The European Commission will publish its long-anticipated Digital Networks Act (DNA) on 16 December 2025, according to Politico. However, the DNA, recently described by European Commission Executive Vice President Henna Virkkunen as the biggest digit ...

A new study published in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction underlined the key role which emergency communications can play in improving responses to disasters. As the risk of climate and geopolitical disasters in Europe grows, this ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reached a settlement with General Motors Co. and its subsidiary OnStar regarding the collection and sale of driving behaviour data from millions of vehicles in the U.S., including precise geolocation data, witho ...

The European Commission has published its 2024 report on the implementation of the European emergency number 112. Key findings on the report include: 62% of all emergency calls in the EU are now to the single European emergency number 112—a s ...

The European Parliament has approved the Intergroup "Resilience, Disaster Management and Civil Protection". This initiative aims to prioritize civil protection, disaster management, and resilience at the core of European policies. The intergroup w ...

INEM (Instituto Nacional de Emergência Médica) employees have been on strike since 6.11.2024 for better career and salary conditions, disrupting emergency services. This has led to delays in emergency responses and caused some citizens to directly ...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Commission have committed €52 million in EU funding to support the rollout of Ukraine's 112 emergency call system. This funding package comprises a €40 million loan from the EIB, provid ...

The European Commission is preparing for test procedures for eCall for the first quarter of 2025. All new models of passenger cars and vans are now equipped with eCall, a system that automatically contacts the European emergency number 112 in the ...

On 17 September, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen sent letters to each member of the Commission outlining their mandates and responsibilities for the next five years. The President's letters to all EU Commissioners emphasised improv ...

Telenor, a major telecommunications provider in Norway, recently experienced an outage that disrupted emergency calls to the police's 112 number for three hours. This incident also affected customers of other mobile providers like Telia and Ice. A ...