(IN BRIEF) Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have successfully synchronized their electricity grids with the European Continental European Network, marking a significant step in their energy independence from Russia and Belarus. This achievement, celebrated as “Energy Independence Day,” strengthens the region’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Estonia, European Union, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Latvia, Lithuania, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Baltic Sea, BRELL energy system, CEF, CEN, Connecting Europe Facility, Continental European Network, electricity grids, Energy Independence Day, energy infrastructure, energy security, energy transition, Estlink, Estonia, EU, European Commission, fossil fuels, Harmony Link Interconnector, interconnectors, Latvia, Lithuania, LitPol Link, Malgosia Bartosik, NordBalt, Offshore wind, partnership, renewable energy, sustainability, Ursula von der Leyen, wind farms, wind power, WindEurope
(IN BRIEF) On February 9, 2025, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania successfully synchronized their electricity systems with Continental Europe’s electricity grid, marking a historic achievement for the Baltic States and Europe. The synchronization improves energy security and independence for the region, … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Estonia, European Union, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Latvia, Lithuania, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Amprion, Augstsprieguma tīkls, Baltic States, BELARUS, CESA, Connecting Europe Facility, Continental Europe Synchronous Area, Dan Jørgensen, electricity grids, electricity interconnections, Elering, energy cooperation, Energy Independence, energy resilience, energy security, ENTSO-E, Estonia, European Commission, European electricity transmission system operators, European Union, Latvia, Litgrid, Lithuania, partnership, PSE, RUSSIA, sustainability, synchronization, transmission system operators, Zbyněk Boldiš
(IN BRIEF) The EIB is loaning €466 million to the Czech Republic to upgrade railway infrastructure as part of a larger European effort to improve rail services and meet climate goals. The funding will support key projects such as the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Czech Republic, Economy, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Security & Safety, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged climate goals, climate neutral by 2050, Czech Finance Minister Zbynek Stanjura, Czech Ministry of Finance, Czech Republic, Czech Transport Minister Martin Kupka, economic revitalization, EIB, energy efficiency, environmental sustainability, ERTMS, EU subsidies, European Commission, European Investment Bank, European Just Transition Mechanism, European Rail Traffic Management System, loan, partnership, passenger comfort, Public Sector Loan Facility, Rail Modernization, rail safety, rail services, rail upgrades, railway infrastructure, railway stations, reconstruction, regional cohesion, Road transport, Správa železnic, sustainability, TEN-T, Trans-European Transport Network, TRANSPORT
(IN BRIEF) The EIB has extended a €42.8 million loan to Ústí nad Labem for crucial infrastructure upgrades, including energy, transport, and social services. This is part of the EU’s larger goal of promoting sustainable urban development. The loan is … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Czech Republic, Environment, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Technology
Tagged clean energy, Climate Action, climate-neutral economy, Czechia, EIB, EIB loan, ELENA program, ENERGY, energy efficiency, EU, EU funding, EU grants, European Commission, greenhouse gas emissions, infrastructure upgrades, Just Transition Mechanism, Kyriacos Kakouris, loan, Mayor Petr Nedvědický, mobility, partnership, public housing, renewable energy, social services, sustainability, sustainable growth, sustainable urban development, transport renovations, urban renewal, Ústí nad Labem, water management, zoo upgrades
(IN BRIEF) The HØST PtX Esbjerg project has been awarded up to EUR 13 million in DEVEX funding by the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA). This funding will support technical studies and front-end engineering design (FEED) work … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Denmark, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged CEF, CINEA, CO2 infrastructure projects, Connecting Europe Facility, Danish-German hydrogen, David Dupont-Mouritzen, DEVEX funding, energy transition, EU decarbonization, European Climate, European Commission, FEED, FID, final investment decision, grant, hydrogen backbone, hydrogen economy, hydrogen infrastructure, HØST PtX Esbjerg, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency, Paris Agreement, partnership, PCI, Power-to-X, Project of Common Interest, sustainability, technical studies
(IN BRIEF) An international team of engineers and physicists has made a significant breakthrough in time-domain spectroscopy by using quantum light to enhance sensitivity. Their new approach enables measurements of infrared electric fields with double the sensitivity of previous methods, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Financial, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged 2023 Nobel Prize, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, devcOM US Army Research Office, Dionysis Adamou, engineers, EPSRC, European Commission, Ferenc Krausz, infrared electric field, Innovate UK, James Watt School of Engineering, laser pulses, Lennart Hirsch, Leverhulme Trust, Loughborough University, medical diagnostics, molecular composition, physicists, Professor Matteo Clerici, Quantum light, quantum mechanics, Royal Academy of Engineering, Science Advances, SECURITY, sensitivity, shot noise, time-domain spectroscopy, UK Research and Innovation, University of Glasgow, University of Glasgow Impact Acceleration Account, University of Insubria, University of Strathclyde
