
Cagliari: The total fertility rate in the European Union fell to 1.34 live births per woman in 2024, the lowest level since the series began in 2001, according to a…

Podgorica: The 2026 enlargement package will now arrive on 4 November, a week later than planned, and the delay follows a European Council that discussed enlargement for two hours on…

Strasbourg: The European Parliament adopted its position on the 2027 EU budget on 21 October 2026 by 400 votes to 189, with 84 abstentions. The resolution asks for €194 billion…

Frankfurt: The Governing Council left ECB interest rates unchanged on 29 October 2026, keeping the deposit facility rate at 2.50 percent, the main refinancing rate at 2.65 percent and the…

Budapest: The European Court of Auditors has issued an EIT qualified opinion on both the accounts and the payments of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, making it the…

Marseille: The European Anti-Fraud Office has disrupted a trade in counterfeit gummies that hid THC, the psychoactive compound in cannabis, inside packs copied from a well-known European sweets brand, OLAF…

Galway: The roadworthiness package moved forward in a trilogue on 20 October 2026, when Parliament, Council and Commission negotiators settled several technical points but left odometer readings and post-accident structural…

Vienna: Media outlets and press-freedom groups have asked the Commission to reverse its internal rules on EU access to documents, warning in an open letter of 28 October 2026 that…

Strasbourg: The European Parliament voted on 20 October 2026 to suspend the EPR authorised representative requirement for small producers, adopting negotiating positions on two environmental omnibus files that cut paperwork…

Salamanca: The Erasmus+ 2028-2034 budget should reach €47.39 billion, according to the negotiating position that the European Parliament adopted on 22 October 2026 by 454 votes to 34, with 93…

Strasbourg: Parliament has asked for dedicated eastern border regions funding in the 2028-2034 EU budget, adopting a resolution on 22 October 2026 by 414 votes to 79, with 90 abstentions.…

Rotterdam: The military mobility regulation moved a step closer to a deal on 20 October 2026, when Parliament and Council negotiators held their second trilogue on a draft law that…

Stockholm: The Irish Council presidency has tabled new compromise texts on EU tobacco tax reform and wants finance ministers to agree a general approach at the ECOFIN meeting on 9…

Strasbourg: The European Parliament gave final approval on 20 October 2026 to new rules on passenger rights enforcement, voting 652 in favour, two against and eight abstentions. The regulation amends…

Warsaw: The EU Return Regulation, adopted by the Council on 1 October 2026, lets member states send people with return decisions to hubs in non-EU countries, and trade reporting says…

Galați: The European Public Prosecutor’s Office indicted six defendants on 26 October 2026 in an EPPO tugboat fraud case that centres on about €7 million of EU funding for two…

Villach: The European Commission approved €319 million of Austrian Infineon state aid on 28 October 2026, backing a €1.1 billion upgrade of the Carinthian plant that is meant to produce…

Kigali: The African Medicines Agency and the European Medicines Agency have issued joint guidance on the clinical development of a Bundibugyo Ebola vaccine, giving developers a common route to trials…

Rostock: Fisheries ministers took up the Baltic fishing opportunities 2027 at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Luxembourg on 26 October 2026, with a second day reserved for 27 October…

Paris: The European Banking Authority published its EBA 2027 work programme on 30 September 2026, setting out the regulatory tasks that will occupy banks, supervisors and payment firms over the…

Lille: The EU will start collecting the Union handling fee on low-value parcels on 1 November 2026, adding EUR 2 per item to online purchases that enter the single market…

Prague: The Commission’s plan for an EU Space Services Agency would give the Prague-based EUSPA its own founding regulation, a permanent mandate and a much larger budget. The proposal, published…

Amsterdam: The European Medicines Agency’s human medicines committee has recommended Rasonque pancreatic cancer treatment for approval, giving patients with metastatic disease a new option after at least one earlier therapy.…