The EU is awarding €20 million in funding to 41 cutting-edge Ukrainian start-ups and SMEs, following a European Innovation Council call to help them turn groundbreaking ideas into real-world solutions.
The European Commission is committing €8.85 million to develop a groundbreaking diagnostic device that will help clinicians choose the appropriate treatments for patients who may need antibiotics.
The European Commission has fined three automotive starter battery manufacturers and a trade association a total of around €72 million for participating in a long-running cartel concerning automotive starter batteries.
Fisheries ministers have reached a political agreement on fishing opportunities in the Atlantic, the North Sea, the Mediterranean, the Black Sea and other waters for 2026 and for certain stocks for 2027 and 2028.
The EU’s Council and Parliament have reached agreement on major reform of EU pharmaceutical rules, to increase patients’ access to medicine and make the EU’s pharmaceutical sector fairer and more competitive.
The European Commission has adopted the main Horizon Europe work programme for 2026-2027, with a budget of EUR 14 billion to drive research and innovation across the EU’s strategic goals.
A European Grids Package and Energy Highways initiative, proposed by the EU Commission, is aimed at enabling energy to flow efficiently across all Member States, integrating cheaper clean energy and accelerating electrification.
