The EU Council has formally adopted a directive updating the list of pollutants affecting surface water and groundwater, including pesticides, pharmaceuticals and PFAS.
The EU Commission has launched a new European strategy on research and technology infrastructures to boost Europe’s leadership in scientific excellence and technological innovation.
The EU Data Act now applies in the EU, giving users control over data generated by their connected devices such as smartwatches and cars, and giving small businesses opportunities to use the data to develop innovative after-sale services.
The European Commission has accepted commitments from Microsoft to address EU competition concerns relating to its Teams collaboration platform, making them legally binding under EU antitrust rules.
According to preliminary data, life expectancy at birth in the EU was 81.7 years in 2024, up 0.3 years compared with 2023, according to data from the EU’s statistics agency Eurostat.
Europe must be able to take care of its own defence and security, EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen told Euro-MPs as she delivered her 2025 State of the European Union address.
The EU Parliament has given its final green light to measures to prevent and reduce waste from food and textiles across the EU, confirming 2030 targets on food waste and making producers cover costs of collecting, sorting and recycling waste textiles.
