EU AI Office to Foster Safe and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence

The European  Commission has unveiled the AI Office, established within the Commission. The AI Office aims at enabling the future development, deployment and use of AI in a way that fosters societal and economic benefits and innovation, while…

EU Spring 2024 Economic Forecast

Following broad economic stagnation in 2023, better-than-expected growth at the start of 2024 and the ongoing reduction in inflation set the scene for a gradual expansion of activity over the forecast horizon. The European Commission's Spring…

Report on Progress of EU Security Union Strategy

The European Commission has adopted the Seventh Progress Report on the implementation of the EU Security Union Strategy for 2020-2025. The report provides an overview of the implementation of the Security Union Strategy since its adoption…

€1 billion package of EU funding for Lebanon

During her visit to Beirut today, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, accompanied by the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, discussed the significant domestic and regional challenges faced by Lebanon,…

EU-New Zealand Trade Agreement

EU businesses, producers and farmers can  take advantage of new export opportunities with the entry into force of the EU-New Zealand trade agreement the 1st of May 2024. The deal is expected to cut €140 million a year in duties for EU companies. Thanks…

EU and Turkey Strengthen their Cooperation on Green and Digital

Iliana Ivanova, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, and Mehmet Fatih Kacır, Minister of Industry and Technology of the Republic of Türkiye have announced, during the  second EU-Türkiye High-Level Dialogue…

New EU Funding for Innovative Ideas to reduce Long-term Unemployment

The Europan Commission has launched a call for proposals worth €23 million to help EU Member States develop new ways of tackling long-term unemployment and support people to find their way back into the labour market, as  in the recent action…

EU Key Steps for Managing Climate Risks to Protect People and Prosperity

The European Commission has published a Communication on managing climate risks in Europe. It sets out how the EU and its Member States can better anticipate, understand, and address growing climate risks. It further presents how they can prepare…

EU New Migration Partnership with Mauritanie

Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson together with the Mauritanian Minister of Interior and Decentralisation, Mohamed Ahmed Ould Mohamed Lemine, have signed a Joint Declaration launching an EU-Mauritania migration partnership. The…