The EU Council and the European Parliament have reached a provisional political agreement to overhaul and simplify the EU Securitisation Framework as part of the broader Savings and Investments Union.
The EU Commission has awarded the New European Bauhaus Prizes 2026 to 13 laureates from several EU countries, Ukraine and North Macedonia, as well as Japan and Brazil, which won the international competition of the awards.
The European Central Bank’s monetary policy committee will meet on October 29 to decide whether to hike rates for a second successive month or keep them unchanged. Expectations are high for the latter, with prediction market platforms pointing to a 91% chance that there will be no hike in October.
12.3 kg of electrical and electronic equipment waste (WEEE or e-waste) per person was collected in the EU in 2024, according to the EU’s statistics agency Eurostat.
The EU Commission has disbursed €2.86 billion to Ukraine under a €90 billion Ukraine Support Loan, for drones, air defence systems, missiles, radars, electronic warfare systems and ammunitions.
There is ever-growing use of Artificial Intelligence in European companies, with 42 per cent of Europe’s small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-cap companies already using AI and AM.
The EU imported €45.1 billion of hybrid and electric cars in 2025, a 4% increase compared with 2024 (€43.4 billion), while exports rose to €64.7 billion, up 10% (€58.7 billion) on 2024.
