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Berlin's Senate passes law establishing a university construction company to handle university properties

The Senate Chancellery of the State of Berlin has adopted the Berlin Higher Education Construction Company Act, which establishes a Berlin University Construction Company as a public corporation to assume overall legal, organisational, and financial responsibility for the construction, renovation…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, State, Universities, …
• Article # 439341
• Published on 27/04/26 at 17:18
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ETH Zurich's annual report shows how university bolsters Switzerland as an innovation hub

The ETH Zurich annual report 2025 shows that the university is contributing to Switzerland's innovation capacity by training needed skilled professionals, translating research into practice and supporting knowledge transfer to industry through new ventures and investment. The report, published…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Research Funding Organisation (RFO), Research Performing Organisation (RPO), …
• Article # 439292
• Published on 27/04/26 at 16:29
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Commission announces eight winners of the STEP Scale Up call

The European Commission has announced that eight companies have successfully passed the evaluation phase of the European Innovation Council (EIC) Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP) Scale Up call on 27/04/2026. The eight companies were selected from the 44 that submitted their…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Companies, European commission, …
• Article # 439329
• Published on 27/04/26 at 16:19
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Max Planck Society opens two new research centres in Singapore

The Max Planck Society, an independent non-governmental and nonprofit association of German research institutes, has opened two new centres in Singapore, the organisation's first in the region. The agreements officially establishing the centres were signed on 20/04/2026 at Nanyang Technological…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Research Funding Organisation (RFO), Research Performing Organisation (RPO), …
• Article # 439286
• Published on 27/04/26 at 16:03
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European Commission gives €32.5 million to 70 deep-tech firms to strengthen their capacity

The European Commission will distribute €32.5 million among 70 winning companies from the November 2025 European Innovation Council (EIC) Pre-Accelerator call, a programme designed to strengthen the capacity of SMEs and start-ups. The EIC published the list of winners, which represented 22…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Companies, European commission, …
• Article # 439303
• Published on 27/04/26 at 15:43
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🚨 [Agenda] HEI conferences and events in Europe from 27/04

The OECD, E³UDRES², EARMA and other organisations are hosting events starting this week. News Tank’s agenda aims to provide an overview of the events taking place in Europe’s higher education, research and innovation ecosystem. We focus on: • events taking place in Brussels or related to EU…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , …
• Article # 439267
• Published on 27/04/26 at 14:23
• Updated on29/04/26 at 11:24
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European Commission and higher education organisations condemn police raid at University of Belgrade

European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos and several European higher education organisations and representatives have condemned a police raid at the Serbian University of Belgrade and demanded meaningful dialogue between universities and the government. Kos met with the University of…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , Universities, …
• Article # 439164
• Published on 25/04/26 at 09:01
©  Alexandros MICHAILIDIS
European Council President says leaders will discuss 2028-2034 budget at next meeting in June

European Council President Antonio Costa said that EU leaders will have a discussion on the Union's budget for 2028-2034 at their next formal meeting in June. Speaking after an informal meeting of EU leaders on 24/04/2026 in Agia Napa, Costa said that Cyprus, which holds the presidency of the…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Council, European commission, …
• Article # 439174
• Published on 24/04/26 at 17:17
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Commission and Committee of the Regions adopt Joint Action Plan to strengthen local role in EU R&I

The European Commission and the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) have agreed on a Joint Action Plan to strengthen the role of regional and local authorities in EU research and innovation policies. Ekaterina Zaharieva, Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation, and Heike Raab…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, European commission, State, …
• Article # 439158
• Published on 24/04/26 at 17:07
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EU-institution heads pledge to make progress on single-market priorities including EU Inc and ERA Act

The heads of three of the EU legislative institutions have agreed on a timetable for making progress towards a single market by the end of 2027 at the latest. The agreement includes finalising the 28th company law regime, known as EU Inc., by the end of 2026, and the European Research Area (ERA…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Council, European commission, …
• Article # 439159
• Published on 24/04/26 at 16:31