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The latest version of the EMS Magazine, edition no 134 for December 2024, is out now! Link here (click).

Throughout 2025, members of the EMS Mathematics Outreach and Engagement Committee will share their stories and insights with our community through a series of interviews. The Committee's mission is to show people why mathematics matters and how it is part of science, technology, and many other aspects of modern life. Through these interviews, we will learn about each member's work within the Committee and their vision for its future, alongside their personal experience in mathematics outreach. We begin our series with Katie Chicot, Chair of the Committee.

Jorge Buescu has been awarded the 2024 Ciência Viva Grand Prize, becoming the first mathematician to receive this recognition. This prestigious recognition, awarded by Ciência Viva, Portugal's National Agency for Scientific and Technological Culture founded in 1996, celebrates outstanding contributions to scientific and technological outreach.

The European Solidarity Committee has opened the second round of its call for Financial Support for Europe, including individual travel grants and event funding grants, aimed at supporting mathematicians and institutions with limited resources across Europe. The call will close on January 31, 2025 and results will be communicated in March.

The latest version of the EMS Magazine, edition no 133 for September 2024, is out now! Link here (click).

Jürg Kramer has become the new President of the German Mathematical Society (DMV) on January 1, 2025, and Moritz Kaßmann (Bielefeld University) is his Vice President.

The Executive Committee of the European Mathematical Society held its meeting from November 15-17, 2024, at the Department of Mathematics of the University of Turin, under the organization of EC member Professor Susanna Terracini.

The BCM-II will be held in Thessaloniki (Greece) 12-14/06/2025. Visit the conference website (link) for the list of invited speakers and a preliminary program. Please register using the form on the BCM-II website.

Eurostat announces the third round of the European Statistics Awards for Nowcasting, with a focus on international trade in goods. The competitions begin in September 2024 with registration open until 30 October 2024.

The 2024 Jaroslav and Barbara Zemánek Prize in functional analysis is awarded to Christopher Schafhauser (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA) for his outstanding contributions to the classification and structure theory of C*-algebras, in particular to the Elliott classification programme.