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

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  • News article

You can use the European Health Insurance Card for necessary or urgent medical care when travelling abroad, under the same conditions and at the same cost as people insured in that country. It’s valid in any EU country, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Read more.

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  • Press release

On 2 August 2026, new rules on the transparency of AI systems take effect. They will help people recognise when they are interacting with AI or are exposed to AI-generated content, so they can make informed decisions and better protect themselves from misinformation or deception.

1 min read
  • Press release

The EU has launched a call for tenders to establish up to seven AI Gigafactories across Europe. The initiative will expand Europe's AI computing capacity and give all relevant actors access to infrastructure for training, inference and fine-tuning advanced frontier AI models.

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