing the beekeepers to have access …

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University of Nicosia: Memorandum of Cooperation between the Department of Health Sciences of the University of Nicosia and the Federation of Pharmaceutical Cooperatives of Greece (O.S.F.E.)

On Wednesday, July 12, 2023, the Department of Health Sciences of the University of Nicosia and the Federation of Cooperatives of Pharmacists of Greece (O.S.F.E.) signed a Memorandum of Cooperation. On the occasion of the signing, the two parties inaugurated the Model Pharmacy Practice Laboratory, the only one of its kind in the Greek and …

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CYENS: VELES Excellence Hub Will Drive Innovation in South-East Europe’s Smart Healthcare Sector

VELES Excellence Hub, a dynamic consortium aimed at accelerating innovation excellence in smart healthcare, proudly announces its official launch starting on June 1st, 2023. With a focus on the widening countries of Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, and Cyprus, VELES develops novel methodologies and pilots to enable new collaboration opportunities and smart health innovations within a sustainable, …

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