
Ispra: The INSPIRE Directive survived the Commission’s simplification drive in a form MEPs can accept, after Parliament adopted its first reading position on 6 October 2026 by 515 votes to…

Helsinki: European Business Wallets moved a step closer to negotiation after the Parliament’s industry committee backed the plan by 64 votes to seven, with four abstentions, on 10 September 2026.…

Valletta: Post-programme surveillance for euro area countries that once took a bailout will no longer run indefinitely, after the European Parliament approved a provisional agreement on 6 October 2026. MEPs…

Berlin: Cardiovascular health checks are moving towards a Council decision, with EU health ministers aiming to adopt recommendations on early screening at the EPSCO Council on 8 December 2026. The…

Brussels: The European Climate Resilience Law, which the European Commission proposed on 27 October 2026, would make climate adaptation planning a legal duty for every member state for the first…

Brussels: The Digital Omnibus took a step forward on 21 October 2026, when member states agreed the Council’s negotiating mandate on simplified data protection and privacy rules. The text lets…

Brussels: Horizon Europe nature actions received 149.45 million euros in two new calls that opened on 13 October 2026, as part of an extra 500 million euros that the European…

Brussels: The European Union added 22.5 million euros of humanitarian aid for Yemen on 23 October 2026, responding to renewed conflict and growing needs among millions of people. The new…

Ottobrunn: The Galileo Second Generation programme now covers 16 satellites after the European Space Agency ordered four more spacecraft on 27 October 2026. The new order brings the fleet under…

Strasbourg: The European Parliament adopted its position on the 2027 EU budget on 21 October in Strasbourg, setting up a negotiation with national governments over how much the Union can…

San Severo: The Alta Daunia olive has gained Protected Designation of Origin status after the European Commission approved its registration on 22 October 2026, giving growers in northern Apulia a…

Brussels: The European Parliament voted on 20 October to amend the Critical Raw Materials Act by 470 votes to 83, with 108 abstentions, and it now wants a dedicated EU…

Brussels: Euro area debt climbed to 88.8 percent of gross domestic product at the end of the second quarter of 2026, up from 88.4 percent three months earlier, according to…

Brussels: The T-MED Investment Platform gives the European Commission a new financial tool to push renewable energy and clean technology projects across the Southern Mediterranean, backed by up to 4.5…

Brussels: AMLA OLAF cooperation entered a formal phase on 21 October 2026, when the new Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism and the European Anti-Fraud Office…

Brussels: The Council position on EU Inc is now on the table. On 23 October 2026 the Council of the EU agreed its negotiating mandate on the Commission’s proposal for…

Brussels: The Croatian state aid scheme won European Commission approval in the last week of October 2026. Brussels cleared a 60 million euro programme that will compensate energy-intensive companies for…

Sofia: Income gap across the EU edged down in 2025, according to figures that Eurostat published on 23 October 2026. The bloc’s Gini coefficient, which measures how unevenly disposable income…

Brussels: The Temu compliance plan has cleared its first regulatory hurdle. On 26 October 2026 the European Commission accepted the action plan that the online marketplace submitted under the Digital…

Brussels: Counterfeit goods seizures across the European Union hit a new record in 2025, according to the annual enforcement report that the EU Intellectual Property Office and the European Commission…

Liepāja: Plastic packaging waste in the European Union reached 35.9 kilograms per person in 2024, according to Eurostat data released on 22 October 2026. The figure is 0.6 kilograms higher…

Gothenburg: Transport noise pollution does not harm everyone equally, and the European Environment Agency wants policy to reflect that. In a press release on 26 October 2026 built on its…

Kigali: The European Medicines Agency and the African Medicines Agency have set minimum requirements for starting clinical trials of a Bundibugyo Ebola vaccine, in a joint position paper published on…