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Frankfurt: The digital euro cleared its first big parliamentary hurdle when the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee backed its position on 23 June 2026 by 43 votes to 14, with…

Budapest: The Rule of Law Report 2026 gives Hungary its warmest assessment in years, and the Commission credits the new government of Prime Minister Péter Magyar for moving fast. The…

Tashkent: The Trans-Caspian Transport Corridor is Europe’s most practical attempt to build a trade route between the European Union and Central Asia that avoids Russian territory, and its early financing…

Brussels: The EU Korea digital trade agreement is the most concrete result of the 11th summit between the European Union and South Korea, held in Brussels on 10 June 2026.…

The European Commission has opened a call for evidence on advertising repositories, the public databases that very large online platforms and search engines must keep under the Digital Services Act.…

The Digital Fairness Act is expected to reach the European Commission’s table on 11 November 2026 together with a reform of how EU consumer law is enforced, according to MLex…

Rome: The EU return regulation will replace the 2008 Return Directive with a single rulebook, and its toughest changes hit detention, entry bans and appeals. Parliament and the Council reached…

Brussels: The EU Deforestation Regulation starts to bite on 30 December 2026, when large and medium-sized operators must comply with rules that EU lawmakers have already postponed twice. With about…
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