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The fourth edition of the competition ‘NOARK Electric supports schools in turning dreams into reality’ brought together initial vocational education and training (IVET) schools from across Romania.

In 2025-2026, Finland developed and piloted AI agents to support the drafting of qualification requirements. Experts found that using these agents helped reduce drafting time.

Teams from 5 LIFE projects attended the recent Ecosystem Services Partnership Europe Conference 2026 in Prague, Czechia, to spread the word about the wider benefits that nature can provide to European citizens.

Portugal has launched the ‘Gulbenkian Empregar’ initiative to support vulnerable young people to gain skills and access employment, with 14 projects already selected across key regions.

Critical raw materials are the building blocks of Europe's green and digital transition. They are essential for manufacturing the technologies that underpin a climate-neutral economy, from electric vehicle batteries and wind turbines to semiconductors, to medical devices.

European Commission Press release Strasbourg, 07 Jul 2026 The European Commission has presented an Action Plan for a structured response to address the risks and harness the opportunities of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models for cybersecurity.

Intellectual property (IP) filings at the EUIPO reached record levels in the first half of 2026, with total EU trade mark and EU design applications reaching 166,214, up 4.7% on the same period last year.

European Commission Speech Strasbourg, 07 Jul 2026 Dear President, Honorable Members. Trade is fundamental to the European Union economy. More than 700,000 EU companies export beyond our borders, supporting over...