ESA’s first planetary defence spacecraft has departed planet Earth. The Hera mission is headed to a unique target among the more than 1.3 million known asteroids in our Solar System, the only body to have had its orbit shifted by human action. The mission shall solve lingering mysteries associated with its deflection.
The new own resource generated over €7 billion for the EU budget in 2023, according to the latest report of the EU Court of auditors. Poor-quality estimates of plastic packaging waste lead EU countries to understate their contributions. There is a significant risk that plastic packaging waste is actually not recycled.
A new report by EFSA’s partners in the NAMs4NANO project proposes a system for promoting New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) to assess the potential food safety risks of nanoparticles.
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The EU Commission has launched its EU Repurchase Agreement (Repo) facility, today. This is a form of short-term issuance of EU securities available on-demand to EU primary dealers. The EU Commission wants further strengthen the role of EU bonds and, consequently, improve the overall efficiency and liquidity of the EU bonds market.
Letter from Czechia to President-elect of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, suggesting Mr Jozef Síkela as Member of the EU Commission.
The EU is coming to the middle of its multi-year budget cycle covering 2021 to 2027. Unprecedented challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, have called for significant policy and funding responses. The European Court of Auditors’ (ECA) prepares its annual audit on the EU budget, due to be published on 10 October 2024.
“To assess whether the current monetary and financial conditions will secure a timely return of inflation to target, policymakers need to take a stand on the likely future evolution of the economy” – Lecture by Isabel Schnabel, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the Ragnar Nurkse Lecture Series organised by Eesti Pank in Tallinn, Estonia.
A key benefit of EU citizenship is the EU’s principle of free movement of workers. EU rules make it easy for you to work in another EU country and protect your social security rights once you’re there.
The new rules implement the amendments to the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union and modernise the procedures before the two courts.
Under the Turkish authorities’ announced policies, IMF staff expect both GDP growth and inflation to decline this and next year.
In a letter, Andrej PLENKOVIĆ, Prime Minister of Croatia, is suggesting Dubravka Šuica as Member of the European Commission.
External events continue to have a strong impact on the evolution of financial markets, and ESMA also sees high or very high overall risks in the markets within its remit.
The European Commission has approved the acquisition of joint control of Gordon Technologies, L.L.C. of the US by ADNOC Drilling Company P.J.S.C. (‘ADRILL’) and Alpha Dhabi Holding P.J.S.C. (‘ADH’) both of the United Arab Emirates. The transaction relates primarily to the onshore and offshore drilling and oilfield services sector.
The mechanism is a deliverable of the political agreement reached in 2023 between Vice-President Jourová and Vice-Premier Zhang Guoqing at the EU-China High-Level Digital Dialogue, as well as at the EU-China High-Level Economic and Trade Dialogue between Executive Vice-President Dombrovskis and Vice-Premier He Lifeng.
Germany and the United Kingdom are launching work on a bilateral cooperation treaty and will hold government-to-government consultations to sign it by early next year.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will drive forward UK economic growth in Berlin and Paris this week, as he puts delivering for the British people at the top of his international agenda.
The European Union explains its positions on the Pact for the Future at the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly and comments on reform and proposals.
The EU Commission is today launching the new EU Knowledge Center on preventing radicalization. This knowledge hub builds on the success of the Radicalization Awareness Network (RAN), which has contributed to raising awareness and sharing information between practitioners (since 2011) and policy makers (since 2021).
The EU Council has adopted an amendment to the regulation on the European High-Performance Computing (EuroHPC) joint undertaking. Its objectives will now include the development and operation of ‘AI factories’, entities which provide an AI supercomputing service infrastructure.
Algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) are changing the way people live and work. Depending on how AI technologies are used and what purpose they serve, they can drive progress and benefit the whole of society, but they also raise ethical concerns and may cause harm.
The European Commission, Bird and Bird and OXYGY have announced 20 use cases for the second cohort of the European Blockchain Sandbox.
The new law aims to build a reliable, seamless, and high-quality transport network that ensures sustainable connectivity across Europe without physical interruptions, bottlenecks, and missing links.
Cybersecurity was the focus of a side event held as part of the G20 Digital Economy Working Group on Monday (10/6), which will continue until Thursday (13/6) in the city of São Luís, capital of the Brazilian state of Maranhão.
The Council today reached an agreement on a common member states’ position on a new law which will improve cooperation between national data protection authorities when they enforce the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
The EU Commission requests more detailed information on measures taken to diligently assess and mitigate risks related to the protection of minors online, as well as the to prevent the amplification of illegal content and gender-based violence. Among others the Commission is requiring details on age assurance mechanisms adopted by these pornographic platforms.
In ihrem Bericht hebt die OECD die gute Ausgangsposition Deutschlands für KI hervor und bescheinigt der Bundesregierung, dass die KI-Strategie der Grundstein dafür war, dass sich Deutschland zu einem weltweit führenden Standort für KI – insbesondere im Bereich Forschung – entwickelt hat.
