Even though Spain has facilitated some of its COVID-19 restrictions, the country still continues to keep in place entry rules based on travellers’ country of origin. According to Spain’s official travel website, travellers from European Union/Schengen Area and those from safe third countries are subject to less stringent rules when Read more…
After evaluating the current COVID-19 situation and taking into account the high vaccination rates, another two European Union countries – Ireland and Hungary – have decided to lift all of their COVID-19 restrictions. The Irish authorities announced earlier this week that the country has decided to lift the COVID-19 entry Read more…
Authorities in Estonia have announced that they will suspend the e-residency program for citizens of Russia and Belarus amid raised concerns that the scheme could be used to avoid sanctions. Estonia’s government decision comes after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Tallinn’s authorities have stressed that they would no longer process Read more…
The French authorities have decided to put to an end another COVID-19 measure, after evaluation that the virus-related situation in the country is relatively better and allows for such a measure to be lifted. On Thursday, the French Prime Minister Jean Castex said in a press release that starting from Read more…
Students from the EU Member States have submitted way fewer applications in the British higher education institutions in the 2020/2021 period, the Universities and Colleges Admission Service (UCAS) has pointed out. According to a press release issued by UCAS, 31,670 students from the EU applied during this time, with 16,025 Read more…
Research and innovation universities’ projects, organisations and small to medium enterprises (SMEs) from third countries can apply to win grants of €3 to €4 million starting from March 1. The news was shared by the European Innovation Council (EIC), which is part of the European University Association (EUA) and will Read more…
While a shared room for students in Germany cost about €391 in 2021, the rent has increased by almost six per cent to €414 at the beginning of this year, research by the Moses Mendelssohn Institute (MMI) in partnership with real estate portal, WG-gestucht.de, has revealed. The reason for 2021’s Read more…
The Council of the European Union has agreed that Croatia now meets all the criteria to join the borderless Schengen Area. In a meeting held on Thursday, December 9, the Council concluded Croatia has fulfilled the requirements for the application of the Schengen acquis as a whole, which is a Read more…
The latest report from the European Commission has shown that the number of female students who have obtained a bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree has significantly grown over the last years. Nonetheless, women still remain under-represented, especially in research and innovation careers According to the She Figures 2021 publication, women Read more…
The Norwegian authorities have announced that citizens of the country will now be able to travel to other areas, even for tourism purposes, since the Government will no longer advise against unnecessary travel. This means that Norwegians are no longer discouraged from travelling to other countries as long as they Read more…
