Ivan Sotiriadis 
The Commission and the High Representative have presented a White Paper for European Defence – Readiness 2030. The Commission has also presented, as part of the ReArm Europe Plan/Readiness 2030, an ambitious defence package providing financial levers to EU Member States to drive an investment surge in defence capabilities. While the ReArm Europe Plan/Readiness 2030 strengthens pan-European …
The Commission takes action to maintain and expand European industrial capacities in the steel and metals sectors. The Action Plan on Steel and Metals is designed to strengthen the sector’s competitiveness and safeguard the industry’s future. The European steel industry is fundamental for European economy, providing inputs to critical sectors such as automotive, clean tech, and defence. …
The Commission welcomes launch of the Alliance for Language Technologies European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (ALT-EDIC) and the Language Data Space (LDS). Aimed at addressing the shortage of European language data needed for training large language models, these projects are set to revolutionise multilingual Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems across the EU. By offering services in all …
A delegation of the University of Nicosia attended a meeting of the European University Alliance NEOLAiA held at Šiauliai State University of Applied Sciences, Lithuania on 5-6 March 2025. The discussion focused on improving the communication strategy between the member universities of the Alliance, with the aim of broadening the dissemination of its activities to …
The inaugural meeting for the Erasmus+ Project: ‘Preparing Universities to Cooperate with Neuroatypical Students’ took place at the Campus of the Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, in Wroclaw, Poland on 13th and 14th March 2025. The following Universities form the consortium to this project: Wroclaw University of Economics and Business (WUEB) – Coordinator University of Central …
Stimulant use is increasing – cannabis is decreasing The latest findings from the largest European project in the science of urban wastewater analysis and epidemiology are published today in the report “Wastewater analysis and drugs – a European multi-city study,” published by the SCORE group project team in collaboration with the European Union Agency for …
A new collaboration between Cyprus, Germany, Switzerland, Germany and Sweden will take place for the implementation of the new project with the acronym “CIRCULAR-PV” and the title “Towards long-lived and recyclable perovskite photovoltaics”. The project will be coordinated by DegradationLab, a strategic infrastructure unit of the Photovoltaic Technology Laboratory, which is part of the FOS …
The Commission has proposed a Regulation to improve the availability of critical medicines in the EU. The proposal aims to protect human health by incentivising supply chain diversification and boosting pharmaceutical manufacturing in the EU. This will support the EU’s pharmaceutical sector which is a major contributor to our economy. The Act also aims to improve access to other medicines of common …
On 12 March, the United States imposed tariffs of up to 25% on imports of steel, aluminium, and certain products containing steel and aluminium from the European Union and other trading partners. In response, the Commission is launching a series of countermeasures to protect European businesses, workers and consumers from the impact of these unjustified …
The European Commission is proposing to establish a Common European System for Returns with swifter, simpler and more effective return procedures across the EU. Announced by President von der Leyen in the political guidelines and called for by the European Council in October 2024, the new legal framework for returns constitutes a key piece to complement the Pact on Migration and …