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A team from STARC and the UCL Institute of Archaeology presented their research on medieval crucible steel making and Bronze Age copper production at the 8th International Congress of the World Society for the Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan, held from August 23-26 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. For the first time, scholars from Cyprus and CyI were …
The Cyprus Institute recently published a new paper in its Policy Brief series, entitled “Climate Policy is Good Economic and Social Policy”. In this Brief, CyI Professor Theodoros Zachariadis reports on the recent findings of scientific studies on the economic impacts of climate change. The most recent studies estimate much more adverse impacts of climate …
The Commission announced the results of the 2023 calls for proposals under the European Defence Fund (EDF) amounting to €1,031 million of EU funding to support 54 outstanding joint European defence research and development projects. The selected projects will support technological excellence across a wide range of defence capabilities in critical areas, including cyber defence, ground, air …
Commissioner Iliana Ivanova and Director General for Research and Innovation Marc Lemaître with the representatives of the Gender Equality Champion organisations for 2023. To acknowledge outstanding results achieved by academic and research institutions in advancing gender equality, the European Commission is pleased to announce the recipients of the EU Award for Gender Equality Champions in …
The European Commission invests €20 million in new projects under the Pathways to Synergies action, with the goal of setting up interfaces between different funding systems and supporting cross-border collaboration. Pathways to synergies is a new funding opportunity, part of the Horizon Europe: Widening participation and spreading excellence funding sub-programme. The objectives of this action are to support the …
The law provides a comprehensive and up-to-date list of environmental offences addressing the most serious breaches of environmental obligations. New rules to protect the environment through criminal law entered into force on May 20. The new Environmental Crime Directive will help achieve European Green Deal objectives by fighting against the most serious environmental offences, which can have …
The Commission has released a collection of 3D-digitised cultural heritage assets on Europeana, the common European data space for cultural heritage. The collection was showcased during a high-level event in Brussels in the presence of Commissioner Thierry Breton and EU Ministers of Culture. The collection results from the ‘Twin it! 3D for Europe’s culture’ campaign and includes …
The European Commission has signed an association agreement for the Digital Europe Programme with Bosnia and Herzegovina. Firstly, Thierry Breton, Commissioner for Internal Market, will sign the agreement, followed shortly by the signature of Edin Forto, the Minister of Communication and Traffic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Following the signatures, and upon the completion of the related …
The Lecturer of the School of Life and Health Sciences at the University of Nicosia is honored for her 40-year career and contributions to food science and technology The University of Nicosia is delighted to announce that Dr. Phrosso Economidou Hadjilucas, a distinguished member of its teaching staff, has been honoured with the prestigious title …
The “Heraclitus” Center for Social Research and Regional Development at the Cyprus University of Technology announces the publication of Postdoctoral Research Fellow Stella Theocharous’ book titled “Street Naming and the Politics of Greek-Cypriot Identity, The Case of Nicosia (Lefkosia), 1878-1975” by Palgrave Macmillan. The book represents the first explication of the role of street naming …