The European Commission has sent this week a reasoned opinion to Czechia, Estonia, Ireland, Spain, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Slovenia and Slovakia for failing to provide information about the implementation of the EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) into their national laws. The new rules apply on all audiovisual media, both traditional TV broadcasts and on-demand services, as well as video-sharing platforms. They aim to create a regulatory framework fit for the digital age, leading to a safer, fairer and more diverse audiovisual landscape.

The Commission has sent this week a reasoned opinion to Estonia, Spain, Croatia, Ireland, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia and Sweden for not having notified the Commission about the full transposition of the European Electronic Communications Code.

The Commission has decided this week to refer Poland to the Court of Justice of the European Union for breaching EU law safeguarding the independence of the national regulatory authority (NRA), the Office of Electronic Communications (UKE).

The EIC is seeking to build synergies with the wider European startup ecosystem via a new wave of projects under the Commission’s Startup Europe initiative, following the opening of the HORIZON-EIC-2021-STARTUPEU-01-01 call with a total budget of EUR 6 million. The call is open until 18 November 2021.

Four EU-funded films are competing in the 69th edition of the San Sebastian International Film Festival, which has kicked off today. ‘Inventory' by Darko Sinko, ‘Prayers for the Stolen' by Tatiana Huezo, ‘The Crossing' by Florence Miailhe and ‘107 Mothers' by Peter Kerekes are competing within the Official Selection category. The winners of this year's festival will be announced on 25 September during the Festival Closing Gala.

This is a senior manager position to lead a multidisciplinary team of professionals called to support a key priority area for the future of the European Union.

The Executive Director shall be responsible for operations and for the day-to-day management of the Centre and shall be its legal representative. The Executive Director shall be accountable to the Governing Board and perform his or her duties with complete independence within the powers assigned to her or him. The Executive Director shall be supported by the staff of the Centre.

The Digital Volunteers Pilot Programme brings together digital experts from large companies who work as mentors in SMEs to digitally upskill their employees and digitalise their business activities. The participation of 40 leading European companies was facilitated by cooperation between the European Commission and the Conseil de Cooperation Economique. It runs until November 2021 with wider deployment taking place in 2022.

The presentation "Should We Build The Matrix? Some Challenges of the Digital Twin Concept" by Professor Dirk Helbing aimed at showing the arguments for using complexity science when dealing with cities. It was based on the position paper produced by  Complexity Science and Smart Cities expert group.

The Commission has published the results of a study analysing the economic impact of Open Source Software and Hardware on the European economy.

The European Cyber Security Month (ECSM) is the EU’s annual cybersecurity awareness campaign that takes place each October across Europe. The aim is to raise awareness of cybersecurity threats and promote cyber hygiene among citizens and organisations through education and sharing of good practices.