Ivan Sotiriadis 
The Gold Award in the category “Innovation in Teaching in Public Higher Education” in this year’s Education Leaders Awards 2025 (Greece), was awarded to the European funded project “Game It Away: entrepreneurship education through board game design. Game It Away aimed to foster entrepreneurial thinking, creativity and innovation through the design of board games by …
The Centre of Excellence for Research and Innovation “KIOS” of the University of Cyprus contributes to the development of 6th generation (6G) networks and services, through its participation in the innovative European Project “6G -VERSUS (6G Vertical Trials for Sustainability). The project is funded by the Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme of the European …
Pan-European project to implement cancer screening The University of Cyprus Medical School is actively participating in the ambitious pan-European project EUCanScreen (“Implementation of cancer screening programs”), which is co-funded by the EU4Health programme of the European Union with a total budget of 38.7 million euros. Aim The EUCanScreen project, running from June 2024 to May …
The European Innovation Council (EIC) has released a new report titled “Unlocking Innovation through Corporate-Startup Collaboration – The EIC Corporate Partnership Programme”, highlighting how partnerships between innovative startups and large corporations are driving deep tech scale-up and industrial transformation in Europe. The report supports the goals of the EU Startup and Scale-up Initiative and reflects the strategic …
The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the first group of researchers to be awarded ERC Proof of Concept Grants in 2025. In this initial round of the 2025 competition, 150 projects will receive €22.5 million in funding. Each grant is worth €150,000 and is designed to help ERC grantees to bridge the gap between …
The European Commission launched two initiatives under its Preparedness Union agenda: an EU Stockpiling Strategy and a Medical Countermeasures Strategy. Both are designed to improve access to essential goods for European citizens and societies, businesses and economies – ensuring continuity of essential goods and lifesaving medical supplies at all times, in particular during crises such as major energy blackouts, …
The Commission published its sixth annual Rule of Law Report, examining rule of law developments in all Member States. This is the first report under the Commission’s new mandate. It consolidates the successful engagement with Member States based on a preventive and dialogue-based approach to strengthen the rule of law, and it is an important incentive for reform. The …
The Commission published the fourth Environmental Implementation Review. It supports environmental enforcement and raises awareness about the importance of EU environmental rules to ensure prosperity, competitiveness and environmental security in the European Union. The costs of non-implementation of EU environmental laws through air and water pollution, nature degradation and waste are estimated at €180 billion per …
The Commission has presented guidelines on the protection of minors, as well as a prototype of an age-verification app under the Digital Services Act (DSA). They will ensure that children and young people can continue to enjoy the opportunities the online world offers, such as learning, creativity and communication, while minimising the risks they face …
The European Commission has received the final version of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice, a voluntary tool developed by 13 independent experts, with input from over 1,000 stakeholders, including model providers, small and medium-sized enterprises, academics, AI safety experts, rightsholders, and civil society organisations. The Code is designed to help industry comply with the AI Act’s rules on general-purpose …