The EU Commission adopted Friday revised European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) and a voluntary reporting standard for smaller companies.
Road traffic accidents claimed the lives of 19,934 people in the EU in 2024, a 2.2 per cent decrease compared with 2023 (20,384 fatalities) – the second year in a row with a decline in the number of fatalities.
The EU Member States at an informal summit adopted the final key piece of legislation underpinning a €90 billion EU loan to Ukraine, allowing the Commission to begin disbursements as soon as possible in the second quarter of 2026.
EU Member States have imposed a 20th package of sanctions against Russia, putting further pressure on Russia to engage in negotiations and do so on terms acceptable for Ukraine.
The European Commission has put forward a set of proposals to protect Europeans from the fossil energy crisis and accelerate the shift to clean, homegrown energy.
The European Commission has proposed the full resumption of the EU-Syria Cooperation Agreement, marking a new step in relations between the two sides.
The EU population is expected to decline by 11.7 per cent between 2025 and 2100, acccording to the latest population projections from Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency.
