Latest news from EU institutions and bodies

The European Commission is preparing a set of new policy initiatives on school education, to be presented this November, and teachers’ voices are essential in shaping it.

The Europol Podcast is the official podcast of the EU’s agency for law enforcement cooperation. This season, we spoke to our Europol experts on the emerging threats and key developments in the field of cybercrime. We explored:How cybercrime enablers are facilitating crimeHow CSAM offenders are...

ESMA publishes latest edition of its newsletter 31 July 2026 ESMA newsletter The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, has published today the latest edition of its Spotlight on...

European Commission Daily news Brussels, 31 Jul 2026 Commission starts enforcing AI Act rules and new transparency requirements on 2 August From 2 August 2026, the European Commission's AI Office, together with na...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €20 million venture debt financing agreement with Finnish life-science technology innovator Aiforia. The funding will support the further development of the company’s AI powered platform, designed to support pathologists in digital tissue analysis...

The Single Resolution Board has today published the results of its annual resolvability assessment, covering the year 2025. The report takes stock of banks’ progress on resolution capabilities.  It also marks an important milestone in the transition towards a steady state focused on the...

European Commission Press release Brussels, 31 Jul 2026 From 2 August 2026, the European Commission's AI Office, together with national authorities, will begin enforcing the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act. On the same date, new transparency rules will start to apply.

European Commission Press release Brussels, 31 Jul 2026 The European Commission has sent a Statement of Grounds to Temu's owner PDD Holdings Inc. (‘PDD') and its subsidiary WhaleCo Technology Limited (‘Whaleco'), outlining concerns that they may have obstructed an inspection at WhaleCo's premises in...

European Commission Press release Brussels, 31 Jul 2026 The European Commission has disbursed today more than €1.86 billion to Belgium, Bulgaria, Slovenia and Denmark under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the centrepiece of NextGenerationEU.