On 1 August 2025 the Portuguese government released a statement raising “strong concerns” about the European Commission’s proposal to revise the Tobacco Taxation Directive (2011/64/EU). The Commission ...

The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) announces the departure of Ville Itälä, who has concluded his non-renewable seven-year term as Director-General of OLAF. Itälä played a pivotal role in ...

Finstar Bank’s management has acquired Oleg Boiko’s stake, ending his role as majority shareholder and ultimate beneficial ...

The Swedish government is now urging the EU to suspend its trade agreement with Israel. The move is presented as a political ...

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has published the revised 2025 and the new 2026 EU ETS auction calendars. The published calendars reflect the operation of the Market Stability Reserve (MSR), which ...

Join us for the 2025 edition of the Translating Europe Forum, where we’ll examine one of the profession’s key challenges: maintaining quality in translation. What does quality really mean in ...

There is one part of England that is often overlooked by visitors from Belgium and that is a real shame because it really ...

As power in Russia becomes more centralized, we had a revealing exchange with a longtime reader who identified himself as Alexey Shevtsov — the former head of the local council in Plyos, a small but ...

The Commission is calling on citizens, experts and organisations to help shape the EU's first Anti-Poverty Strategy, now open ...

The Commission preliminarily found Temu in breach of the obligation under the Digital Services Act (DSA) to properly assess ...

The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess, under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (‘FSR'), the acquisition by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) PJSC (‘ADNOC') of ...