EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation

Ljubljana – The Slovenian presidency of the Council of the EU co-hosted a virtual conference on Wednesday discussing the secure connectivity initiative, the third pillar of the EU space programme. European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton described space and the initiative as one of the European Commission’s priorities in 2022.

The European Commission will boost competitiveness by investing almost €16 billion in research and innovation in the next two years under Horizon 2020, the EU’s research and innovation funding scheme.

The European Commission adopted on Monday an Operational Programme worth EUR 102 M to boost the competitiveness of Bulgarian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) through increased access to finance.

The funds will be allocated from the European Regional Development Fund, the press service of the European Commission informs.

We all love to travel, but what would you do if things go wrong? Here are five things to remember.

1. For emergency assistance (police, fire, medical) dial 112 – this is the free EU–wide emergency phone number which is also used in some countries outside the EU, such as Switzerland and South Africa.

EU to give Serbia EUR 2.5mn to bolster innovation

BELGRADE -- The European Union (EU) has allocated EUR 2.5 million for a project supporting research, innovation and technology transfer in Serbia.

Participants in a meeting in Belgrade marking the launch of the project made the announcement on Monday.

BELGRADE - The training on requirements and conditions of the competitions for European Union (EU) programs and grants in the period from 2014 to 2020 was organized on Monday at the Belgrade Chamber of Commerce for the representatives of the economy, state institutions and the non-governmental sector.