(IN BRIEF) ViiV Healthcare has secured European Commission approval for its long-acting HIV treatment, Vocabria + Rekambys, for adolescents aged 12 and older. This approval offers a significant advancement in HIV care, providing an injectable treatment option that reduces the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, European Union, Financial, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Security & Safety, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged adolescents, clinical trial, European Commission, GSK, Healthcare Innovation, HIV care, HIV treatment, HIV treatment options, long-acting injections, MOCHA study, partnership, Rekambys, ViiV Healthcare, Vocabria
(IN BRIEF) Samotics, a leading Dutch company in electrical data analytics, has secured €20 million in financing from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to accelerate its research and development on AI-driven technology designed to enhance the reliability and energy efficiency … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Banks, Business, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Netherlands, News, Technology
Tagged AI, AI-powered technology, condition monitoring, decarbonization, EIB, electric motors, electrical data analytics, electrical signature analysis, energy consumption, energy efficiency, energy inefficiencies, ESA, European Commission, European Investment Bank, green transition, industrial reliability, Industry 4.0, InvestEU initiative, Jasper Hoogeweegen, malfunction detection, microchips, operating costs, partnership, predictive analytics, Robert de Groot, Samotics, sustainability, €20 million financing
(IN BRIEF) European Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, and the Rule of Law Michael McGrath visited Eurojust’s headquarters in The Hague on January 16 to strengthen collaboration with the Agency in its efforts to combat cross-border crime. During his visit, McGrath … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Law, Management, Netherlands, News, Politics, Security & Safety, Ukraine
Tagged 2024, arrests, asset seizure, CICED, Contact Points, Core International Crimes Evidence Database, criminal justice cooperation, cross-border investigations, democracy, drug trafficking, EJCN, EJOCN, Eurojust, Eurojust network, European Commission, European Judicial Cybercrime Network, European Judicial Organised Crime Network, evidence exchange, Genocide Network, ICPA, International Centre for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine, international judicial cooperation, José de la Mata Amaya, jurisdictions, Justice, Liaison Prosecutors, Margarita Šniutytė-Daugėlienė, Michael McGrath, Michael Schmid, migrant smuggling, partnership, prosecutors, rule of law, Russian crimes, safer societies, The Hague, transnational crime, UKRAINE
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) has allocated €55 million in EU-guaranteed funding under the Ukraine Recovery Programme to rebuild critical social infrastructure in 2025 and beyond. This funding, part of the €340 million framework loan backed by the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, European Union, Financial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Ukraine
Tagged 151 sub-projects, Advanced Technology, collaboration, community support, Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Kuleba, EIB, EIB Vice-President Teresa Czerwińska, environmental protection, EU, EU guarantee, European Commission, European Investment Bank, heating systems, hospitals, infrastructure, Jaco Cilliers, Kharkiv Oblast, Kyiv Oblast, Minister of Finance Sergii Marchenko, Mykolaiv Oblast, Odesa Oblast, public health, Rebuilding, reconstruction, recovery, resilience, sanitation, SCHOOLS, sewer pressure collector, social housing, social infrastructure, Technical Assistance, Ukraine recovery programme, Ukraine Solidarity Urgent Response package, UNDP Ukraine, Vinnytsia Oblast, waste management, water systems, Zhmerynka, €55 million
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank Group (EIBG), in collaboration with Inbank and the European Commission’s InvestEU, has launched its first fully green synthetic securitization in Poland. The agreement enables Inbank to provide PLN 701 million (over €160 million) in … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Poland, Technology
Tagged EIB, EIF, European Commission, green transition, Inbank, InvestEU, Katarzyna Smyk, Marjut Falkstedt, partnership, Poland, Priit Põldoja, sustainability, Teresa Czerwinska
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank Group (EIBG), European Commission, and Solar Impulse Foundation have partnered to launch an initiative supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Europe with energy efficiency investments. By facilitating access to clean technologies through innovative … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Small Business, Technology
Tagged Ambroise Fayolle, Bertrand Piccard, Ditte Juul Jørgensen, EIBG, energy efficiency, European Commission, partnership, SMEs, Solar Impulse, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) JASPERS, a collaborative advisory initiative by the European Investment Bank and the European Commission, held its annual meeting in Brussels, marking nearly two decades of supporting regional development projects across Europe and beyond. Since 2005, JASPERS has facilitated … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Moldova, News, Ukraine
Tagged EIB, European Commission, JASPERS, Kyriacos Kakouris, MOLDOVA, partnership, sustainability, UKRAINE
