Bankruptcies of businesses in the EU increased by 5.7% in the second quarter of 2026 compared with the first quarter, while registrations decreased by 0.5%.
The European Commission has unveiled its long-awaited Industrial Accelerator Act with the aim of increasing demand for low-carbon, European-made technologies and products.
Switzerland’s president Guy Parmelin and European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen have signed a broad package of agreements aimed at deepening and expanding the EU-Switzerland relationship.
35.2 per cent of all managerial positions in the EU were held by women in 2024, up from 31.8% in 2014 according to figures just released by the EU’s statistics agency Eurostat.
The EU Commission has put forward new Europe-wide rules to tackle trafficking and other firearms-related offences – the first legislative initiative to be adopted under the EU’s new internal security strategy.
The European Parliament has given its backing to new laws to boost the competitiveness of EU so-called small ‘mid-cap’ (SMC) enterprises as they grow beyond SME status with targeted measures.
The EU Council has adopted a directive amending the requirements for measuring instruments sold and placed on the single market, setting common standards for electric chargers and gas dispensers.
