Bankruptcies of businesses in the EU increased by 5.7% in the second quarter of 2026 compared with the first quarter, while registrations decreased by 0.5%.
The EU’s new Product Liability Directive enters into force Sunday 8 December, establishing a framework for victims to seek compensation for damages caused by defective products.
Companies will have an extra year to adapt to new EU rules to prevent deforestation, which will ban the sale of products sourced from deforested land in the EU, following…
The EU had around 33 million enterprises in 2023, employing 163 million people, registering a net turnover of over EUR 38 trillion. They represented no more than 0.2 percent of the total number of enterprises…
The EU Council adopted a recommendation Tuesday to help reduce exposure to second-hand smoke and aerosols and achieve a tobacco-free generation in Europe by 2040.
The EU launched two calls for proposals Tuesday with EUR 3.4 bn to accelerate deployment of innovative decarbonisation technologies and a EUR 1.2 bn auction to accelerate production of renewable hydrogen.
Net foreign direct investment (FDI) stocks held in non-EU countries by investors resident in the EU amounted to EUR 9.160 billion in 2023, reflecting a 4.1% decrease from 2022 (EUR 9.551 billion).












