Ivan Sotiriadis 
The CIIM Bioeconomia Center of the University of Limassol in collaboration with the organisation “Kourion 2030” implemented a series of interactive workshops, in the context of the candidacy of the Municipality of Kourion for the title of European Capital of Culture 2030, focusing on the promotion of “Cultural Sustainability”. The workshops were implemented in June …
Faculty from the School of Behavioural, Social and Legal Sciences at Örebro University, Dr Magnus Kristoffersson, Associate Professor, and Dr Karin Blad, Senior Lecturer, visited the University of Nicosia between 10 and 13 June 2024. Dr Kristoffersson is the Work Package Leader for WP5 ‘Increasing the Impact of Regional Research’ of the NEOLAiA European University Alliance, which …
On 18 July 2024, the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) and the non-profit cultural organisation AEI Audiovisual Forum signed a Cooperation Protocol. The signing ceremony took place in the Senate Hall, in the Rector’s Building of CUT in Limassol and the Rector Professor Panagiotis Zafeiris and the founder and Director of the HE Audiovisual Forum, …
Stakeholders have highlighted COFUND as a key instrument to boost research practice and improve the attractiveness and sustainability of researchers’ careers. COFUND’s mission is to harness EU funding, stimulate excellent research, facilitate synergies with policy priorities, disseminate the highest standards promoted by MSCA, and uphold EU principles in supporting research careers. To reinforce these goals, …
On Tuesday, MEPs re-elected Roberta Metsola (EPP, MT) as President of the European Parliament until 2027, with 562 votes in the first round. Roberta Metsola won the election in the first round of voting, where she received an absolute majority of 562 votes cast out of 699 by secret paper ballot, among two candidates. She …
With 401 votes in favour, the European Parliament elected Ursula von der Leyen as President of the European Commission in a secret ballot on 18 July. This will be Ursula von der Leyen’s second term as Commission President. She was first elected by MEPs in July 2019. Parliament is currently composed of 719 MEPs, so …
An EU law has come into force that will enable the setting of ecodesign requirements and information for almost all categories of physical goods that come onto the EU market. The new Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation builds on the existing Ecodesign Directive, which currently only covers energy-related products. It aims to significantly improve the circularity, …
The Commission has selected 134 transport projects to receive over €7 billion in EU grants from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), the EU’s instrument for strategic investment in infrastructure. This represents the largest call under the current CEF Transport programme. Around 83% of the funding will support projects that deliver on the EU’s climate objectives, improving and modernising the EU network of railways, …
The EU and the Republic of Serbia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) launching a Strategic Partnership on sustainable raw materials, battery value chains and electric vehicles. The Partnership aims to support the development of new local industries and high-quality jobs along the electric vehicle value chain in full respect of high environmental and social standards while addressing …
How several European initiatives play in different ways into the mission of the higher education interoperability workgroup. Higher education interoperability workgroup The workgroup is developing a framework that will serve European higher education institutions as a practical toolkit to ensure interoperable virtual learning environments, seamless student mobility and data exchange. This framework will be accompanied …