Ivan Sotiriadis 
The European Commission has made a total of €13.8 million available for cross-border journalism collaboration and media pluralism through the sixth annual call for proposals, under the Creative Europe programme. Part of the funding comes via a call to fund journalism collaborations and support news media partnerships across borders. It aims to boost the resilience of the …
Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen has presented new EU funding opportunities worth €20 million to protect Europe’s submarine cables. New funding under the Digital Europe Programme will support the creation of regional cable hubs and stress-testing the resilience of undersea cable infrastructures. In particular, the European Cybersecurity Competence Centre – the EU Central hub for managing cybersecurity funds – is …
The University of Limassol Research Center proudly supported and actively participated in this year’s PM AGORA Event held in Larnaca, Cyprus from October 1st to 3rd, 2025. Following the success of the inaugural edition in Greece in 2024, PM AGORA has firmly established itself as a dynamic, international platform for dialogue, innovation, and collaboration among EU project managers …
With a major success for the Cypriot research community, the Department of Cancer Genetics, Therapeutics & Ultrastructural Pathology of the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics (CING) has secured €500,000 in funding from the Research and Innovation Foundation. The funding will support the acquisition of a cutting-edge spatial transcriptomics analysis platform, which enables the study …
The Cyprus Institute’s Energy, Environment and Water Research Center (EEWRC) has been awarded a highly competitive EIC Pathfinder grant for the project “PHOTOconversion for Novel Integrated X-systems (PHOTONIX)”, marking a major milestone for Cyprus and European solar energy and photonics research. Funded under the prestigious European Innovation Council (EIC) Pathfinder programme, PHOTONIX is coordinated by The Cyprus Institute (Cyprus) and brings together a multidisciplinary consortium that …
The Cyprus Institute has achieved a notable success in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI), marking a development of paramount importance for Cyprus. The Pharos-CY project, coordinated by the Cyprus Institute, has been selected for funding by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (JU) under the call for AI Factory Antennas (HORIZON-EUROHPC-JU-2025-AIFA-01). The project will be funded by the EuroHPC JU and …
The Municipality of Nicosia has been selected by the European Committee of the Regions as one of the new hubs of the European RegHub (Regional Hubs) Network, strengthening Cyprus’s participation in the European dialogue and the evaluation of EU policies at local and regional level. On 26 September 2025, the Municipality of Nicosia took part …
The research project represents a strategic collaboration between the University of Cyprus, the Cyprus Public Transport group, SVMENERGY NET LTD, and the Strovolos Municipality. The research project titled “Digital Transport Twin for Wireless Charging Infrastructure of Smart Urban Public Buses” (WISE) is a strategic partnership between the Photovoltaic Technology Laboratory of the University of Cyprus, …
The Health Security Committee (HSC) met to discuss the upcoming Union prevention, preparedness and response plan for health crises. The Union Plan, which the Commission will present in the coming months, is one of the key actions listed in the Action Plan accompanying the EU Preparedness Union Strategy, as well as a requirement under Article 5 …
The European Commission adopted an implementing regulation establishing the rules for joint clinical assessments of medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices, under the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Regulation. The implementing act provides detailed procedural rules for the joint clinical assessments, covering: Cooperation of the Member State Coordination Group on Health Technology Assessment and the Commission …