French farm puts energy into natural gas production

The facility built by the last farmer in the commune with support of EU Regional Funds, will allow Fécamp to meet its own demand for gas during the summer months when residents do not need to heat their homes.

The 2020-2 Connecting Europe Facility Telecom call for proposals is now open

The 2020-2 Connecting Europe Facility Telecom call for proposals has opened today. The call makes €36 million available to stimulate and support the deployment of European Digital Service Infrastructures in the areas of Business Register Interconnection System, Cybersecurity, eArchiving, eHealth, eProcurement, European Digital Media Observatory, European Platform for Digital Skills & Jobs and Public Open Data.

CONNECT University - Media literacy in the digital age

The digital age and our continual online presence has escalated the problem of disinformation, both in spread and in speed, and consequently in its influence.

Pause and take care before you share

Disinformation in the health space are thriving, including on coronavirus. Be wary of misleading stories circulating online.

Smart Regions: 11 pays coopèrent pour mieux lutter contre la COVID-19

Etudier les données sur les cas de COVID-19 et à terme, le fonctionnement des futurs vaccins et antidotes. Il s'agit de recueillir le plus d'informations possible au niveau de la prise en charge en cabinet ou à l'hôpital en suivant la même méthodologie entre tous les partenaires et les pays participants.

Smart Regions: I-Move against COVID-19

Strengthening the epidemiological and virological surveillance of COVID-19 will be key to defeating the disease. In addition to bringing together case data from hospitals and other primary care clinics, the project will also study the effectiveness of any future vaccines or treatments for the virus.

Coronavirus: 5 useful things to know

The European Commission is working closely with EU Member States to fight the pandemic in a coordinated way because decisions taken by one country can affect people across the Union.

‘Global Goal: Unite for Our Future’ Summit and Concert!

The European Commission and Global Citizen teamed up to mobilise more funding for coronavirus vaccines, tests and treatments.

EU's response to coronavirus

The EU has been working on all fronts to help European countries and even beyond during this crisis.

EU support will bring clean energy to thousands of households in Spain and Austria

Renewable energies are crucial to make Europe climate-neutral by 2050.

Planning your summer holidays?

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Coronavirus: Commission supports EU neighbouring countries by making rules more flexible

The European Commission has adjusted the rules for Cross-border Cooperation programmes between EU Member States and EU’s neighbouring countries to allow the regions on both sides of EU external borders to benefit from the simplified financial and legal measures put into place to fight the coronavirus crisis.

Coronavirus: EU to support European education sector

Since the beginning of the crisis, the Education Ministers met every month and together we have looked at the lessons learnt from the many challenges the education and training sector faced during confinement.

In the EU, we have strong data protection

EU data protection rules empower citizens and are fit for the digital age.

New EU strategy to protect victims' rights

It will ensure that all victims can fully benefit from their rights, no matter where in the EU the crime took place.

Large-scale thefts of industrial machinery - nine arrests in Italy and Bulgaria

With the fundamental support of Eurojust, judicial authorities and police in Italy and Bulgaria have arrested nine members of an organised criminal group which committed large-scale thefts of high value industrial machinery.

The EU is taking care

The ability to pass laws at country level to tackle the coronavirus rests entirely with Member States – the Commission does not have a right to interfere in national legislation and decisions on subjects such as health. On the other hand, the EU can put together European policies and fast, coordinated, pan-European initiatives to tackle the crisis together with Member States. An example of this is that the decision to go into ‘lockdown’ and to close a country’s borders is made on a national level, whilst the mobilisation of €140 million from EU funds to find a vaccine, new treatments and diagnostic tests is made on an EU level.

Slovenia-Austria project seeks to reduce unemployment for vulnerable groups

People with mental health problems, addicts, the homeless and women who are victims of violence are getting a helping hand in finding work, thanks to the ERDF-funded Involved project being implemented in Slovenia.

Finalists of this year’s Natura 2000 Award

The award recognises excellence in the management of Natura 2000 sites and preserving Europe’s biodiversity.

Coronavirus: EU funds are supporting the healthcare sector in Bulgaria

The European Commission reallocated more than €20 million of cohesion policy support to help hospitals and health workers tackle the pandemic in Bulgaria.