16.3 per cent of people in the EU aged 18 or over were obese in 2025, meaning that they had a body mass index of 30 or higher, according to the EU’s statistics agency Eurostat.
Fishing boat (LUXEMBOURG) – EU fisheries ministers reached a political agreement Tuesday on next year’s total allowable catches (TACs) and quotas per member state for the ten most commercially important…
Students travelling (BRUSSELS) – The EU is to provide free travel rail passes to 60,000 Europeans aged from 18 to 20 years through its DiscoverEU initiative that gives the opportunity…
A European Commission report on nitrate pollution based on 2016-2019 data shows little progress over the last decade, with nutrient pollution from…
Blue card (LUXEMBOURG) – The EU Council and Parliament gave their final approval Thursday to the revised Blue Card Directive, a new scheme to respond to skills shortages and attract…
Farming (BRUSSELS) – Support measures for the wine sector adopted by the EU Wednesday include increasing support for harvest insurance and mutual funds, and extending by a year the flexibility…
The EU agreed its position Wednesday for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, stressing the need for…
