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Earlier this month, a part of our team took to Brussels for a special occasion: At a Parliamentary Breakfast in the European Parliament, hosted by MEPs Alexandra Geese (The Greens/EFA) and Elena Sancho Murillo (S&D), we were given the chance to lay out to parliamentarians, accredited assistants, media representatives, researchers, industry stakeholders our reasons for […]
As of today, the huge human-edited web directory Curlie.org is made publicly available for download – thanks to the OpenWebSearch.eu initiative. With over 2.9 million well-structured entries, Curlie.org is a clear guide to the Internet. The download now enables operators of niche websites to offer website catalogues on their topic. This is also good news […]
In a recent article on EU Perspectives, the OpenWebSearch.eu project is mentioned alongside European Search Perspective as one of the promising initiatives to reclaim sovereign access to the web. The current situation is one of dependence from US Big Tech companies, especially in the domain of search services. The article claims that 90 % of […]
In its issue 21/2025, German special interest magazine c’t (Magazin für Computer Technik) features a piece on European digital sovereignty, mentioning OpenWebSearch.eu alongside the European Search Perspective as two promising projects in the European Digital Transformation process. Author Jo Bager portrays the EU funded OpenWebSearch.eu project, that was set-up in 2022 and is a consortium composed […]
Every year, on 29 September, #FreeWebSearchDay (FWSD) comes back around to remind us of the importance of free, open, and trustworthy access to information on the internet. The way we approach web search is directly connected to either fostering or neglecting democracy and freedom of information. The annual action day therefor serves as a platform for […]
Continuing our partner portrait series, today’s spotlight is set on Radboud University in the Netherlands. Prof.dr.ir. Arjen P. de Vries and Prof.dr.ir. Djoerd Hiemstra lead the Information Retrieval research group at Radboud University, part of the Data Science section in the Institute for Computing and Information Sciences. In OpenWebSearch.EU, the team, which is complemented by PHD […]
The Next Generation Internet (NGI) Forum 2025 took place in Brussels on 19 & 20 June, bringing together over 200 on-site participants plus several hundred online. Topics centered around the shift from research and experimentation to the deployment of sovereign, open digital infrastructures. Over the course of two days, 37 speakers and panelists shared their insights […]
In October 2025, the ever growing open search community will gather at CSC – IT Center for Science in Helsinki/Finland for its annual autumn meeting. For the seventh time, the International Open Search Symposium #ossym will provide a forum to discuss and further develop ideas and concepts of open internet search. Registration for the event […]
In the context of NGI Forum 2025, the OpenWebSearch.eu team was invited to co-organize a range of sessions surrounding the idea of a federated European Open Web Infrastructure, scheduled for the second conference day. Under the Horizon Europe funding program, the Next Generation Internet (NGI) Initiative organizes a yearly forum in Brussels that brings together […]
In a recent article on UK based technology news platform „The Register“ the OpenWebSearch.eu project was introduced and acknowledged as one promising initiative to combat the intentional decline of search engine quality by providing a European open Web index. The article not only introduces search alternatives to the current market leaders Google and Bing but […]
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The project OpenWebSearch.EU has received funding from the European Union's Horizon research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101070014.
