The landmark deal on cross border data flows between the EU and Japan entered into force.

On 12 June 2024, the European Union and Australia held their second Digital Dialogue virtually.

As of yesterday, new EU rules on making more public datasets available for reuse have started applying. These so-called ‘high-value datasets' contain information on six thematic areas laid out in the Open Data Directive: geospatial, earth observation and environment, meteorological, statistics, companies and mobility.

The European Commission decided to open infringement procedures by sending a letter of formal notice to 18 Member States that did not designate the responsible authorities to implement the Data Governance Act, or that have failed to prove that the latter are empowered to perform the tasks required by the Act.

These are the results of the evaluation of the proposals submitted to the Cloud, Data and Artificial Intelligence call under the Digital Europe Programme.

The Commission has adopted an amendment to the 2023-24 Work Programme of Horizon Europe, the EU's research and innovation programme. The amendment mobilises previously unallocated Horizon Europe funding to increase the 2024 budget by nearly €1.4 billion to a total of €7.3 billion.