In December 2025, the European Commission took a significant step in addressing the risk that tourists may lose effective access to emergency services while travelling ...
2G/3G switch-off to block certain phones from emergency calls in Sweden
Sweden’s 2G and 3G networks will be shut down in December 2025, and the Swedish ...
EU wide study finds growing support for EU actions to protect its citizens during crises
Earlier this month, the European Parliament published the results of its biannual survey of EU ...
Emergency call outage in Australia linked to multiple deaths
A network failure at Australian telecommunications network provider Optus has been linked to at least ...
How cybersecure are our telecom networks? EU Agency publishes report on NIS2 sectors
In August 2025, the European Commission published the findings of ENISA’s 2025 Cybersecurity Maturity & ...
European Commission outlines plans to improve earthquake responses to EU Parliament Security and Defence Vice Chair
On 21 August, the European Commission responded to a written Parliamentary question from Mihai Tudose, a Romanian ...
More funding for 112? NATO countries agree to spend 1.5% of GDP on improving preparedness and resilience
On 25 June, NATO allies agreed to allocate up to 1.5% of their gross domestic product annually toward ...
European Accessibility Act begins applying across the EU
On 28 June 2025, the European Accessibility Act began applying across the EU and EEA. ...
EU to publish “less ambitious” Digital Networks Act on 16 December 2025
The European Commission will publish its long-anticipated Digital Networks Act (DNA) on 16 December 2025, ...
New study highlights the critical role of 112 in boosting disaster resilience across Europe
A new study published in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction underlined the key ...