• Posted 30-Mar-2020

Migrant children continue to face serious risks across Europe

In a year that marked 30 years of the United Nation’s child rights convention, 2019 saw many migrant children in the EU with their rights under threat. The latest report from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) draws attention to the plight of migrant children as they enter and stay in the EU or return to their home countries.


  • Posted 30-Mar-2020

Commission approves additional support via Horizon 2020 to strengthen priorities, including coronavirus research

The Commission has adopted an update of the 2020 Work Programme of Horizon 2020, the EU’s research and innovation programme to allocate increased funding to its priorities, including urgently needed research and innovation projects into the coronavirus.


  • Posted 30-Mar-2020

Seal of Excellence Awarded to Outstanding Researchers

The European Commission has awarded MSCA Seal of Excellence certificates to over two thousand researchers who applied for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship in 2019.


  • Posted 30-Mar-2020

Covid-19: How unprecedented data sharing has led to faster-than-ever outbreak research

Advances in gene sequencing have allowed scientists to trace and monitor the COVID-19 pandemic faster than any previous outbreak. However, gaps in our knowledge of how coronaviruses work has made it difficult to understand what makes the new coronavirus special.


  • Posted 24-Mar-2020

Future EU-UK Partnership: European Commission receives mandate to begin negotiations with the UK

The European Commission welcomes the Council's decision to authorise the opening of the future partnership negotiations with the UK.