The actual weekly working hours of EU full-time and part-time workers aged 20-64 in their main job averaged 35.9 hours in 2025, down from 36.9 hours in 2015.
The European Commission has selected 65 projects under the EU’s ‘Innovation Fund Heat Auction’, the first ever EU-wide auction to accelerate the deployment of innovative clean heat technologies across European industry.
The EU Council has formally adopted the revised Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) regulation that grants EU trade preferences to developing countries.
Most provisions of the EU’s revised Waste Shipment Regulation entered into force on 21 May, including an electronic platform to digitally process waste shipments and additional measures to support recycling in the EU and better scrutiny on export of plastic waste.
The EU’s Spring 2026 Economic Forecast, published Thursday, is projecting weaker economic activity for Europe’s economy, a result of a reigniting of energy inflation caused by the conflict in the Middle East.
There were 9.4 million beehives on EU farms in 2023, according to Eurostat, with the number of beehives increasing by 1.3 million (+16%), from 8.1 million in 2020.
The EU Parliament and Council have reached provisional agreement on two Regulations eliminating tariffs on all US industrial goods and providing preferential market access for certain US agricultural and seafood products.
