Securing Europe’s Lifelines: Today, in Helsinki, Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen presented the Joint Communication of the EU Commission and the EU High Representative Kaja Kallas to strengthen the security and resilience of submarine cables.
“If we were better at exploiting the grid we have, and we can be, via digitalization and AI, and better planning and better coordination of maintenance, small things they might seem like, but they can really make a difference. Then we could avoid a lot of curtailment. In Germany alone, the curtailment every year equals the lost revenue of 4 billion euros” – EU Commissioner Dan Jørgensen
The EU Commission has approved a €920 million German aid measure for the construction of a new semiconductor manufacturing plant in Dresden. The measure will allow Infineon to complete the MEGAFAB-DD project which will be able to produce a wide range of different types of chips.
Start-ups and scale-ups should be the engine of Europe’s innovation and competitiveness. Yet, many still face hurdles—limited access to private capital and barriers to seamless cross-border growth. The European Commission is eager to hear from start-ups and other key stakeholders on how to create a more supportive environment for scaling and success.
The Digital Dialogue is a cornerstone of the EU-Brazil strategic partnership established in 2007, which fosters deeper cooperation across a wide range of political, economic, and social issues.
GANANA will strengthen expertise exchange, foster research links and enhance the development of software for HPC applications. Three European HPC Centers of Excellence funded by the EuroHPC JU, focusing on the domains of biomedical and life sciences, natural hazards and weather modelling.
Economies around the world are investing in robotics to support industry and society. But government research and development (R&D) programs are following different strategies. World Robotics R&D Programs 2025, published by the International Federation of Robotics, analyses official funding strategies in Asia, Europe and the Americas.
Working together, Canada and its transatlantic partners have created good-paying jobs for our peoples, strengthened our economies, and advanced progress on key priorities, including climate change and international security. With increasing geopolitical instability and economic disruptions, including proposed U.S. tariffs, it is critical to accelerate these partnerships, now and into the future.
The Hague, 11 February 2025 A coordinated international law enforcement action last week has led
At the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit in Paris, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has launched InvestAI, an initiative to mobilise €200 billion for investment in AI, including a new European fund of €20 billion for AI gigafactories.
The EU Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (EU-LISA) and the EU Cybersecurity Agency (ENISA) have reaffirming their shared commitment to enhanced collaboration in cybersecurity, information security, and operational resilience.
The guidelines defining Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems explain the practical application of the legal concept, as anchored in the AI Act. By issuing guidelines on the AI system definition, the Commission aims to assist providers and other relevant persons in determining whether a software system constitutes an AI system to facilitate the effective application of the rules.
Ensuring coherence between trade and industrial policy to strengthen the EU’s global competitiveness in an unstable international environment was the main topic of discussion on Tuesday, 4 February, during the informal meeting of ministers responsible for industry, the internal market, and trade in Warsaw.
U.S. DARPA’s – one of the leading global sources of technological innovation – has published an update on its Intensity-Squeezed Photonic Integration for Revolutionary Detectors (INSPIRED) that seeks to break the quantum noise limit.
The latest Eurobarometer survey on ‘European citizens’ knowledge and attitudes towards science and technology’ released today shows more than 8 in 10 citizens (83%) think that the overall influence of science and technology is positive. Two-thirds of respondents (67%) equally agree that science and technology make our lives easier, healthier and more comfortable.
This year’s cybercrime edition not only identifies key obstacles—particularly in the field of digital evidence—but also examines how new legislative measures could help address them.
Several CEOs of light- and heavy-duty vehicle manufacturers participated today in a kick-off meeting hosted by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to strengthen the global competitiveness of Europe’s automotive industry.
Roberto Viola, Director-General of DG CNECT, and Laurent Jaffart, Director of Connectivity and Secure Communications at the European Space Agency (ESA), signed an agreement on ESA’s technical support of the EuroQCI initiative. EuroQCI aims to develop secure communication networks that will be quantum safe e.g. using Quantum-safe cryptography, thus making it safe against quantum and classical attacks across the whole of the EU and its overseas territories.
The Competitiveness Compass sets out the course the EU Commission will follow in the next five years. The Compass, first announced by President von der Leyen in November, transforms the recommendations laid out by Mario Draghi is his report on the future of European competitiveness, into a roadmap.
“At a time when the global AI race remains extremely competitive, the potential of AI in space and defence is yet another reason to ensure that the EU remains at the forefront of AI innovation. We are already establishing seven AI Factories, which will put the latest AI-optimized supercomputers at the centre of a flourishing generative AI ecosystem” – EU Commission EVP Henna Virkkunen.
For the first time, the Report covers both GNSS and secure satellite communications. It looks at the latest developments and trends in user technologies, along with potential and existing synergies.
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