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Close to €1.6 billion of EU funds will help Spain recover from Valencia's devastating floods 

The European Commission has proposed to the European Parliament and the Council an aid of €945 million from the EU Solidarity Fund (EUSF) to Spain to support the recovery from the destructive ‘DANA floods' of October 2024 in Valencia. In addition, the Commission has approved the reallocation of €645 million from Spain's cohesion policy funds […]

Commission awards the 2025 Prizes for the most sustainable, inclusive and beautiful projects under the New European Bauhaus

The European Commission has announced 22 laureates of the New European Bauhaus (NEB) Prizes 2025. For the fifth year in a row, the NEB prizes reward outstanding projects and initiatives that combine sustainability, inclusion and aesthetics, demonstrating how the lives of people and communities can be enriched by bringing together culture and technology, innovation and […]

European Commission announces €545 million package to scale up renewables in Africa

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled today a €545 million Team Europe package to accelerate Africa's clean energy transition. This announcement, made at the Global Citizen Festival via video message in the context of the United Nations General Assembly, is an important milestone in the ‘Scaling Up Renewables in Africa' campaign, co-hosted with […]

EU provides additional €50 million in emergency humanitarian aid to Palestine

The European Commission has released an additional €50 million* in humanitarian assistance to respond to the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza and to address the rising humanitarian needs in the West Bank. This brings total EU emergency humanitarian aid in 2025 to €220 million to Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and to […]

Winners of the 2025 European Innovative Teaching Awards

The European Commission has today announced the winners of the 2025 European Innovative Teaching Awards. 117 teachers and schools from more than 30 countries — both inside and outside the EU — have been recognised for their projects under Erasmus+. With these awards, the Commission recognises educators who use innovative, interactive and inclusive teaching and […]

Commission launches new strategy to strengthen Europe's research and technology infrastructures

Today, the Commission has launched the European strategy on research and technology infrastructures to boost Europe's leadership in scientific excellence and technological innovation. To remain a frontrunner in the global race for science and innovation, Europe must reinforce decisively its research and technology infrastructures and make them even more integrated and accessible to a wider […]

More than 350,000 European companies to get energy efficiency support under major EU financing initiative

More than 350,000 companies across Europe are set to make energy efficiency gains through a €17.5 billion financing initiative by the European Union. The energy efficiency for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) initiative, led by the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group and supported by the European Commission, seeks to help SMEs using proven energy-saving technologies […]

Commission launches new initiatives with industry to boost Europe's Automotive leadership

Today, President Ursula von der Leyen chaired the third Strategic Dialogue on the Future of the European Automotive Industry, bringing together the European automotive industry, social partners, and other stakeholders in Brussels. The meeting reaffirmed the need to act fast to implement the Automotive Action Plan. As technology transforms mobility and geopolitics reshapes global competition, […]

A total of 28 Spanish institutions are hosting scientists who have recently been awarded grants by the European Research Council

The European Research Council (ERC) has selected 478 early-career researchers from across Europe to receive this year's “Starting Grants”, worth a total of €761 million, under the EU's Horizon Europe programme. These grants will support excellence in research in various fields, such as physical sciences and engineering, life sciences, social sciences and humanities. Each researcher […]

European Innovation Scoreboard 2025

The EU's innovation performance has made steady long–term progress, increasing by 12.6 percentage points since 2018. This latest edition of the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) reveals significant shifts in national innovation performance. Thirteen Member States improved their score since last year, with Malta (+7.6 points) and Luxembourg (+5 points) seeing the largest gains. Since 2018, […]

EU invests €852 million in six innovative electric vehicle battery projects

Today, the European Commission announced that six pioneering electric vehicle (EV) battery cell manufacturing projects will receive a total of €852 million in grants from the Innovation Fund, using revenues from the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). These grants follow a first Battery Call under the Fund, launched in December 2024, aimed at accelerating […]

Investment of €3.66 billion from EU emissions trading revenues in cleaner energy systems  

Today, the European Commission and the European Investment Bank announced that €3.66 billion have been disbursed from the Modernisation Fund to support 34 energy related projects in nine EU Member States. These investments will support the modernisation of energy systems in the EU. They will reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the energy, industry and transport […]
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