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Pangyo: The technology corridor south of Seoul houses the Korean firms that would benefit first from a signed agreement on cross-border data, and those firms are now waiting on a…

La Rochelle: The plant on France’s Atlantic coast that separates rare earth elements for European magnet makers runs on feedstock that mostly begins its journey in China, and the people…

Kwinana: The industrial strip south of Perth that processes lithium hydroxide for export has been told, in effect, that its European tariff bill is going to zero, and nobody there…

Nagoya: Japanese defence manufacturers clustered around this city build components that European armies would plausibly buy, and their government filed for access to Europe’s defence lending instrument after the queue…

Dark patterns, addictive feeds and undisclosed influencer deals are about to become a matter of hard European law. The Commission has scheduled the Digital Fairness Act for the fourth quarter…

Fifteen negotiating chapters still separate Montenegro from the end of its accession talks, and the government in Podgorica has promised to close all of them before December. The arithmetic of…

Maastricht: Victims rights across the Union gained a firmer legal floor on 8 June 2026, when ministers in the Council gave final approval to a revised directive that obliges every…

Dublin: Ireland took the Council presidency on 1 July with one dominant file on its desk, and the EU budget for 2028 to 2034 will define whether the term counts…
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Ursula von der Leyen will fly to Nuuk on 6 September to sign the first EU-Greenland joint declaration since Washington’s annexation threats began. Brussels already…
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