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Summary Since the beginning of 2026, and as of 31 August 2026, two MERS cases, including one fatality, have been reported in Saudi Arabia.

Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, helped EU Member States return more than 33 000 people to non-EU countries in the first half of 2026, up from around 30 000 in the same period a year earlier. Around two in three of them returned voluntarily.

Agility – key principle for modern regulation yannick.stephan Mon, 07/09/2026 - 09:42 Latest News During a visit to Colombia from 31 August to 4 September 2026, BEREC Chair Marko Mismas (AKOS, Slovenia)...

On 7 September, Europol is marking the International Day of Police Cooperation together with its partners to recognise the central role our network plays in tackling the most serious threats against the EU’s internal security.Connecting investigators, expertise, and information across national...

The operation, conducted under a newly established Europol Taskforce within Europol’s European Centre Against Migrant Smuggling, brought together officers from the French National Police (Police aux Frontières/OLTIM), and the Spanish National Police (Comisaría General de Extranjería y Fronteras...

This follows several years of intensive and extensive investigations led by the German Federal Police under the direction of three Bavarian Public Prosecutors’ Offices. The action day, carried out on 5 August 2026, brought together authorities from Germany and Serbia under the framework of an...

On 5 September 2026, European Council President António Costa delivered a keynote speech at the Intelligence on the World, Europe, and Italy – Cernobbio Forum, in Cernobbio, Italy.

Overview of the main subjects to be discussed at meetings of the Council of the EU over the next two weeks and upcoming media events.