French-Belgian project protects cross-border pollinators

EU-funded SAPOLL project has come to a successful end after four years of conservation activities focused on wild pollinators in the France-Wallonia-Flanders cross-border area.

Coronavirus response: EU helps bring its citizens back home

With its Emergency Response Coordination Centre, the European Commission stands ready 24/7 to assist all countries, in Europe and beyond, who ask for specific support.

Coronavirus: Efficient contact tracing apps to support gradual lifting of confinement measures

Digital solutions can protect and save human lives. They can help us trace chains of coronavirus infections.

MisMi project supports people in need and hit by the covid-19 in the mountainous area between France and Italy

‘MisMi’ is an Interreg France-Italy ‘Alcotra’ project financed by EU cohesion policy, which supports people living in mountain, rural and dispersedly populated areas between Valle d’Aosta region in Italy and Tarentaise in France.

Mapping healthcare services

Combining geospatial information and statistics can provide additional information and enable spatial analysis and the evaluation of the current infrastructure. Mapping healthcare services is one such example.

Pan-European Hackathon to develop innovative solutions to overcome societal challenges related to coronavirus

The European Commission and EU member states have today launched a call for participation in a pan-European Hackathon to connect innovators, partners and buyers across Europe to develop innovative solutions to coronavirus.

EU Strategy for the Danube Region

Cohesion Policy: strengthening cooperation in the Danube Region to face challenges together.

Maldinoša informācija un dezinformācija par veselības jautājumiem, arī par Covid-19, ir ļoti izplatīta. Ja vēlaties uzzināt jaunumus par Covid-19 uzliesmojumu, ir svarīgi izmantot tikai autoritatīvus informācijas avotus.

Repurposing drugs and networks can help find outbreak treatments against the clock

A vaccine is likely to take at least a year. A new drug could be a decade away. Even with the world’s resources focused, treatments against a new disease are difficult to create from scratch. However, repurposing existing drugs for other conditions could provide a much-needed shortcut.

EU-China cities discuss the management of COVID-19

On 9 April 2020, a second video conference was held under the city-to-city component of the EU’s International Urban Cooperation programme. The theme of the conference was the current COVID-19 pandemic and how city authorities can contain and mitigate its impact and prepare for eventual recovery.

Coronavirus: €2.7 billion from the EU budget to support the EU healthcare sector

The European Commission is providing a coordinated EU response throughout the crisis, from the current stage until the moment of exit and recovery.

The Integrity Pacts in Poland: transparent decision making through civic participation

This is a perfect win-win situation: citizens can receive better public services and goods while the public sector can enormously benefit from increased transparency and trust.

Some online learning resources for you

The outbreak of COVID-19 in Europe and necessary national measures taken to tackle the spread of the virus may cause significant disruption to the provision of education, training and mobility opportunities for learners, teachers and educators across the European Union.

Message of hope

We are living through difficult times.

Construction begins on new R&D campus in Bulgaria

Technical University of Sofia launched the construction of a new ERDF-funded Student City Campus. The site will have 16 laboratories for research into mechatronics, a branch of engineering focused on electrical and mechanical systems.

EU ensures transparency towards its trade partners on coronavirus-related actions

The EU notified the World Trade Organization the steps it has taken aimed at supporting the fight against coronavirus.

Coronavirus: Speeding up the supply of disinfectants

Disinfectants are important tools to help combat the spread of coronavirus. The Commission is working with the European Chemicals Agency and Member States to create possibilities for industry to increase supply.

Help tackle #COVID19 using data for #EUdatathon 2020

Propose new apps using EU and regional open data to tackle the coronavirus pandemic and its various consequences. Use data from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control on the EU Open Data Portal.

Studying animal coronavirus defences is opening route to human treatments

 

A team that has spent the last five years developing a pipeline of technologies that can churn out a remedy for almost any newly emerging virus may have treatments ready for safety trials on Covid-19 patients by the end of the year.

Coronavirus : l'Europe ne fait rien ! Vraiment ?

Comme l’ont souhaité les Etats membres, l’Union européenne dispose en matière de politique de santé d’une compétence qui se limite à appuyer, coordonner ou compléter leurs actions.

Community paramedicine brings more efficient healthcare to rural Scotland and Ireland

By bringing together the national ambulance services of the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Scotland, the cross-border community paramedic project (Interreg), aims to improve rural access to healthcare in the pilot regions.

What is the EU doing in response to the Coronavirus pandemic?

The EU is mobilising all means at its disposal to support EU countries in tackling the current coronavirus pandemic.

World Health Day - healthcare funded projects in the regions

Hundreds of thousands of projects throughout the EU have benefited from investment through EU regional policy programmes over the years. Take a look through our database to discover some examples of the wide range of projects which receive support.

En estos momentos proliferan los bulos y la desinformación en el ámbito de la salud, en particular sobre el COVID-19. Es importante que los ciudadanos se fíen únicamente de las fuentes autorizadas para obtener información actualizada sobre el brote de COVID-19.

A smartphone app to diagnose Coronavirus?

Dry cough and shortness of breath are specific symptoms of the new coronavirus. An EU funded researcher aims to develop machine-learning algorithms to automatically detect COVID-19.

Eurojust remains fully operational during coronavirus crisis

While Europe and other parts of the world are coping with the coronavirus crisis and its consequences, criminals continue to pursue their illegal activities.

Coronavirus: EU to support about 100,000 small European businesses

The coronavirus pandemic will affect small businesses and they are likely to face liquidity shortages.

Five things you need to know about: mRNA vaccines

One mRNA vaccine under development by German company CureVac has been offered €80 million in investment by the European Commission.