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION HAS BEEN ACTIVELY ASSESSING POLAND’S ALIGNMENT WITH THE EU’S “RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN” DIRECTIVE AS IT PERTAINS TO MEDIA OUTLETS. THIS SCRUTINY FOLLOWS A RECENT PROPOSAL AIMED AT EXPANDING THESE RIGHTS WITHIN THE MEDIA SECTOR. OVER THE … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, European Union, Internet & Online, Law, Media, Poland
Tagged accountability, Article 17, data protection authorities, disinformation, EC, emergency assistance, EU, EU citizens, European Commission, freedom of expression, GDPR, journalistic integrity, legislation, media accountability, media reports, personal data protection, personal rights violations, psychological support, public health, Readers' Rights Ombudsman, Right to be Forgotten, Szustkowski, trauma teddies
(IN BRIEF) In 2024, the trucking industry has made significant strides in commercializing autonomous driving technology to address challenges like high operational costs, driver shortages, and safety concerns. The global trucking fleet is expected to incorporate an additional 500,000 Level … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Automotive, European Union, Government, Infrastructure & Utilities, Marketing, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged autonomous driving, autonomous driving regulations, autonomous electric trucks, Autonomous systems, autonomous truck testing, autonomous trucking, autonomous trucks, autonomous vehicle regulations, autonomous vehicles. trucks. trucking, autonomy, Einride, Europe on the Move, European Commission, global trucking fleet, IDTechEx, infrastructure, L4 autonomous trucks, logistics, logistics companies, Shihao Fu, transport sector, Transport Transformation, transportation sector, truck companies, truck OEMs, trucking
(IN BRIEF) The Métropole Européenne de Lille has secured a €245 million green loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to modernize its urban transport system, alongside a €31.5 million grant from the European Commission. This joint financing will support … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Damien Castelain, EIB, European Commission, France, Métropole Européenne de Lille, Mobility Initiative, partnership, sustainability, TRANSPORT
(IN BRIEF) The European Union faces a growing challenge in combating disinformation and media manipulation. Citizens and organizations are calling for an expansion of the “right to be forgotten” to include media outlets, holding them accountable for defamatory or misleading … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, European Union, Government, Internet & Online, Law, Media, News, Politics, Society
Tagged Commissioner Didier Reynders, dangers of disinformation, defamation, digital communication, disinformation, EU, European Commission, European Union, fakenews, false information online, hate speech, media defamation, media manipulation, media outlets, media publishers, misleading information, personal data breaches, personal privacy, protecting human dignity, protection of human rights, responsible data management, rights, Robert Szustkowski, Vera Jourova
(IN BRIEF) DNV has supported the European Commission in updating guidance documents on geological carbon storage (CCS) under the CCS Directive to streamline permitting procedures and enhance sustainable CO2 storage in the European Economic Area (EEA). The updates integrate the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Netherlands, News, Norway
Tagged carbon capture, DNV, European Commission, Jamie Burrows, Netherland, Norway, partnership, Prajeev Rasiah, Storage Guidance Documents, sustainability
The solution will increase forest management productivity and cost-effectiveness, and enable forest managers, authorities, and policymakers to deal with forest threats proactively (IN BRIEF) Insect outbreaks, wildfires, and windthrow pose significant threats to European forests, exacerbated by climate change-induced extreme … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Aviation & Aerospace, Environment, European Union, France, Management, News, Science, Technology
Tagged AI, app, Ariane Kaploun, artificial-intelligence, AXA Climate, Bark Beetle, biodiversity, biomass loss, Chiara Solimini, climate change, combat climate change, copernicus, Copernicus satellites, Da Vinci Labs, droughts, earth observation data, Earth observation programme, EGNSS, EU, EU Forest Strategy, EU forests, Europe, European Commission, European forests, European Green Deal, European Union, EUSPA, Extreme weather events, forest, forest data, forest health threats, forest management, forest management tool, forest managers, forest protection, Forest restoration, forest threats, foresters, forestry, GALILEO, global navigation satellite systems, GNSS, Groupe Coopération Forestière, heatwaves, Horizon Europe, Insect outbreaks, insects, Leibniz University Hannover, Machine Learning, mapping, pathogens, Quentin d'Huart, remote sensing tools, Rigas Mezi, satellite, satellite data, satellite imagery, Sentinel, Space Research Institute of Ukraine, storms, SWIFTT, SWIFTT consortium, SWIFTT project, Timbtrack, trees, University of Bari Aldo Moro, wildfires, Wildsense, windthrow
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund (EIF) has committed to guaranteeing over €100 million in financing through three intermediaries in Germany and Spain. Aimed at providing better access to education and training for underprivileged students and learners, the initiative is … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Education, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Spain
Tagged Education, EIF, European Commission, Germany, investment, Margaritis Schinas, Marjut Falkstedt, partnership, Spain, Underprivileged Students
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