13/07/2022 (Agence Europe) – On Wednesday, 13 July, the European Commission adopted the PEACE PLUS Programme, a new EU cross-border programme that aims to strengthen peace and reconciliation as well as cross-border cooperation between Ireland and Northern Ireland. The programme will receive €235 million from the European Regional Development Fund—Irish and British contributions increasing the budget to €1.1 billion. It will target investments in six key thematic areas: building peaceful and thriving communities, delivering economic regeneration and transformation, empowering and investing in young people, building healthy and inclusive communities, supporting a sustainable and better-connected future, and building and embedding partnership and collaboration. More information: https://aeur.eu/f/2mk (MB)