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Today, the EU Digital COVID Certificate has reached another important milestone with the go-live of the technical system at EU level, which allows to verify certificates in a secure and privacy-friendly way.

Today, the European Commission has proposed an update to the Council Recommendation on the coordination of free movement restrictions in the EU, which were put in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As the epidemiological situation is improving and vaccination campaigns are speeding up all o

The European Commission has today disbursed €14.137 billion to 12 EU Member States in the seventh instalment of financial support under the SURE instrument. 

Today, the European Commission signed a third contract with the pharmaceutical companies BioNTech and Pfizer. It reserves an additional 1.8 billion doses on behalf of all EU Member States, between end 2021 to 2023. It will allow for the purchase of 900 million doses of the current vaccine and of a v

The European Commission Representation in Malta has congratulated Lara Calleja for winning the European Prize for Literature 2021 cycle for Malta with the short story anthology Kissirtu Kullimkien (Merlin 2020). Lara Calleja is also the first Maltese woman to have won this prestigious prize. Calleja

In total, five applications were received, of which the European Commission has awarded grants under COMM/MT/ED/2021-2025.

The Spring 2021 Economic Forecast projects that the EU economy will expand by 4.2% in 2021 and by 4.4% in 2022. The euro area economy is forecast to grow by 4.3% this year and 4.4% next year. This represents a significant upgrade of the growth outlook compared to the Winter 2021 Economic Forecast wh

Today, the Commission is proposing that Member States ease the current restrictions on non-essential travel into the EU to take into account the progress of vaccination campaigns and developments in the epidemiological situation worldwide.

A new generation of EUROPE DIRECT centres will start operating across the EU on 1 May 2021.  The network of 424 centres will bring the European Union, its policies and values to all corners of Europe, and will also establish an important connection between EU institutions and the European citizens.