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Published on 18/02/2026 – 18:59 GMT+1•Updated 7:20 p.m EU lawmakers have drafted a procedure to select the future host of the European Customs Authority, a new decentralized agency tasked with supporting and coordinating national customs administrations across the bloc. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The agency is expected to be set up in 2026 and operational in 2028. […]

Published on 18/02/2026 – 18:02 GMT+1 EU member states will extend the bloc’s mechanism to regulate price spikes beyond 2030 in a bid to ensure the carbon price under the upcoming tax on cars, vans and buildings does not spike excessively when the system takes effect in 2028. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Households and businesses using fossil […]

The European Commission’s surprise decision to dispatch Commissioner for the Mediterranean Dubravka Šuica to the first formal gathering of the Board of Peace in Washington has sparked outrage among several member states, with France leading the charge in voicing both institutional and political objections. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING During a meeting of EU ambassadors on Wednesday, critics […]

Published on 18/02/2026 – 16:25 GMT+1 Hungary and Slovakia announced on Wednesday that they would suspend diesel exports to Ukraine amid growing tensions over oil deliveries, saying they need to secure their energy supplies to replace imports of Russian oil through the damaged Druzhba pipeline – with Hungary also accusing Ukraine of political blackmail and […]

Europe doesn’t have an innovation problem, but a scale problem, says the latest report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), noting how the continent excels at research and pilot projects, but consistently fails to convert technological breakthroughs into large-scale industrial deployment. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The hefty report was presented on Wednesday as energy ministers gather on […]

Published on 18/02/2026 – 12:32 GMT+1 The European Commission has released a strategy to support eastern border regions struggling with economic decline, demographic pressure, and hybrid threats stemming from the war in Ukraine. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Nine EU member states – Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria – are set to benefit […]

Published on 18/02/2026 – 12:09 GMT+1•Updated 1:06 p.m The European Commission will boycott the Milan-Cortina Paralympics Opening Ceremony in protest at a decision to let Russian and Belarusian athletes compete under their national flags. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Commissioner for Sport Glenn Micallef said he considered the move “unacceptable” will not attend the ceremony, which will be […]

Published on 18/02/2026 – 11:19 GMT+1 The European Commission has just launched a formal, priority investigation into the e-commerce giant under the EU’s Digital Services Act. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Interested? Let’s unbox this together. Brussels is targeting Shein’s entire business model. They are investigating its addictive design, such as giving users points and rewards to keep […]

Published on 18/02/2026 – 9:27 GMT+1 Christine Lagarde is poised to step down as President of the European Central Bank ahead of schedule, according to a source familiar with the matter cited by the Financial Times. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Lagarde presumably intends to vacate her Frankfurt seat before the French elections in April 2027, months prior […]

The Trump administration has helped Europeans stop hitting the snooze button and “wake up,” US Ambassador to the EU Andrew Puzder said, hailing Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s call for greater alignment between the two in his speech at the Munich Security Conference as “positive” for the trans-Atlantic alliance. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING It is a “hallmark […]