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EU adopts UN convention on transparency for dispute settlement

The Council adopted a decision on the conclusion of the United Nations ‘Mauritius’ Convention on transparency for Investor-State Dispute…

EU opens negotiations on the competitiveness and inclusive growth cluster

The fifth meeting of the Accession Conference with Albania was held today in Brussels.

Council endorses the European research area policy agenda for the next three years

The Council has today reached a political agreement on a council recommendation to adopt the European Research Area (ERA) Policy Agenda…

Council calls for an inclusive, ethical, sustainable and human-centric strategy for the uptake of AI

The Council has approved a set of conclusions titled ‘Towards the EU strategy on AI in science’. In this document, the Council calls for a…

Council calls for a better use of space data to enhance crisis management

The Council has today approved conclusions on the use of satellite data, in particular from Earth observation constellations, for civil…

President Costa to travel to Brazil to strengthen partnership and launch investment dialogue

The President of the European Council, António Costa, will travel to Brazil from 27 to 29 May 2025, with official engagements in Brasília…

EU lists further 21 individuals and 6 entities and introduces sectoral measures in response to desta

The Council decided to impose additional restrictive measures against 21 individuals and 6 entities responsible for Russia’s destabilising…

Human rights violations in Russia: EU lists further 28 individuals

The Council today imposed restrictive measures on 28 individuals responsible for serious violations of human rights, the repression of…

EU agrees 17th package of sanctions

The Council adopted the 17th package of economic and individual restrictive measures cutting off Russia’s access to key military technology…

Commission proposes to facilitate the application of the safe third country concept

The Commission proposes rules that will facilitate Member States' application of the safe third country concept. This will accelerate…