Europol has supported law enforcement agencies from Spain (Guardia Civil, National Police / Policía Nacional) and Ecuador (Federal Police / Policía Federal de Ecuador) in a major operation targeting a criminal network involved in large-scale cocaine trafficking from Latin America to Europe. The action day took place on 8 October 2026 and resulted in the […]

On 29 September 2026, the European Commission allocated an additional €500 million to Horizon Europe until the end of 2027. This budget goes to two new cross-cutting calls for project proposals on protecting biodiversity,strengthening EU competitiveness and bringing products of research projects to market. The European Research Executive Agency (REA) will manage around half of […]

The2027 Work Programme establishes two calls under the Industry pillar, across two destinations: HORIZON-CL4-2027-01 (224.70 million EUR, 11 topics, single stage) and HORIZON-CL4-2027-02-two-stage (82.5 million EUR, 2 topics, two-stage). Three other calls, HORIZON-CL4-2027-06 (33.6 million EUR, 2 topics, single stage), HORIZON-CID-2027-01 (125 million EUR, 1 topic – HaDEA is in charge of this joint call […]

The Horizon Europe 2027 Work Programme establishes one call under the Digital pillar in one destination: HORIZON-CL4-2027-05 (25 million EUR one topic). Annex XIV (Horizontal Activities) establishes the call HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-01 (55 million EUR, 4 topics). Learn more about the calls and topics: Call reference:HORIZON-CL4-2027-05-DIGITALEMERGING-03 Opening date:17/11/2026 Deadline: 18/03/2027 Destination:Achieving open strategic autonomy in digital and […]

World Space Week, held annually from 4 to 10 October, is an international celebration of space science and technology. This year, the chosen theme is “Rocket Revolution”, focusing on the rapid transformation of space launch. Once limited to a small number of government programs, access to space is now rapidly growing through the rise of […]

Europe faces a significant challenge in scaling finance for Nature-based Solutions (NbS). While policy momentum is growing, most funding for nature-based projects still comes from public sources, and many institutional investors struggle to access investment opportunities that combine environmental impact with a risk-return profile suitable for large-scale capital allocation. To help address this challenge, Triodos […]