The EU-Australia Digital Dialogue aims to promote an inclusive digital transformation and foster innovation. Both partners share a strong commitment to democracy, rule of law and human rights.
ESA’s first planetary defence spacecraft has departed planet Earth. The Hera mission is headed to a unique target among the more than 1.3 million known asteroids in our Solar System, the only body to have had its orbit shifted by human action. The mission shall solve lingering mysteries associated with its deflection.
EU High Representative/Vice-President (HR/VP) Josep Borrell met with Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi, in the margins of the ASEAN Regional Forum in Vientiane, Laos on 26 July.
China and Russia have agreed to further expand investment and energy cooperation to promote bilateral ties.
Ukraine receives the first payment of €1.5 billion generated from immobilised Russian assets. These extraordinary revenues generated by EU operators and held by central securities depositories from immobilised Russian sovereign assets were made available by Euroclear to the Commission as a first instalment on 23 July 2024.
The European Commission decided to open an infringement procedure by sending a letter of formal notice to Denmark, the Netherlands, Slovenia, and Finland for failing to transpose into their national legislation the Directive (EU) 2024/242 amending Directive 2009/43/EC as regards the updating of the list of defence-related products.
“In this sacred space, I’m surrounded by portraits of extraordinary American presidents. Thomas Jefferson, who wrote the immortal words that guide this nation. George Washington, who showed us presidents are not kings. Abraham Lincoln, who implored us to reject malice. Franklin Roosevelt, who inspired us to reject fear” – U.S. President Josef Biden.
In its regular package of infringement decisions, the European Commission pursues legal action against Member States for failing to comply with their obligations under EU law. The Commission is also closing 72 cases in which the issues with the Member States concerned have been solved.
The joint report identifies threats such as cyber-attacks and espionage activities from state-sponsored threat actors and cyber criminals in both sectors. Supply chains, especially regarding 5G networks and renewable energy infrastructures, are at particular risk.
In a first EU-coordinated medical evacuation, 16 Palestinian children and their families were transferred from Egypt to Spain. The operation was financially and operationally supported by the EU Civil Protection Mechanism (EUCPM), in close coordination with the World Health Organization (WHO), the Palestine Childrens Relief Fund (PCRF) and authorities of all countries involved.
Following the EU Foreign Affairs Council, the EU Commission launches a dialogue with Armenia on the liberalization of the visa regime. This process will help Armenia in its long-term goal of achieving a visa-free regime with the EU.
The EU Commission adopts its 5th assessment report to the EU Council on third countries’ level of readmission cooperation under Article 25a of the Visa Code.
All of Parliament’s 20 standing committees and four subcommittees held their constitutive meetings on Tuesday to elect their Chair and Vice-Chairs. Here is the overview.
In Tuesday’s constitutive meeting, the Committee on Petitions elected its new Bureau, consisting of a Chair and four Vice-Chairs. The committee elected Mr Bogdan Rzońca (ECR, Poland) as its new Chair with 17 votes in favour, 16 against, and one abstention, for a period of 2.5 years.
Following a request for assistance from Bosnia and Herzegovina on 5 October, the EU has deployed search and rescue teams and sent emergency supplies to support first responders dealing with flash floods and landslides.
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a Danish scheme, with a budget of approximately €20 million (DKK 151 million), to support higher animal welfare standards for pigs.
Newly released nuclear power data for 2023 collected by the IAEA, paint a picture of a clean energy technology at a crossroads amid the emergence of a new global consensus to accelerate its deployment.
In 2022, hard coal for the first time was overtaken by solar energy in electricity generation in the EU. The proportion of solar energy in the EU’s total electricity production was 210,249 GWh compared with 205,693 GWh for hard coal.
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have analysed which regions of the world could produce hydrogen most cost-effectively in order to build an economy based on this alternative energy carrier rather than fossil-fuel based alternatives.
Wind energy brings jobs and value creation to deprived rural and coastal communities. Eastern Germany is a classic example of a region that has benefited. WindEurope saw this first hand on a recent visit to Rostock.
The Energy Community Secretariat welcomes the recent launch of the Republic of Moldova’s first renewable energy capacity auctions, encouraging investors to participate and contribute to Moldova’s sustainable future.
The Secretary General of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Mr Juan Carlos Salazar, and the Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Prof. Celeste Saulo, recently signed an update to the agreement that strengthens the longstanding collaboration between the two organizations.
The nuclear safety situation at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) is deteriorating following a drone strike that hit the road around the plant site perimeter today (17/8), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said.
The transaction mainly concerns the areas of energy and utilities, connectivity and installation work in the real estate sector.
In the first quarter of 2024, the EU economy greenhouse gas emissions were estimated at 894 million tonnes of CO2-equivalents (CO2-eq), a 4.0% decrease compared with the same quarter of 2023 (931 million tonnes of CO2-eq).
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