Preliminary findings on flood prevention and responses of the REGIO study "Reducing border obstacles between EU Member States and Interreg IPA beneficiary countries" will be presented on 5 June 2025. What has been achieved and what can be done to facilitate flood prevention and response in cross-border areas in South-East Europe?

To help Mediterranean regions increase renewable energy use and develop local businesses, the Compose project set up 15 small-scale demonstration projects in 11 countries. These included installing energy-saving measures in public buildings and conducting awareness-raising campaigns for residents about energy efficiency. An open access web tool was developed that planners and policy makers can use to implement their own ‘green’ economy initiatives with community support. Check out new Smart Regions episode!

The North West Greenway Network, a cross-border initiative supported by the European Union’s Interreg Programme, has successfully delivered 46.5km of new greenway infrastructure, enhancing connectivity and sustainability across the border region of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

On the 25th of April, the Commission published its fourth State of Schengen report, reviewing developments over the past year and setting priorities for the year ahead.

On wednesday 23 of April, the European Commission found that Apple breached its anti-steering obligation under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), and that Meta breached the DMA obligation to give consumers the choice of a service that uses less of their personal data. Therefore, the Commission has fined Apple and Meta with €500 million and €200 million respectively.

The North West Greenway Network, a cross-border initiative supported by the European Union’s Interreg Programme, has successfully delivered 46.5km of new greenway infrastructure, enhancing connectivity and sustainability across the border region of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Submit your application to become a partner of #EURegionsWeek 2025 by 11 May through the event website.

To end illegal landfilling and improve environment protection, €65 million from cohesion policy funding will be made available for the upgrade of waste management facilities in Greece's Peloponnese region. The European Commission approved this contribution today.

The Tisa River Basin, spanning Hungary and Serbia, is experiencing heightened hydrological risks due to climate change-induced shifts in precipitation and evapotranspiration patterns. Interreg ADAPTisa by fosters data-driven collaboration between water and disaster management stakeholders in the cross-border region to addresses these challenges.

Across Europe, communities are tackling droughts, floods, and soil degradation through grassroots innovation, nature-based solutions, and cross-border cooperation—proving that water resilience begins with local action and collective care.

The Just Transition Platform (JTP) launched a call for JTPeers Exchange, aiming to build capacity, share best practices, and develop solutions for Just Transition Fund (JTF) territories in the implementation of the just transition.

The Tisa River Basin, spanning Hungary and Serbia, is experiencing heightened hydrological risks due to climate change-induced shifts in precipitation and evapotranspiration patterns. Interreg ADAPTisa by fosters data-driven collaboration between water and disaster management stakeholders in the cross-border region to addresses these challenges.

In the twin cities of Gorizia and Nova Gorica, a landmark Interreg event showcased how cross-border cooperation turns shared history into a shared future—powered by unity, resilience, and a new generation of Europeans.

Discover how small food producers in rural areas of the Baltic Sea Basin are turning their businesses into unique culinary tourism experiences. Interreg Baltic Sea Region programme has worked with around 100 companies across12 regions in all participating countries, helping them develop new tourism offerings.

This initiative will put forward an EU agenda for cities that takes stock of EU initiatives and instruments in order to streamline the current support for cities. It will strengthen the EU’s ambition for cities by improving processes through which issues facing cities can be better integrated into future EU policymaking.

New targeted amendments to existing EU funding programmes will support faster, more flexible and coordinated investments in Europe's defence technological and industrial base (EDTIB). Under a new Regulation to stimulate defence-related investments within the EU budget proposed today by the Commission, the EU will strengthen its defence Readiness 2030 and to implement the ReArm Europe plan.

The European Commission’s new initiative the Union of Skills equips Europe’s workforce for the future, tackling skill shortages and boosting competitiveness. This goes together with the objectives of the Talent Booster Mechanism: to ensure Europe's competitiveness and social cohesion.

Interreg Amazonia program is playing a pivotal role in fostering cross-border collaboration between the EU outermost region of French Guiana and its neighbours Suriname, and Brazil through the BIO-PLATEAUX project. This initiative improves the management of water resources and aquatic biodiversity in the Maroni and Oyapock river basins, which span in the Guiana Shield region of South America.

In the twin cities of Gorizia and Nova Gorica, a landmark Interreg event showcased how cross-border cooperation turns shared history into a shared future—powered by unity, resilience, and a new generation of Europeans.

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