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The ENISA cybersecurity report on the state of the Union in 2026, released this week, finds that Europe’s digital defences are getting stronger while national crisis capabilities remain uneven. The…

The EIC Work Programme 2027, adopted by the European Commission on 5 November, releases €1.8 billion for deep-tech start-ups, scale-ups and researchers. It is the final funding round of the…

Ulaanbaatar: Mongolia geographical indications talks with the European Union enter the final weeks of 2026 carrying a deadline both sides set themselves. At the annual Joint Committee in Brussels on…

Beijing: EU-China trade ties gained a fresh diplomatic signal on 10 November 2026, when Foreign Minister Wang Yi telephoned French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot. According to Xinhua, Wang told Barrot…

AI sovereignty is the single theme EU heads of state or government will tackle on Friday 13 November, when António Costa gathers the 27 for an informal European Council hosted…

The EIB Investment Survey for 2026, published by the European Investment Bank Group on 9 November, offers a sober counterweight to the gloom that has dominated Europe’s economic debate this…

Naas: Generational renewal in farming took centre stage at the AgRenew Ireland Summit in County Kildare, where Agriculture Commissioner Christophe Hansen told more than 200 delegates that the next Common…

Leopold Quarter: The OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly opened its second plenary under the Samoa Agreement at the European Parliament on 9 November 2026, with African, Caribbean and Pacific lawmakers demanding…
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Paris has pinned the October supermarket sabotage on a named Revolutionary Guards unit and asked for EU cyber sanctions. The request tests whether Europe’s long…
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