Ivan Sotiriadis 
The winners of the EU 2024 Prize for Citizen Science were announced on June 12th. Citizen science – the general public engagement in scientific research activities – contributes to a vibrant civil society and is getting increasingly popular with Europeans. Out of the 288 applications, three citizen science initiatives received the main prizes and 27 …
The Commission’s Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) as part of its mandate on preparedness, has signed on behalf of participating Member States, a joint procurement framework contract for the supply of up to 665,000 pre-pandemic vaccine doses of the up-to-date Zoonotic Influenza Vaccine Seqirus, as well as an option for a further 40 million doses …
After a historic agreement was reached on the Pact on Migration and Asylum, work has started to translate the large and complex set of legislative acts into an operational reality over the next two years. This will be a common endeavour, with the Commission supporting Member States every step of the way. The Common Implementation Plan …
The European Commission has published the twelfth edition of the EU Justice Scoreboard, an annual overview providing comparative data on the efficiency, quality, and independence of justice systems among the EU Member States. Compared to last year, the public’s perception of judicial independence has improved, also in countries that had experienced systemic challenges. This year’s Scoreboard …
Average CO2 emissions from all new cars registered in Europe in 2023 continued to decrease and were 1.4% lower than in 2022, according to new provisional data published by the European Environment Agency. Similarly, average CO2 emissions from new vans continued to fall, and were 1.6% lower than in 2022. The reductions in emissions from new cars …
The first ever EU rules on combating violence against women and domestic violence entered into force. Violence against women and domestic violence affect an estimated one in three of the 228 million women in the EU. By criminalising certain forms of violence against women across the EU, including online, and strengthening victims’ access to justice, protection and support, …
New EU rules on making more public datasets available for reuse have started applying. These so-called ‘high-value datasets’ contain information on six thematic areas laid out in the Open Data Directive: geospatial, earth observation and environment, meteorological, statistics, companies and mobility. The new rules have the potential to generate important societal and economic benefits by …
The Regional Programme Energy Security and Climate Change in Middle East and North Africa of the German Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (Konrad Adenauer Foundation; https://www.kas.de/en/) has published a new series of articles on Climate Change Mitigation in the Eastern Mediterranean. EEWRC’s Professor emeritus Manfred A. Lange, who also contributed two of the six papers in the sequence was the editor …
The University of Nicosia Medical School is pleased to announce that Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), will be awarded an honorary doctorate at the Medical School’s graduation ceremony, which will take place on 27 June 2024. Dr Ghebreyesus, who has been at the helm of WHO since 2017, has …
The University of Nicosia (UNIC) proudly announces the successful conclusion of its four-year partnership with the European Blockchain Observatory and Forum (EUBOF), during which it served as an academic partner and directly advised the European Commission on blockchain technology. This collaboration has significantly contributed to the advancement of blockchain technology across Europe. Over the past …