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 EU Council has adopted a new set of sanctions on Russia, to increase the cost for Russia to continue its war, adding pressure on its already strained and fragile economy.
The EU Commission has announced the selection of 15 renewable hydrogen production projects for public funding across the European Economic Area (EEA).
The United Kingdom at a summit in London struck deals with the European Union on defence, fishing and energy in a bid to reset the UK’s relationship with the EU.
The EU economy began 2025 on a somewhat stronger footing than anticipated, and is projected to keep growing at a modest rate this year, according to the EU’s spring economic forecast.
The European Commission has informed social media platform TikTok of its preliminary view that it is not fulfilling its obligations under the EU’s Digital Services Act to publish an advertisement repository.
The EU economy’s greenhouse gas emissions were 897 million tonnes of CO2-equivalents (CO2-eq) in the fourth quarter of 2024, Eurostat estimates, a 2.2% increase compared with the same quarter of 2023 (878 million tonnes of CO2-eq).
