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The European Investment Bank (EIB) has completed a €290 million financing package for Lithuania’s planned military base in the southeastern area of Rūdninkai, marking a major step in the delivery of one of the largest defence-infrastructure projects in the Baltic region.

Today, the Council adopted the 2026 country-specific recommendations for each member state.

The Council today opened a new excessive deficit procedure concerning Bulgaria and outlined the necessary steps for the country to put an end to its excessive deficit by 2029.

The Council approved a new recovery and resilience plan (RRP) for Hungary.

Meet the young researchers shaping the future of aviation remy Fri, 07/10/2026 - 12:10

Prosecutors from the Western Balkans and EU Member States met in Vienna, Austria, on 7-8 July 2026 for the third meeting of the Western Balkans Subgroup of the Focus Group on Migrant Smuggling. The meeting brought together practitioners to strengthen judicial cooperation in the fight against migrant...

European Commission Statement Brussels, 10 Jul 2026 Thank you, Simon. Good afternoon, everyone. Let me start by thanking Minister Harris for presenting the Irish Presidency's priorities at today's meeting. We wel...

The LIFE public dashboard has reached an important milestone: it now includes every LIFE project funded since the programme began in 1992, offering the most complete picture yet of more than three decades of EU investment in environmental and climate action.

Over the past nine years, more than 500 European startups have participated in the EIT FAN programme, some of them having reached Series A and B in funding, launch new products and expand into new markets.EIT Food has selected 65 startups to join the 2026 edition of EIT FAN, its startup programme...