Council of EU picks Bucharest to host European cybersecurity competence centre

The Cybersecurity Competence Centre will improve the coordination of research and innovation in cybersecurity in the EU, the council said in a press release.

The representatives of the governments of 27 EU member states selected Bucharest from a list also comprising six other cities - Warsaw, Vilnius, Brussels, Munich, Luxembourg and León.

Negotiations with the European Parliament on the proposed regulation establishing the Centre are ongoing, the council noted. The next trilogue meeting between the co-legislators is scheduled for December 11.