
Gjadër: The Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for 2026 went to Maite Vermeulen and Giacomo Zandonini of De Correspondent for their investigation into Italy’s migration deal with Albania. The European Parliament…

Ljubljana: National restoration plans are now the main test of the EU Nature Restoration Regulation, and the European Commission is reviewing the first drafts. Member states were due to submit…

Bologna: The Erasmus+ budget for 2028 to 2034 should reach €47.39 billion, the European Parliament decided on 22 October 2026 when it adopted its position on the next programme. That…

Valletta: EU civil protection enjoys overwhelming public backing, according to a Special Eurobarometer that the European Commission published on 30 October 2026. Nine in ten respondents think it is important…

Kirchberg: Household energy use in the European Union fell for the third year in a row in 2024, according to a Eurostat news article published on 10 June 2026. EU…

Leuven: Horizon Europe funding will rise by €500 million until the end of 2027, after the European Commission allocated the extra money on 29 September 2026. The European Research Executive…

Toulouse: The IRIS² constellation will grow from 290 to 348 satellites after the European Commission and the SpaceRISE consortium signed the programme’s implementation agreement on 7 August 2026. The deal…

Toulouse: The EU Space Act has a fresh negotiating text, after the Irish Presidency of the Council released an updated version on 29 October 2026. The document, registered as ST-15118-2026-INIT,…

Vilnius: The Council of the EU adopted its position on EU Inc on 23 October 2026, moving the new 28th corporate regime for start-ups and scale-ups one step closer to…

Dublin: The market stability reserve of the EU Emissions Trading System will keep more allowances before it cancels any, after Council and Parliament negotiators reached a provisional agreement on 20…

Tallinn: The SAFE defence loans programme has a second round worth €21.3 billion, after the European Commission invited EU governments on 29 October 2026 to apply for the money. The…

Frankfurt: The OLAF AMLA cooperation took a formal step on 21 October 2026, when the European Anti-Fraud Office and the new Anti-Money Laundering Authority signed a working arrangement to share…

Gdynia: The Baltic fishing quotas for 2027 will rise for sprat and herring but stay shut for cod, after EU ministers agreed the catch limits and the Council announced the…

Ljubljana: Winter gas storage across the European Union stood at 75 percent on average on 21 October 2026, according to a monitoring report that the Agency for the Cooperation of…

Strasbourg: The 2027 EU budget heads into negotiations on 3 November after the European Parliament adopted its position on 21 October with 400 votes in favour, 189 against and 84…

Eindhoven: The Foundayo EMA opinion arrived on 15 October 2026, when the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use adopted a positive opinion on the once-daily tablet developed by Eli…

Helsinki: Euro area unemployment stood at 6.5 percent in September 2026, unchanged from August, Eurostat reported on 30 October. The rate sat slightly above the 6.4 percent that analysts had…

Lille: The EU parcel handling fee of €2 applies from 1 November 2026, the first day of a customs overhaul aimed at the flood of low-value e-commerce parcels entering the…

Warsaw: Irregular border crossings into the European Union fell by almost one third in the first nine months of 2026, according to preliminary figures that Frontex released on 19 October.…

Zaragoza: The European Parliament endorsed a report on high-speed rail on 20 October 2026 by 558 votes to 23, with 73 abstentions. The text sets out recommendations to speed up…

Oviedo: The EU fertility rate fell to 1.34 live births per woman in 2024, the lowest level since the series began in 2001, according to a Eurostat news article published…

Nuremberg: The Sakharov Prize for 2026 goes to the International Criminal Court and its officials, Parliament President Roberta Metsola announced on 22 October 2026 in the Strasbourg plenary. The Conference…

Aachen: The Horizon Europe budget for 2028 to 2034 is heading into the hardest stretch of negotiation, with the research programme’s successor, known as FP10, caught between ambitious science ministers…

Differdange: The rescEU reserve earns a cautious endorsement from the European Court of Auditors, which calls it a useful contribution to European civil protection while warning that planning weaknesses hinder…