European Space Agency boosts budget to catch up in space race

mennessä CrNet Oy | joulu 1, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

The European Space Agency said Thursday it would increase its budget for the next three years to almost 22.1 billion euros ($25.6 billion). Ahead of an agency conference in the German city of Bremen, ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher had expressed concern that...

Commission presents new Bioeconomy Strategy to drive green growth, competitiveness and resilience across Europe

mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 28, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

On Thursday, the Commission adopted a new Strategic Framework for a Competitive and Sustainable EU Bioeconomy, charting a way forward to build a clean, competitive and resilient European economy. By using renewable biological resources from land and sea and providing...

Parliament greenlights first-ever European defence industry programme

mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 26, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

The law adopted on Tuesday is designed to strengthen the EU defence industry, foster joint European defence procurement, ramp up defence manufacturing and increase support for Ukraine. The regulation, already informally agreed with the Council, will establish the...

’Digital violence is real violence’, UN Women Europe director tells Euronews

mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 26, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

Women are increasingly experiencing violence online.  Online impunity and incel culture are putting women at risk, according to the director of the United Nations Women for Europe. ”Online violence is real violence and it’s impacting women the most”...

Press conference: rapporteurs to brief media on the EU budget 2026 on Tuesday

mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 25, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

MEPs Andrzej Halicki and Matjaž Nemec will hold a press conference on Tuesday at 15:00, ahead of the plenary vote on the recent agreement on the EU budget for next year. Andrzej Halicki (EPP, PL), general rapporteur for the EU’s 2026 budget (for section III –...

Statement by President von der Leyen on Peace Discussions for Ukraine

mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 24, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

Any credible and sustainable peace plan should first and foremost stop the killing and end the war, while not sowing the seeds for a future conflict. We have agreed on the main elements necessary for a just and lasting peace and Ukraine’s sovereignty. Let me...