Q&A: We have to rethink disease detection to get ahead of the outbreak after coronavirus

We know that outbreaks like coronavirus will become more common in the future and tackling them is the Apollo programme of our time, according to Professor Marion Koopmans, head of the viroscience department at Erasmus University Medical Centre in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Histoires des régions - Solidarité en Europe dans le domaine de la santé : Allemagne-France

SHG-Kliniken Voelklingen, hôpital basé en Allemagne, dans la zone transfrontalière de la Grande Région proche de la Belgique, de la France et du Luxembourg reçoit des patients covid-19 de France qui ont besoin d’un soutien critique.

Stories from the regions - EU solidarity in the field of healthcare: Luxembourg-France

The Luxembourg Hospital Federation currently counts 10 members, Luxembourg-based hospitals and specialised clinics. In the face of COVID-19 crisis, the FHL mobilised its members to receive patients from France and the Greater Region.

Hôpital de Cerdagne: Le personnel médical en première ligne

L’hôpital de Cerdanya, financé par Interreg, et situé à la frontière entre l’Espagne et la France, se prépare à traiter les patients atteints de COVID-19 des deux côtés de la frontière. Ils ont même un accord similaire aux « voies vertes » avec la police frontalière pour permettre aux patients de traverser librement la frontière.

Техническият университет в София започна изграждането на нов кампус „Студентски град“ с финансиране от ЕФРР, като церемонията по правенето на първата копка се проведе на 13 март. Кампусът ще разполага с 16 лаборатории за изследвания в сферата на мехатрониката – област от инженерните науки, която се фокусира върху електрическите и механичните системи.

Coronavirus: Commission waives customs duties and VAT on the import of medical equipment from non-EU countries

This measure includes masks and protective equipment, as well as testing kits, ventilators and other medical equipment.

Coronavirus: Commission encourages and facilitates cross-border treatment of patients and deployment of medical staff

The coronavirus pandemic is putting healthcare systems across the EU under unprecedented and increasing pressure.

How is Covid-19 affecting schools in Europe?

"The future depends on what you do today," Mahatma Gandhi said.

Keep your kids busy with statistics

In these times of Corona virus, when many people are juggling working from home and looking after their children, it might be a good idea to keep your children busy with some games and tools related to statistics.

Coronavirus: European Commission takes measure to protect lives and livelihoods

Saving lives and supporting livelihoods in these times of acute crisis is paramount.

Coronavirus: the Commission mobilises all of its resources to protect lives and livelihoods

The Commission is further increasing its response by proposing to set up a €100 billion solidarity instrument to help workers keep their incomes and help businesses stay afloat, called SURE. It is also proposing to redirect all available structural funds to the response to the coronavirus.

In profile: improving health services in the regions

In this new "In Profile" datastory you will see that many types of interventions in the Health sector can be financed by the European Regional Development Fund. The Commission proposed broadening these priorities in the Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative.

New control material developed by Commission scientists to help prevent coronavirus test failures

European Commission scientists have designed new control material that laboratories can use to check the correct functioning of their coronavirus tests and to avoid false negatives.

Five things you need to know about: mRNA vaccines

The race for a vaccine against the novel coronavirus, or SARS-CoV-2, is on, with 54 different vaccines under development, two of which are already being tested in humans, according to the World Health Organization. And among the different candidates is a new player on the scene – mRNA vaccines.

European Citizens' Initiative

The European Citizens' Initiative, a unique way for citizens to help shape the EU. As of January this year it is easier to run an E...C...I... Join forces with citizens across the EU and put your ideas on the EU agenda!

Covid-19: How unprecedented data sharing has led to faster-than-ever outbreak research

The push towards open science, open data and preprinting has really changed the way we experience the scientific discourse in this outbreak compared to previous ones.

€450 million for Europe’s long-term frontier research

185 scientists win European Research Council’s Advanced Grants to explore their most daring and innovative ideas.

Medical sensors boost response to Italy’s COVID-19 crisis

An ERDF-funded project is helping to tackle the COVID-19 crisis in Italy. New sensors created by the interreg Italy-Malta project allow healthcare staff to monitor patients suffering from the disease at a distance.

EU Solidarity Fund in action

Cohesion Policy funding and the EU Solidarity Fund will play a central role in the Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative.

Careers at GSA

The European GNSS Agency is looking for highly qualified professionals and experts ready to take up the challenges linked to the future of satellite navigation-powered services and applications in Europe and beyond.

Fighting disinformation in the times of coronavirus

Misinformation and disinformation in the health space are thriving, including on COVID-19. It is important that you rely only on authoritative sources to get updated information on the COVID-19 outbreak.

Covid-19 Industrial Clusters Response Portal

EU to facilitate the interaction with the EU MS health care systems and the industrial cluster community to allow fast and direct responses.

New online public consultation to gather views on EU 2030 climate ambition increase

As part of the European Green Deal, the Commission will put forward a comprehensive plan to increase the EU’s 2030 climate target in September this year. The plan will propose to increase the EU’s current 2030 target of at least -40% greenhouse gas emission reductions to at least -50% and towards -55%, compared to 1990 emission levels.

Overcoming language barriers in the times of coronavirus

At this difficult time, the European Commission has made eTranslation available to all SMEs in the EU, as well as to all public administrations. eTranslation is a free AI-based automated translation tool that can translate to and from 27 different languages.

Coronavirus: EU is taking action to fight the outbreak

The European Commission is coordinating a common European response to the outbreak of COVID-19.

Coronavirus: Practical advice on cross-border workers

The coronavirus pandemic has led to the introduction of unprecedented measures across EU Member States, including reintroduced checks at the internal borders.