
Luxembourg: The European Commission approved the fourth and final payment request under the Luxembourg recovery plan on 10 November 2026. With that decision, total grants to the Grand Duchy under…

Leipzig: More than 600 European scientists have asked the European Commission not to reopen the Birds and Habitats Directives, the twin laws behind the Natura 2000 network. Their open letter…

Athens: Taxation Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra has proposed that groups of willing member states move ahead on tax files, a direct challenge to EU tax unanimity. He made the case on…

Paris: European regulators are seeking industry members for a new group that will write tokenisation standards for the EU financial system. The European Commission, the European Securities and Markets Authority…

Ludwigshafen: The European Commission launched a new partnership for the fertiliser value chain on 9 November 2026, bringing producers, farmers and national governments into one forum. Agriculture Commissioner Christophe Hansen…

Düsseldorf: The European Commission has cleared JD.com’s €2.2 billion takeover of CECONOMY under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, but only after the Chinese e-commerce group accepted ten years of behavioural conditions.…

Salzburg: The Malta gaming law that shields licensed online operators from foreign court rulings faces a decisive moment on 19 November 2026. The Court of Justice of the European Union…

Sarajevo: Bosnia and Herzegovina accession efforts have stalled, according to the European Commission’s 2026 country report published on 4 November. The assessment finds “no progress” in several core areas of…

Solna: New European data on antibiotic resistance will land on 18 November 2026, when the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control marks European Antibiotic Awareness Day. The release will…

Rzeszów: Negotiations on the EU military mobility regulation have stalled over how much power Brussels should hold in a crisis, with the next trilogue set for 9 December 2026. Parliament…

Ponta Delgada: Members of the European Parliament want to loosen the rules of the EU fisheries fund, doubling the share of national allocations that governments may spend on fleet support.…

Riga: Russia sanctions enforcement remains uneven across the European Union, the European Court of Auditors warned on 11 November 2026, even as trade between the bloc and Moscow has collapsed…

Genoa: Researchers presented new AI road safety tools at the European Parliament on 10 November 2026, showing how data from cars and city streets can flag dangerous spots before crashes…

Chamalières: The first new euro banknotes will reach wallets in the early 2030s, according to Piero Cipollone, a member of the European Central Bank’s Executive Board. He gave the date…

Dresden: Universities across Europe are preparing for the Erasmus+ 2027 call, the last round of the current 2021-2027 programme, which is expected to open in mid-November 2026. Early guidance suggests…

Prague: The EU Agency for the Space Programme will open its headquarters to the public on 13 and 14 November 2026, and the EUSPA Open Days aim to show residents…

Patras: Almost three in ten people in the European Union could not cover unexpected expenses in 2025, according to new Eurostat data released on 11 November 2026. The share stood…

Halle: German investigators working for the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) have arrested a man suspected of EU subsidy fraud worth more than €1.1 million, in a case that links…

Leuven: A new European chip design platform will mobilise €525 million to help start-ups and small firms turn semiconductor ideas into working silicon, the European Commission said when it launched…

Tirana: The Albania anti-SLAPP law entered public consultation on 9 November 2026, giving journalists, lawyers and civil society until 7 December to comment on a draft that seeks to transpose…

Coimbra: The DAC recast faces its first real test in the European Parliament this week, as members of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON) table amendments by 12 November…

Eschborn: Credit rating agencies operating in the EU will have to show how environmental, social and governance factors move their ratings, after the European Commission adopted two delegated regulations on…

Vilamoura: The ICCAT annual meeting opens in Vilamoura, on Portugal’s Algarve coast, on 16 November 2026, and the European Union arrives seeking larger tropical tuna quotas without weakening the science…

Veldhoven: Europe’s dual-use export controls are about to cover a new generation of chipmaking equipment, as the scrutiny window for the Commission’s 2026 update of the control list closes in…