EU proposes first ever Digital Europe investment programme
The EU has proposed the creation of the first ever Digital Europe investment programme, to expand support for digital capabilities in the next multiannual...
Commissioner Marianne Thyssen wants pension adequacy for all
Following the 2018 Pension Adequacy Report, published in April, European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility, Marianne Thyssen, says: “Let’s pursue...
UK summit discusses technological approaches to tackling the illegal wildlife trade
Representatives from global technology companies have met with conservationists to discuss technological approaches to tackling the illegal wildlife trade, at an event in the...
New report champions progress in EU-Armenia relations
According to a new EU report, significant progress has been made in developing stronger EU-Armenia relations. The report, published in advance on an upcoming EU-Armenia...
New UK funding call aims to deliver self-parking vehicles by 2021
A new UK funding competition will offer £30m (~€34.2m) in funding to support the deployment of self-parking vehicles and public testing of autonomous cars. In...
Health and usage monitoring systems – from aerospace to shipping
CEO Thomas JJ Meyer describes how Machine Prognostics AS is introducing health and usage monitoring systems to the shipping industry. First developed as a result...
Innovation is creating jobs faster than technology destroys them
Malaysian entrepreneur, founder and executive chairman of the QI Group Vijay Eswaran explores how technology is creating jobs, as opposed to fuelling a decline. Since...
Competition authorities co-operate over EU-Mexico bilateral trade agreement
Following concerns about a recent EU-Mexico bilateral trade agreement, competition authority stakeholders have met to address certain disagreements and agree co-operation. The first EU-Mexico bilateral...
Juncker speaks at European Development Days 2018 event
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker opened the European Development Days 2018 event, for which Government Europa is a media partner, by discussing the EU’s...
Automated agriculture with Sparter, the selective harvester
The automation transformation is seeing agriculture transformed. Cerescon’s Thérèse van Vinken and Ad Vermeer discuss how their selective harvesting machine, Sparter, will revolutionise asparagus...
