Ivan Sotiriadis 
The Municipality of Nicosia was awarded the Green City of Cyprus 2024 award, in the framework of the Pancyprian Environmental Awards, for the action ‘Rainwater Harvesting and Groundwater Quality Improvement through the Use of Green Microalgae’ in the category Water Resources Management. The award was received by Councillor Lina Feneridou at the award ceremony, representing …
The Rector of the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT), Professor Panayiotis Zaphiris, will assume the role of President of the Rectors’ Board of the European University of Technology (EUt+) as of 1 July 2025, for the next semester. During his presidency, Professor Zaphiris will focus on three key priorities: Advancing discussions for the establishment of …
The first training programme of the European project ‘Storytelling as Pharmakon in Premodernity and Beyond: Training the New Generation of Researchers in Health Humanities’ (StoryPharm) coordinated by the Research Unit for Medieval Arts and Rituals (CeMAR, https://www.ucy.ac.cy/cemar/) of the University of Cyprus was successfully completed. The event took place between 16 and 20 June 2025 …
In order to develop cutting-edge technologies for future sixth generation (6G) networks, the research project ‘PICSOC’ was launched at the University of Cyprus. The project has a duration of two years and is funded with €200.000 from the Cyprus Research and Innovation Foundation, under the programme “Islands of Excellence. The project coordinator is Postdoctoral Researcher …
The European project Twinning for Excellence in Management and Economics of Research and Innovation (TWIN4MERIT), coordinated by the University of Cyprus, is pleased to announce its third open training webinar, titled “Open Peer Review on CoARA”, which will take place on Tuesday, 8 July 2025, from 11:00 to 13:00 EET. The webinar will be held …
COFUND gives organisations a unique opportunity to attract research and innovation talent through their own doctoral and postdoctoral fellowship programmes. The fifth call under Horizon Europe of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions-funded COFUND scheme closed on 24 June 2025. Through the 2025 call, the European Union will fund around 30 projects with an indicative budget of €105.6 …
Healthcare professionals will be able to receive instructions for use of medical devices in electronic format, rather than solely on paper, following a regulation of the European Commission presented. The regulation applies to all medical devices used by healthcare professionals within the EU. Professionals can still request paper versions if preferred. The adoption of electronic …
The EEA report ‘Renewables, electrification and flexibility — for a competitive EU energy system transformation by 2030’ finds that the European Union has already demonstrated its ability to shift away from fossil fuels, with electricity-sector CO2 emissions dropping significantly over recent decades. In comparison, progress in decarbonising heating and transport, where gas and oil consumption dominate, is …
The Commission welcomes the new Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCR) for apparel and footwear. These rules introduce a science-based and impartial method to assess the environmental impact of clothing and shoes across their entire lifecycle, from raw material extraction, production and logistics to use and end-of-life. Developed over five years with input from industry, NGOs, national …
An EU-wide mapping and coordinated risk assessment of submarine cable infrastructures has been agreed by the informal Expert Group on Secure and Resilient Submarine Cable Infrastructures and will be published in Autumn 2025. This is a key element of the EU Action Plan on Cable Security and the 2024 Cables Recommendation, addressing the security and resilience of critical …