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 is opening applications for a new ‘DiscoverEU’ round, offering thousands of young people aged 18 the chance to explore Europe by train for free.
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.
The European Union received €1.4 billion in windfall profits generated by the interest on the cash balances originating from immobilised assets of the Russian Central Bank, held by central securities depositories.
The European Commission has published guidelines for what it calls a ‘pragmatic and proportionate’ implementation of the EU Birds Directive on the ground, while protecting Europe’s wild birds.
The EU Council has given its final stamp to a new EU law harmonising key aspects of insolvency rules across the EU, reducing the complexity of different national insolvency rules.
The EU Commission has approved a €1.5 billion work programme under the European Defence Industry Programme to enhance and modernise Europe’s defence industry, boost production capacity and secure technological advancement.
