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10:18 11/12/2020
Brussels has lost out to Bucharest in the vote to become the location for the new European Centre for Cybersecurity. The Romanian capital, which was favoured by EU diplomats in the second round of voting, will become home for the new centre from 2021.
The aim of the new European agency is to bring together all the major European players in cyber security. In this way, the EU hopes to better coordinate the fragmented landscape of cybersecurity products and services. The European Cybersecurity Competence Centre (ECCC) will initially receive €2.8 billion to establish itself and €2 billion for its development, which will be allocated from Horizon Europe and Digital Europe s resources for 2021-2028.
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Bucharest to host new EU cybersecurity research centre Friday 11 December 2020 | 09:15 CET | News Romania s capital Bucharest was selected to host the European Cybersecurity Competence Center, a future hub that will distribute EU and national funding for cyber-security research projects across the EU territory. Seven other cities competed to host the centre, including Brussels, Munich, Warsaw, Vilnius, Luxembourg and Leon in Spain. Bucharest attracted more votes from diplomats than Brussels in the second round of voting, Politico.eu reported.
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Bucharest will host a new cyber-research centre designed to help protect European assets from foreign hackers, after a vote by EU states Wednesday. The European Cybersecurity Competence Centre will distribute EU project funds around Europe. "Romania's cap.
Romania’s flourishing IT sector gets a new boost from the European Union, which will host its new Cybersecurity Competence Centre in the country’s capital, Bucharest.
The Romanian capital Bucharest has been selected as the site of a new European Cybersecurity Competence Centre, a hub that will distribute EU and national funding for cybersecurity research projects across the bloc.
Bucharest had been in competition with six other cities, Brussels, León, Luxembourg, Munich, Warsaw, and Vilnius, and was chosen during a meeting of EU ambassadors late on December 9.
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“Romania’s capital will take on this task in a responsible and dedicated manner, to the benefit of the entire European Union,” said Luminiţa Odobescu, Romania’s permanent representative to the EU, after the vote.
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