The EU is awarding €20 million in funding to 41 cutting-edge Ukrainian start-ups and SMEs, following a European Innovation Council call to help them turn groundbreaking ideas into real-world solutions.
Phones, computers, e-books, banking services and electronic communications must be accessible in the EU for people with disabilities from 28 June, when the European Accessibility Act came into force.
The European Commission has agreed a new trade deal with Ukraine in a review which looks to the integration of Ukraine into the Single Market and it says safeguards the interests of EU farmers.
The European Commission has proposed the EU Space Act, a new set of measures to make Europe’s space sector cleaner, safer and more competitive in Europe and its export markets.
The EU Parliament and Council have reached provisional agreement to update and simplify the EU’s existing alternative dispute resolution framework.
The EU Council has adopted a revised directive aimed at making it easier to vote and stand as candidate in elections to the European Parliament for EU citizens residing in a member state of which they are not nationals.
Mandatory microchipping of all dogs and cats kept in the EU and a ban on their sale in pet shops are among new proposals put forward by a European Parliament committee.
