The European Parliament's Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA) hosted its fourth annual high-level conference on academic freedom on 5 February 2025.

Urban agriculture has been essential since the first cities were established, ensuring food security through practices such as irrigation and composting.

The highlight of the February 2025 plenary session was the presentation of the European Commission's long-awaited 2025 work programme and the subsequent debate.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has advanced remarkably in recent years, transforming industries and societies worldwide.

Battery technologies are at the heart of the global energy system. Electrification – the process of replacing technologies and systems that rely on fossil fuels with those powered by electricity, ...

The Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA) (Regulation (EU) 2024/1735, hereafter 'the regulation') entered into force on 29 June 2024 (Figure 1) and is now due to be implemented.

On scaling up and infrastructure, in line with the literature, the EPRS study confirms that the EU needs an additional €157 billion in annual investment if it is to meet its 2030 digital targets ...

As highlighted by the recent Letta and Draghi reports, it is now imperative for the European Union (EU) to boost investment and to start acting more strategically and collectively to compete on global ...

Achieving a digital transition that strengthens Europe's strategic competitiveness means addressing the persistent challenges in innovation, adoption, and technological dependency.

The lightning offensive launched in late November 2024 by armed rebel groups spearheaded by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a jihadi group ruling Idlib in northwest Syria since 2017, led to the toppling ...