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The Jaroslav and Barbara Zemánek Prize in functional analysis with emphasis on operator theory for 2022 is awarded to Amine Marrakchi (CNRS Lyon, France) for his his groundbreaking achievements in the theory of operator algebras, ergodic theory and geometric group theory, and especially for his contributions to the study of the Connes's bicentralizer problem for type III von Neumann algebras.

On behalf of the European Mathematical community, we congratulate the 2022 Fields Medallists. More information here (link).

The EMS Council, the society's governing body, met in in Bled (Slovenia) this weekend (25-26 June 2022). Several major decisions were taken including the election of a new EMS President, Vice-President, and Treasurer, and support for a significant expansion in the range of EMS's scientific activities.

The EMS has launched a new awareness campaign on the problem of predatory publishing. For more information see this new page (link) which contains advice on identifying problematic journals and practices.

The EMS is shocked and saddened to hear of the sudden closure of the Istanbul Center for Mathematical Sciences (IMBM, link here). EMS President Volker Mehrmann has written to the Rector of Boğaziçi University, the President of the Turkish Research Council, the President of the Turkish Higher Education Council, and the President of the Turkish Republic to urge that this decision be reconsidered.

Welcome to the 43rd edition of the European Mathematical Society Digest (formerly "e-news"), rounding up mathematical news from around Europe.

The EMS's governing body, the Council, will meet 25-26 June 2022 in Bled (Slovenia). Delegates and guests have been emailed information and links, including to a registration form which should be submitted no later than 17th of June 2022. In case of enquiries (e.g. if you have not received this information), please contact the Secretary of the EMS Jiří Rákosník (rakosnik [AT] math [DOT] cas [DOT] cz).

The EMS has begun compiling a list of resources, information, and opportuntities for colleagues displaced by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Click here to access the page.

Congratulations to Noga Alon and Ehud Hrushovski, winners of the 2022 Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences "for their remarkable contributions to discrete mathematics and model theory with interaction notably with algebraic geometry, topology and computer sciences." For more details click here (link).

The latest EMS Magazine is out, free to read online, here (link)!