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The new pan-European fund in support of high-tech startups has started under the ETCI-European Tech Champions Initiative promoted by the EIB Group (EIB - European Investment Bank and EIF -European Investment Fund) in collaboration with Italy, Germany, France, Spain and Belgium. The ETCI will strengthen European risk capital markets at [...]

The Commission presented the communication "A New Pact for Pollinators", a plan that, by reviewing the EU initiative of 2018, seeks to curb the decline of wild pollinators in Europe. The plan defines the actions that the EU and member states must take to reverse the trend by 2030 and [...]

The European Union is moving towards a reform of the electricity market system to protect households and businesses from price volatility and to support access to safe energy from clean sources . With this in mind, the European Commission has launched a public consultation on the actions to be taken [...]

The European Commission has presented a green and digital transition path to the chemical industry, proposing a joint plan prepared with key representatives of the chemical industry, NGOs and other stakeholders. The pathway helps to prepare an economic justification and a roadmap for investments in safe and sustainable chemicals. The [...]

The European Commission has launched the Italian framework scheme SA.105191 (2022/N) as notified by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry; this will provide 2 billion euros in support of the agricultural, forestry, fisheries, and aquaculture sectors to reduce the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the [...]

A bright future awaits the EU economy , since it has entered in 2023 in better condition than previously expected. According to the European Commission’s interim winter forecast, the growth prospects for this year are rising to 0.8% in the EU and 0.9% in the euro area . For both [...]

The European Commission today adopted the main work programme of Horizon Europe 2023-24, with 13.5 billion euros to support researchers and innovators in Europe to find innovative solutions to environmental, energetic, digital and geopolitical challenges. Together with the 95.5 billion euros from the Horizon Europe research and innovation programme, this [...]

Sace has launched "Together 2025", the 2023-2025 business plan of the insurance-financial group, directly controlled by the MEF and specialized in supporting the competitiveness of companies. With Together 2025, SACE provides Italian companies with 111 billion euros to support investments and projects and guarantee liquidity, with an expected annual increase [...]

The EU is moving towards the adoption of a new law on renewable energy that will have three effects: Accelerate the authorisation procedure for renewable energy plants Promoting the EU domestic production during the energy crisis Reducing dependence on fossil fuels imported from Russia The text of the new rules [...]

The European Commission has formally adopted the agreement on the reform of the common agricultural policy (CAP), thus giving the green light to Italy’s National Strategic Plan on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP); this will guarantee farmers and rural areas of the country a support of over 35 billion euros [...]