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The EU institutions will open their doors over the next week to celebrate Europe Day, which this year marks the 75th anniversary of the Schuman Declaration. You can discover their work and engage in entertaining activities. Many events will also take place in EU countries and around the world.
New figures reveal that Horizon Europe, the EU's flagship research and innovation programme, is a major driver of economic and societal benefits. For every euro of costs to EU society, the programme is expected to generate up to six euros in benefits for EU citizens by 2045.
Europol has launched a taskforce to tackle the rising trend of organised crime networks hiring youngsters to carry out threats, assaults, or killings for a fee. The taskforce brings together police from 8 European countries with Europol providing operational support and coordination.
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