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This week, the European Commission invites industry stakeholders to an online workshop to discuss excise procedures, and discusses the EU Strategy for Sustainable Tourism; the first EU-Vietnam Global Gateway business and investment forum meets, also the Turkmenistan-EU Business Forum; and MEPs vote on implification of AI rules and air quality, and are set to confirm a deal with EU member states on a new toolset to address bank failures.
The EU decided to suspend a number of sanctions on Syria, aiming to facilitate engagement with the country, its people and businesses in key areas such as energy and transport.
Poland took over the presidency of the EU on 1 January promising to strenthen European security in its external, internal, information, economic, energy, food, and health dimensions.
The European Parliament gave formal approval Wednesday to the new team and programme of EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, with her College of Commissioners expected to take office on 1 December.
The European Parliament gave its green light Tuesday to an extraordinary loan of up to EUR 35 billion to Ukraine, to be repaid with future revenues from frozen Russian assets.
The European Union issued a strong condemnation Tuesday of Russia’s intensifying campaign of hybrid activities against the EU such as cyber-attacks and information manipulation. These activities illustrated Russia’s reckless and…
