USA and Norway sign cooperation memorandum on trade of critical minerals
U.S. State Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation on…
Lebanon: Remarks by EU HR Borrell after the extraordinary EU Foreign Ministers meeting
"In the current situation of emergency, the United Nations mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL) assumes a fundamental stabilisation role. The safety…
Eurobarometer: Europeans call for more information to prepare for emergencies
Brussels, 30 September 2024 Today, the European Commission published the results of an opinion survey showing that...
Kick-off Plenary for the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice takes place online today
The European Artificial Intelligence (AI) Office kicks off the process for drawing-up of the first Code of Practice for general-purpose…
MEPs recommend rejecting discharge for the EU Council and urge it to cooperate
The Budgetary Control Committee (CONT) of the EU Parliament on Monday proposed to refuse discharge for the management of the…
Uruguay: EU Energy Commissioner Simson discusses clean energy and hydrogen
The Commissioner's visit is part of the implementation of the commitments made as part of the EU-Uruguay Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on renewable…
Acquisition of Hargreaves Lansdown by Nordic Capital XI, CVC and Platinum Ivy cleared
The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of joint control of Hargreaves Lansdown group of…
EU Commission clears joint venture between Egis Airport Operation, Egis Investment Partners, Bouygues and Impact V
The EU Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the creation of a joint venture by Egis Aiport Operation…
EU Commission clears acquisition of Worldgrid by Alten
The EU Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the acquisition of sole control of Worldgrid France SAS and…
France: EU Commission approves state aid of €102m for Port of Saint-Malo
Brussels, 30 September 2024 The European Commission has approved under EU State aid rules French...
Insight EU Finance Monitoring Weekly: 23 – 27 September 2024
These are the headlines of our weekly Insight EU Finance Monitoring, published last Friday night. We publish the headlines of…
Austria sends second RRF payment request for €1.6bn to the EU Commission
Austria's second payment request concerns 54 milestones and 13 targets. It covers reforms that support investment initiatives in the areas of healthcare, the…
12th European Cybersecurity Month: Focus on manipulative social engineering
The European Cybersecurity Month addresses the increasing risks of social engineering. The annual campaign is dedicated to promoting cybersecurity awareness…
Artificial Intelligence: The strategy of the EU Court of Justice
Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) has been around since the 1950s, but its recent exponential growth can be attributed to two factors:…
U.S. Treasury takes actions against Russian virtual currency exchanges and cybercriminals
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury is undertaking actions as part of a coordinated international effort to disrupt Russian…
Joint statement of the Minerals Security Partnership Principals’ meeting 2024
Today, the partners of the Minerals Security Partnership (MSP) held a Principals’ Meeting in New York during the United Nations…
IEA: Governments unleashed clean energy policies to benefit from new economy
A new IEA report offers first-of-its-kind global inventory of the policies countries are leveraging to advance clean energy transitions and…
IEA: Collaboration delivered in high emissions sectors, but progress must speed up
Strengthening international collaboration is vital to reduce emissions in the global economy’s largest emitting sectors to deliver on ambitious climate…
Successful operation against fraudsters targeting cities and municipalities – Eurojust
German and Italian authorities worked together with Eurojust and Europol to stop a fraudulent scheme. The suspects targeted public institutions,…
Eurojust supports operation against Albanian drug-trafficking ring in Italy: 66 arrests
A large-scale cocaine-smuggling ring was dismantled by authorities in Italy, Albania, Poland and Switzerland, coordinated by Eurojust.
Navigating Europe’s Challenges: Remarks by EU HR Josep Borrell at CFR event
"Often, what the European project means historically is misunderstood or misinterpreted. It was built against the idea of power; that…
Global Counterterrorism Forum: Speech by EU HR Josep Borrell at Ministerial Meeting
"This meeting is particularly important because the threat of terrorism is increasing nowhere as rapidly as it is doing on the African continent. One thing…
UNGA and UN Security Council: European Council President Michel calls for changes
"Decades have passed, the world has changed. Adjustments, however, have not taken place. And yet the Security Council needs to…
EU Statement at the OSCE on Kremlin-supported media’s covert activities
The European Union once again strongly condemns Russia’s malicious activities, including foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI), disinformation, and malicious…
Teaching AI what it should and shouldn’t do – U.S. DARPA research program
A fundamental science program at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) seeks to more easily and rapidly encode…
European Cybersecurity skills: How to close the educational gap?
