The European Commission is to invest EUR 1.07 billion in 57 new EDF projects covering the European Drone Defence Initiative, the Eastern Flank Watch, the European Air Shield and the European Space Shield.
The EU’s foreign policy chief and the Commission have presented a Joint Communication introducing a range of measures to strengthen the security and resilience of submarine cables.
The fifth annual Work Programme under the European Defence Fund, adopted Thursday by the EU Commission, has allocated over €1 billion to defence collaborative research and development projects.
The EU Council has added three Russian foreign military intelligence officers to the list of sanctions against Russia for conducting a series of cyberattacks against the Republic of Estonia in 2020.
The Commission gave a boost to Europe’s defence readiness Thursday announcing the first-ever EU-funded projects supporting common procurement of critical defence products by the EU Member States.
The EU Commission has adopted the first implementing rules on cybersecurity of critical entities and networks under a Directive on measures for high common level of cybersecurity across the Union.
— last modified 05 March 2024 The European Commission and the EU’s High Representative presented on 5 March the first-ever European Defence Industrial Strategy at EU level and proposed an…












