There were 9.4 million beehives on EU farms in 2023, according to Eurostat, with the number of beehives increasing by 1.3 million (+16%), from 8.1 million in 2020.
The European Commission has preliminarily found both TikTok and Meta in breach of their obligation to grant researchers adequate access to public data under the EU’s internet rules, the Digital Services Act (DSA).
in 2024, of which more than two-thirds (69%) was produced in Italy, according to figures released by the EU’s statistics agency Eurostat.
A new package of sanctions against Russia adopted by EU Member States targets key sectors of Russia’s economy such as energy, finance and the military industrial base, as well as enablers and profiteers of its war of aggression.
Commission vice-president Henna Virkkunen presented new EU funding opportunities worth €20 million in Riga today aimed at protecting Europe’s submarine cables.
Egypt has officially joined the EU’s Horizon Europe, becoming the second African country associated to the EU’s multibillion-euro research and innovation (R&I) programme.
79.7 million tonnes of packaging waste were generated in the EU in 2023, according to Eurostat, amounting to 177.8 kg per inhabitant, down 8.7 kg per capita compared to 2022, but 21.2 kg higher than the figure in 2013.
