by ATHENA | Jul 23, 2025 | News
We, the Leaders of the European Union (EU) and Japan, held our 30th EU-Japan Summit in Tokyo, Japan on 23 July 2025 and concluded the following: 1. The EU-Japan Strategic Partnership has never been stronger than today, and it matters more than ever. The EU and Japan...
by ATHENA | Jul 23, 2025 | News
In a first reaction to the European Commission’s Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) proposal, Business Europe, the association of national European business federations, was welcomed the gocus on competitiveness, but speaks out against the proposed new...
by ATHENA | Jul 23, 2025 | News
The European Association of Innovation Consultants (EAIC) has issued a statement in response to the European Commission’s proposal for the 2028–2034 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) and the next research and innovation framework programme (FP10). EAIC broadly...
by ATHENA | Jul 22, 2025 | News
Under the title ‘Horizon Europe’s retention is good news – but the fight isn’t over yet’, Jan Palmowski, Secretary General of The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities, has published an initial reaction to the...
by ATHENA | Jul 22, 2025 | News
EIB lends €20 million to Dutch biotechnology company Solynta to develop potato seeds with strong resistance to disease and resilience to climate change. The focus of the EIB loan, which is supported under the European Commission’s InvestEU programme, is on the use of...
by ATHENA | Jul 22, 2025 | News
A plan to acquire and operate what is expected to become the world’s most powerful commercial quantum computer has been announced by EIFO, Denmark’s national export and investment fund, and the Novo Nordisk Foundation. The €80 million initiative will establish a new...