On the occasion of the 17th European Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Terrorism (11 March), the Commission issued the following statement: “Today, we come together to listen, to support survivors, and above all to honour all victims of terrorism. To all who seek to hurt and divide us, we will continue to respond […]
The European Commission has reached an agreement with BioNTech-Pfizer for the supply of four million more doses of COVID-19 vaccines for member states in the next two weeks in order to tackle coronavirus hotspots and to facilitate free border movement. The President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said: “To tackle aggressive variants of […]
The Commission has proposed to strengthen the European Union s global humanitarian impact in order to meet the substantially rising humanitarian needs exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Communication proposes a series of key actions to expedite the provision of humanitarian aid by expanding the resource base, supporting a better enabling environment for humanitarian partners and […]
At a virtual media event, Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth Commissioner Mariya Gabriel presented how the European Innovation Council pilot and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology are supporting innovators to tackle the coronavirus pandemic and its societal impact. In the past year, the Commission has invested €226 million through both these EU […]
The European Commission has approved two Cypriot schemes, with a total budget of €200 million, to support companies and self-employed that had to suspend their activities due to the restrictions that the the government had to impose to limit the spread of the coronavirus. The two schemes were approved under the state aid Temporary Framework. […]