News and Events | European Union
Skip to main content

News and events

  • Browse through a selection of Featured EU news, see a comprehensive overview of the Latest EU news or read about past and upcoming events from all EU’s institutions and bodies. All are available in all 24 EU official languages via machine translation, when clicking on the full list of corresponding content.

Featured news

Read a selection of the featured news from across the EU's institutions and bodies.

driving licence on smartphone poking out of a jacket pocket
  • Press release

New driving licence rules have been agreed on that will see driving licences accessible on smartphones; a minimum two-year probationary period for new drivers and 18-year-old drivers permitted to drive trucks. The updated EU rules will improve road safety in Europe.

  • Press release

The EU has given the green light to 47 projects that will help ensure European extraction, processing and recycling of strategic raw materials meet 10%, 40% and 25% of EU's demand by 2030. The projects are based in 13 EU countries and will increase and diversify access to raw materials in the EU.

Events

Further information