Month: March 2026

Making sure no generation gets left behind Source link

Joint statement by GCC-EU Ministers’ meeting on recent developments in the Middle East: Iran’s attacks against GCC states – Middle East, North Africa and the Gulf Skip to main content The Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council and the European Union held an extraordinary meeting on 5 March 2026 to discuss the escalation in […]

  Gender equality concerns us all, and it benefits all. While progress has been made, at the current pace of change, it would take 50 years for the EU to reach full gender equality. Disparities among EU countries also persist.  Ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March, the European Commission has presented its gender equality strategy for 2026-2030. The strategy embeds gender equality into every aspect of life, […]

The European Commission has published a call for evidence to seek stakeholder feedback on a planned action to tackle territorial supply constraints. Territorial supply constraints are practices by certain large manufacturers that restrict retailers or wholesalers from purchasing goods in one EU country and reselling them in another, without objective justification. These barriers may limit […]

Yesterday and today, the European Commission’s Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) has supported EU Member States with the organisation of 6 repatriation flights, bringing European citizens safely back to Bulgaria, Italy, Austria, and Slovakia.  Additional repatriation flights under the Mechanism are planned in the coming days, as an increasing number of EU Member States have […]

On 1 January 2026, minimum wages in the EU ranged from €620 per month in Bulgaria to €2 704 in Luxembourg. While these numbers show that workers in Luxembourg earn significantly more, they don’t tell the full story.  What is minimum wage, and why is it key? It’s the lowest hourly, daily or monthly amount that […]