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The European Competitive Telecommunications Association (ecta) and the German Association of Telecommunications and Value-Added Service Providers (VATM) organised the “Autumn event” on 22 November 2022 in Brussels.

The European Commission released this week the results of its seventh evaluation of the Code of Conduct on countering illegal hate speech online.

The Commission has launched a website to monitor the deployment of key Internet standards.

The Connecting Europe Broadband Fund has initially invested EUR 14 million in a greenfield fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) project operated by Fibernet in Finland.

Following the entry into force of the Digital Services Act (DSA), the EU's new landmark rules for or a safer and more accountable online environment, the Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) is setting up a European Centre for Algorithmic Transparency (ECAT).

The Commission has published a €10 million call for journalism partnerships – an increase of €3 million compared to 2021 and 2022 – to be financed through Creative Europe.

The Commission has adopted the Interoperable Europe Act proposal and its accompanying Communication to strengthen cross-border interoperability and cooperation in the public sector across the EU.

The objective of this call is to trigger testing and development of new solutions to anticipate and address the needs of people suffering from multimorbititiy, by ensuring timely service access, co-managed care journeys and transitions between specialties and sectors. Deadline for submission of offers: 10 January 2023

India and EU sign an agreement for Cooperation on High Performance Computing, Weather Extremes and Climate Modelling, and Quantum Technologies.

The Commission has welcomed the political agreement reached on 17 November between the European Parliament and EU Member States on the Union Secure Connectivity Programme 2023-2027 with a budget of €2.4 billion.