{"id":6629,"date":"2026-02-05T08:18:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T07:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/?p=6629"},"modified":"2026-02-09T21:22:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T20:22:40","slug":"ekaterina-zaharieva-eu-commissioner-for-startups-research-and-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/ekaterina-zaharieva-eu-commissioner-for-startups-research-and-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Ekaterina Zaharieva, EU Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>EU Commissioner Ms. Ekaterina Zaharieva shares her heartfelt congratulations to the<\/em> <em>European Spas Association on its 30th Anniversary<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We are deeply honoured to receive this inspiring message from&nbsp;Ms. Ekaterina Zaharieva, EU Commissioner, on the occasion of the&nbsp;30th Anniversary Congress of the European Spas Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her words highlight the vital role of Europe\u2019s medical spas and natural health resorts in advancing&nbsp;preventive healthcare, sustainable tourism, and climate-responsive wellbeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cReaching three decades of leadership in promoting preventive healthcare, sustainable tourism, and climate-responsive wellness is an extraordinary achievement. Your continued dedication to positioning Europe\u2019s medical spas and natural health resorts at the forefront of innovation is both visionary and deeply aligned with the EU\u2019s goals for longevity, resilience, and green transformation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recognition reinforces our shared mission \u2014 to bridge tradition and innovation, ensuring that Europe\u2019s healing destinations remain key contributors to longevity, resilience, and sustainable development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We thank Commissioner Zaharieva and the European institutions for acknowledging our collective efforts. Together, we continue building a healthier and more sustainable Europe \u2014 one where nature, science, and wellbeing go hand in hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Letter_EU-Commissioner_Ekaterina-Zaharieva-868x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Letter_EU-Commissioner_Ekaterina-Zaharieva-868x1024.png 868w, https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Letter_EU-Commissioner_Ekaterina-Zaharieva-254x300.png 254w, https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Letter_EU-Commissioner_Ekaterina-Zaharieva-768x906.png 768w, https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Letter_EU-Commissioner_Ekaterina-Zaharieva-1302x1536.png 1302w, https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Letter_EU-Commissioner_Ekaterina-Zaharieva-150x177.png 150w, https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Letter_EU-Commissioner_Ekaterina-Zaharieva-300x354.png 300w, https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Letter_EU-Commissioner_Ekaterina-Zaharieva-696x821.png 696w, https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Letter_EU-Commissioner_Ekaterina-Zaharieva-1068x1260.png 1068w, https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Letter_EU-Commissioner_Ekaterina-Zaharieva-1320x1557.png 1320w, https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Letter_EU-Commissioner_Ekaterina-Zaharieva.png 1481w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EU Commissioner Ms. Ekaterina Zaharieva shares her heartfelt congratulations to the European Spas Association on its 30th Anniversary We are deeply honoured to receive this inspiring message from&nbsp;Ms. Ekaterina Zaharieva, EU Commissioner, on the occasion of the&nbsp;30th Anniversary Congress of the European Spas Association. Her words highlight the vital role of Europe\u2019s medical spas and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6633,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,60,61],"tags":[561,560,559,157],"class_list":{"0":"post-6629","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-espa-congress","8":"category-featured","9":"category-news","10":"tag-30-years","11":"tag-ekaterina-zaharieva","12":"tag-eu-commissioner","13":"tag-european-spas-association"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6629"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6636,"href":"https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6629\/revisions\/6636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europeanspas.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}