A real-time satellite data centre at the Neustrelitz site of the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) provides crucial real-time information for rescue services and other users of satellite-based products.
de | frFinancing from the EU has enabled repairs and upgrades to be carried out on two sections of single carriageway road in Mureş and Bistriţa Năsăud counties in central and northern Romania. The sections total 71.5 km in length, of which 24.9 km is on national road DN15 between Tȃrgu Mureş and Reghin, and just under 46.6 km is on national road DN15A between Reghin and Sărăţel.
roMusic is the means by which Portugal’s Orquestra Geração seeks to help the country’s disadvantaged youngsters. Since it was founded in 2007, it has, with EU financial support, touched the lives of hundreds of people aged 6-18 from deprived areas.
ptA new operating block and sterilisation unit for the Provincial Specialist Hospital in Olsztyn, the biggest hospital in the Warmia and Mazury region, makes complex surgery safer and uses space more efficiently. More patients can now be treated and these recover faster, resulting in better health for the region’s inhabitants.
plThree Galician biotech companies are taking an interdisciplinary approach to research as a means of discovering a cure for cancer.
esLigneous conjunctivitis is a rare form of chronic conjunctivitis. Better known as pink eye, it is an inflammation that causes the eye to appear pink or reddish. Because only 1.6 per 1 million people across the world are affected by this disease, research into potential cures is of little commercial value. To address this research shortfall, an EU-funded partnership between a Tuscan company and life sciences incubator set out to produce an effective and viable treatment for the condition.
itWhen the town of Drò, in Italy’s Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region, needed a new crèche, instead of building one from the ground up, they opted to save time and money by renovating an existing building dating back to the 1980s. The result is a showcase in energy efficiency.
itTo support tourism and economic development in Eastern Poland, the EU-funded Green Velo project built Poland’s longest, consistently marked cycling trail that connects five voivodeships within the region.
plInaugurated in February 2015, the Cité de la Musique et de la Danse of Soissons is now the focal point of an awareness, education, and diffusion policy for a variety of audiences. This brand new conservatoire, unique in its architecture and artistic design, is a world away from the old infrastructures.
frThe innovative business incubator in Cayenne is the first structure in French Guiana to welcome young businesses that are less than two years old. More than 20 entrepreneurs have already benefited from its services. They are provided with furnished offices, as well as the necessary infrastructure. They can also make use of personalised support and host services to increase their project's sustainability. The incubator employs three people. Inaugurated in June 2015, the facility was built on the Pôle Universitaire Guyanais - PUG (University of French Guiana Campus).
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