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New Q&As available 10 July 2026 Digital Finance and Innovation Sustainable finance Trading The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's securities markets regulator, has published the following...

ESMA confirms go-live for weekly commodity derivatives position reporting 14 August 2026 Trading The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, announces that the new weekly commodity...

ESMA launches data collection under the first phase of ESAP 10 July 2026 Market data The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU regulator and supervisor, has launched the collection of information from Officially Appointed...

European Commission Daily news Brussels, 14 Aug 2026 Commission clears acquisition of Randstad Digital Solutions Business by LTM The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisitio...

Skeleton Technologies is among six European companies that have passed the evaluation stage of the European Innovation Council’s STEP Scale Up call and been put forward for a potential equity investment of between €10 million and €30 million.The European Commission announced the selection on 28 July...

Did you know that on average, innovation procurement is used well below 1% of all public buying cases in the EU? Public procurement is often seen as a technical, lengthy procedure, with formal and non-intuitive design, abstract requirements and strict eligibility evaluation criteria. As a result...

The World Materials Forum is a leading international platform bringing together industry leaders, policymakers, and innovators to shape the future of advanced materials and sustainable industrial development.EIT RawMaterials CEO, Bernd Schäfer, will take the stage at the World Materials Forum, where...

From Experimentation to Scale is a joint online policy event organised by the Horizon Europe projects FINEST SCALEUP and FINEX.The event brings together policymakers, innovation stakeholders, researchers, entrepreneurs and ecosystem actors to discuss how Europe can better connect experimentation...

The European Union is helping the western Ukrainian city of Ternopil improve essential services for its population of around 250,000. With backing from the European Investment Bank (EIB), the city has upgraded four kindergartens to improve energy efficiency and introduced 17 new Ukrainian-made...