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The European Anti-Fraud Office seized around 40,000 litres of illicit alcoholic beverages through a coordinated action with EU countries and Norwegian customs authorities. The operation removed counterfeit and substandard drinks from markets while dismantling the criminal network behind them.
Some 85 innovative net-zero projects around Europe are to receive €4.8 billion in grants from the EU’s Innovation Fund. The projects will be up and running before 2030 and are expected to reduce CO2 emissions by about 476 million tonnes within the first 10 years of operation.
A new report shows alarming trends in soil degradation in Europe and highlights the need for immediate action to reverse them. Soil degradation, which threatens food security, agricultural productivity, biodiversity, and resilience to climate change, has reportedly got much worse in recent years.
The European Parliament has approved new rules that will create more efficient air traffic control and management and reduce costs and emissions through shorter and safer flights. The rules, which have binding targets and incentives to make flights greener, will support climate neutrality.
A new Commission study maps policies and good practices in Europe that help cancer patients and those with a history of cancer to remain in and return to work. This study is one of the key deliverables of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan to support job retention.
133 new projects across Europe will receive funding under the LIFE Programme for environment and climate action. The selected projects focus on areas such as the circular economy, quality of life, biodiversity, the clean energy transition, and climate resilience.
EU leaders reiterated their support for Ukraine and expressed their concern over the situation in the Middle East. They also discussed ensuring a rules-based international order, competitiveness, migration, the situation in Moldova and Georgia, external relations and other issues.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, an opportunity to raise awareness of the disease, and to highlight how early detection can significantly improve the chances of a successful outcome. The EU contributes to this battle against breast cancer through its Beating Cancer Plan.
Apply before 11 February 2025 to get funding for the translation, publication, distribution, and promotion of European literary works of fiction. With a budget of €5 million, Creative Europe is ready to finance about 40 literary projects through this latest call.
People all around Europe are celebrating Erasmus+, the EU's programme to support education, training, youth and sport. From 14 to 19 October 2024, you can join one of over 10,000 Erasmus Days+ events which promote opportunities for education, cultural exchange, and international collaboration.
Newly adopted EU rules will improve working conditions for the more than 28 million people working in digital labour platforms across the EU. They will help people benefit from their labour rights, and make the use of automated human resource procedures more transparent.
The EU has adopted new rules on air quality standards that will help prevent premature deaths due to air pollution. They will also contribute to the EU's objective of zero pollution by 2050 and permit EU citizens to seek compensation in cases where EU air quality rules are not respected.
The EU has adopted a new law that will establish a European disability card and a European parking card for persons with disabilities. These two cards will entitle users to special conditions or preferential treatment during short stays in the EU, such as priority access and zero entry fees.
US Professor David Baker has been awarded the shared Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his work in ‘computational protein design’. Baker has been supported for the last two decades by Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, part of the EU’s Horizon Europe programme for research and innovation.
The European Investment Fund has committed €50 million to building housing for up to 3,5000 students in Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and the Baltic States. The EIF contribution, backed by the InvestEU programme, will fund the construction of 7 buildings in student towns over the next 5 years.
Regional development projects from Italy, Malta, Poland, Hungary, and Spain all scooped up awards at the REGIOSTARS awards ceremony in Brussels. The awards recognise projects that through the EU’s Cohesion Policy deliver change on the ground and strengthen economic and social progress in the EU.
On World Mental Health Day, the Commission put forward an EU Support Package on Stigma to break down this barrier, still too common across our workplaces and wider society. The EU is committed to creating a future where everyone's mental health is nurtured, valued and protected.
The EU has adopted a new law that will help ensure that connected home cameras, fridges, TVs, and toys are safe before they are placed on the market. EU rules will now be more coherent for all products connected directly or indirectly to another device or to a network.
To speed up border controls and ensure easier travel, the Commission has proposed to digitalise passports and identity cards for anyone entering or leaving the Schengen area. All EU citizens will be able to get a digital version of their travel documents free of charge and on a voluntary basis.
The EU has mobilised search and rescue teams as well as emergency supplies to support first responders dealing with flash floods and landslides in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Twelve countries offered to assist in the rescue efforts, following the activation of the EU Civil Protection mechanism.