Ivan Sotiriadis

Additional €142 million to support submarine networks and connectivity infrastructure under Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Digital

The Commission has signed grant agreements worth €142 million with 21 projects upgrading or deploying new connectivity backbone cables, including submarine cables. Submarine cables transport more than 98% of the global telecom traffic and play an essential role for the resilience and security of digital connectivity. CEF Digital puts the security of this critical infrastructure at its …

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The Commission launches Industry-Academia Network to bridge cybersecurity skills gap

The Commission has launched a call for expression of interest to join the new Industry-Academia Network under the European Cyber Skills Academy. This network will strengthen the links between industry and academia to boost cybersecurity skills, ensuring the European cyber workforce is adequately equipped to meet growing demands in the sector. Building on the outcomes …

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Cyprus University of Technology: European University of Technology (EUt+) intervenes in the debate on foreign language curricula

The “European Universities of Technology” (EUt+) alliance, in which CUT participates along with 8 other European universities from 8 different countries (Cyprus, Germany, France, Italy, Latvia, Romania, Bulgaria, Bulgaria, Ireland, Spain, Latvia, Germany, Ireland), issued a statement on the public dialogue on the offer of study programmes by public universities in Cyprus in languages other …

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The Cyprus Institute: Methane Emissions in the Mediterranean and Middle East: New Research Led by The Cyprus Institute Reveals Gaps in Regional Emission Inventories

A recently published scientific study outlining the results of the pioneering shipborne expedition conducted along a 10,000 km route from Spain to Abu Dhabi initiated by the Environment Agency Abu Dhabi (EAD), partnered with researchers of the Climate and Atmosphere Research Center (CARE-C) of the Cyprus Institute and the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (MPIC), …

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University of Nicosia Leads Research in New EU-Funded Mental Health Initiative

The University of Nicosia (UNIC) announces its participation in ‘Resilient Cities, Healthy People’ (ReCiHePe), a new three-year project funded by the EU4Health Programme. UNIC will lead the research strategy and implementation of this initiative, which addresses mental health promotion in urban areas. Under the leadership of Dr. Despina Cochliou as Project Manager, UNIC joins five …

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MSCA Doctoral Networks 2024 receives 1417 proposals

This year’s annual MSCA Doctoral Networks call has attracted considerable interest from the research community, with 1417 proposals submitted.  The fourth call of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions-funded Doctoral Networks scheme closed on 27 November 2024. The European Research Executive Agency received 1417 proposals. By comparison, 1,066 proposals were submitted in 2023 and 136 were eventually selected for funding. This year’s submitted proposals …

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Commission assesses EU countries’ plans for fiscal stability and sustainable growth

In April this year, the EU carried out a major reform of its economic governance framework to make it simpler, more transparent and with greater national ownership. The European Commission has now presented the first European Semester Autumn Package under this new framework. It delivers on the promise of the reformed framework to safeguard the ownership of EU countries over fiscal …

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EU secures agreement on carbon market rules and new climate finance goal, with broader contributor base to drive clean investments, increase resilience and prepare the ground for further emission reductions

At the COP29 UN Climate Change Conference in Baku, the European Commission and EU Member States took the lead in brokering a deal to align global financial flows with the objectives of the Paris Agreement. Through the adoption of a New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) for Climate Finance, the EU successfully broadened the global contributor base for climate …

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Erasmus+ supported 1,3 million opportunities abroad in 2023

With a total budget of over €4.5 billion, the programme funded nearly 32,000 projects involving over 84,500 organisations, a strong increase on 2022. These figures were released as part of the 2023 Erasmus+ Annual Report. The report showcases the programme’s achievements in supporting lifelong learning and cooperation. The 2023 gain in support came thanks to …

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