How to close the increasing cybersecurity experts gap in Europe? The EU Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) and the Hungarian…
United Nations: EU wraps up week of high-level meetings on global issues
Today, the EU wraps up a week of intense discussions and engagements with world leaders on the most pressing global…
EU Commission clears acquisition of SFS Group and KTP Holding by VR Equitypartner and Gilde SFS
The EU Commission has approved the acquisition of joint control of SFS Group B.V. (Netherlands) and KTP Holding GmbH (Germany)…
Portugal: EU Commission approves €1bn state aid supporting the transition to a net-zero economy
The European Commission has approved a €1 billion Portuguese state aid scheme to support investments for the production of equipment…
EU Commission publishes terms and conditions of the 2nd renewable hydrogen auction
On 27 September 2024, the Commission published the final Terms and Conditions (T&Cs) for its second auction for the production of renewable…
Low-carbon fuels: EU Commission launches consultation on how to evaluate emission savings
The European Commission is today launching a 4-week call for feedback on the draft delegated act which clarifies the methodology for evaluating the emission…
EU Council adopts the internal market emergency and resilience act
The regulation adopted today is intended to anticipate, prepare for, and respond to any future emergencies by monitoring any possible…
Air space management: EU Council adopts first reading position to improve efficiency
With a view to improving the overall efficiency of the way in which European airspace is organised and managed, today…
Main results of the EU Competitiveness Council (internal market and industry), 26 September 2024
EU Ministers responsible for the internal market and industry met in Brussels to hold three policy debates: on the future…
Bern Convention: EU will propose changing the conservation status of wolves
The proposed amendment will give more flexibility in addressing the socio-economic challenges arising from the continued expansion of the wolf’s range in…
Antimicrobial resistance: EU Commission welcomes international declaration
The Declaration is a strong signal of the global consensus on the necessity to address this serious global health threat, which…
Canada: EU Commission VP Jourová discusses disinformation and foreign interference
Vice-President Jourová will visit the ‘Citizen Lab' at the University of Toronto to exchange with researchers on the threats of…
AI can boost democracy and help solve problems around the world – Antony Blinken
This week at the U.N. General Assembly, U.S. State Secretary Blinken emphasized to leaders of AI companies that "we want…
Joint transatlantic statement on the Situation in Venezuela
Thirty-one countries gathered on the margins of the UN General Assembly to discuss our grave concerns about the urgent situation in…
Outcome of the informal Meeting of CELAC and EU Foreign Ministers
The informal meeting of Foreign Ministers of the European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States…
A new kind of Hidden Networking Science – U.S. DARPA seeks proposals
Authoritarian regimes are increasingly able to monitor and target internet communications, leaving many people in those countries unable to communicate…
Security and Resilience of Undersea Cables: EU endorses Joint Declaration
The Joint Declaration, proposed by the United States, sets out principles to ensure that submarine cable infrastructure is secure, reliable,…
EU Commission clears acquisition of Corilus by PSG Equity and Rivean Capital
The transaction relates primarily to the healthcare software sector. The Commission concluded that the notified transaction would not raise competition…
Luxembourg Forum: U.S. Supreme Court delegation visits the EU Court of Justice
The visit served to strengthen the close and historic ties between the Supreme Court of the United States and the…
Judgment of the EU Court of Justice in Case C-330/23 Aldi Süd on price reductions
Accordiing to the Court's preliminary ruling, a price reduction announced in an advertisement must be calculated on the basis of…
Lebanon: EU criticism rises on inactivity of the UN Security Council
"Allow me, and excuse me, but sometimes I wonder if it is not better for the [Security] Council to talk…
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September infringement package – main decisions
The EU Commission is adopting a package of infringement decisions due to the absence of communication by Member States on…
European Peace Facility adopts 2nd support to the Army of North Macedonia
The EU Council has adopted an assistance measure under the European Peace Facility (EPF) worth €13 million with the aim of strengthening the capacities…
5G Investment Summit charts path for scaling-up 5G ventures and competitiveness
The European Commission, the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund held a discussion on the future of private…