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• EU launches T-MED platform to unlock Mediterranean clean energy investment — The European Commission has launched the T-MED Investment Platform, offering up to €4.5 billion in EU guarantees to mobilise private capital for renewable energ
• Von der Leyen receives reform report on EU Commission civil service — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has received an independent report from the High-Level Reflection Group chaired by Catherine Day on reforming
• EU Commission civil service review gets outside expert blueprint for reform — The European Commission has received a report from a High-Level Group chaired by Catherine Day on reforming its civil service, with Commissioner Serafin saying
• ECB's Elderson: Nature Loss Is an Economic and Financial Risk — ECB Executive Board member Frank Elderson told COP17's Finance and Biodiversity Day that nature loss poses direct risks to the euro area economy, citing ECB dat
• ECB survey: euro area firms report tighter credit as rate pain spreads — A net 46% of euro area firms reported higher bank loan interest rates in the third quarter of 2026, up from 42%, while a net 5% saw bank loan availability decli
• ECB survey: euro zone firms face tighter loan conditions as financing gap widens — Euro area firms reported a further net tightening of bank loan conditions in the third quarter of 2026, with a net 46% facing higher interest rates and a wideni
• European Parliament awards 2026 Sakharov Prize to International Criminal Court — The European Parliament has awarded its 2026 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to the International Criminal Court and its officials, with President Roberta
• European Parliament backs bigger Erasmus+ budget in challenge to Commission — The European Parliament has adopted its negotiating mandate on the 2028-2034 Erasmus+ programme, demanding a €47.39 billion budget against the €40.8 billion pro
• EU Parliament backs three-year delay to methane rules for oil, gas and coal importers — The European Parliament voted 341 to 225 to delay methane monitoring and reporting rules for oil, gas and coal importers by three years, two more than the Commi
• MEPs urge EU to weigh Black Sea naval mission after strikes on civilian ships — The European Parliament has adopted a resolution by 432 votes to 52 calling on the EU to consider a naval operation in the Black Sea after deadly attacks on civ
• European Parliament Urges EU to Blacklist Houthis as Terrorist Group — The European Parliament has called on the EU Council to add the Houthi movement to the EU terrorist list, freeze its assets and strengthen the ASPIDES naval mis
• European Parliament urges faster fossil fuel exit ahead of COP31 in Türkiye — The European Parliament has adopted its negotiating mandate for the COP31 climate talks in Antalya, Türkiye, demanding a faster exit from fossil fuels, fairer c
• European Parliament trade MEPs head to China to press overcapacity and market access — A European Parliament trade committee delegation led by Bernd Lange will visit Beijing, Hangzhou and Shanghai from 27 to 29 October to press concerns over Chine
• EU lawmakers to probe hybrid threats in Bosnia during Sarajevo mission — A European Parliament delegation will visit Sarajevo from 26 to 28 October 2026 to assess hybrid threats and foreign interference affecting Bosnia and Herzegovi
• EU opens antitrust probe into Omya's calcium carbonate supply to paper industry — The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation into whether Omya, the largest supplier of calcium carbonates in the EEA, abused a dominant
• EU commissioner warns Russia is waging hybrid war to break Europe's will to defend — European Commissioner for Defence Andrius Kubilius used the launch of the EU's third Hybrid Threats Report to accuse Russia of waging hybrid war aimed at destro
• EU adds €22.5 million in Yemen aid as displacement surges — The European Commission is releasing an extra €22.5 million in humanitarian aid for Yemen, adding to €87.5 million already allocated for 2026, as nearly 230,000
• ECB's Cipollone: Digital Euro Pilot to Launch in 2027, Rollout Possible by 2029 — The European Central Bank will pilot the digital euro in 2027 and could roll it out by 2029 if legislation is approved, Executive Board member Piero Cipollone s
• EU civil protection mechanism marks 25 years and more than 900 missions — The EU Civil Protection Mechanism, created in 2001, has been activated more than 900 times by 160 countries and eight international organisations, the European
• Von der Leyen marks 1956 uprising in Budapest with praise for Hungary's reforms — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told Hungary's National Assembly in Budapest that EU funding is back and reform conditions are being met, as
• EU trade chief Šefčovič warns China deficit could break record as US exports rise — EU trade commissioner Maroš Šefčovič said the bloc's deficit with China hit almost 197 billion euros in the first half of 2025 and could pass its 2022 record, w
• Eurozone inflation expectations edge up in September, ECB survey finds — Eurozone consumers' median inflation expectations for the next 12 months rose to 3.1% in September from 3.0% in August, while longer-term expectations remained
• EU and African drug regulators set out fast-track rules for Bundibugyo Ebola vaccine tri… — The European Medicines Agency's Emergency Task Force and the African Medicines Agency have issued joint guidance on launching clinical trials for vaccines again
• EU justice chief Kaja Kallas visits Eurojust to review Ukraine accountability work — EU High Representative Kaja Kallas visited Eurojust in The Hague to review accountability efforts for crimes in Ukraine, where the agency says more than 13,000
• Golfing Glory in Macao, Moutai Shared and Savored: Macao Open 2026 Concludes on a High Note — The four-day Macao Open 2026 concluded on 18 Octoberat the Macau Golf & Country Club. After four rounds of intense competition, Chinese Taipei’s Wang Wei-Hsuan
• EU Commission says red tape cuts could save businesses €22.3 billion a year — The European Commission has proposed measures that could save companies €22.3 billion a year in administrative costs, Commissioner Serafin told the European Par
• EU Commissioner Tzitzikostas Praises Jean Monnet Excellence Centre in Keynote Speech — European Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas delivered a keynote speech at the Jean Monnet Excellence Centre, praising the network's 25-year record of promoting
• Vietnam and EU leaders meet in Brussels to deepen new strategic partnership — Vietnam's President Tô Lâm met EU leaders Ursula von der Leyen and António Costa in Brussels on 22 October 2026, with both sides pledging to deepen their Compre
• EU Commissioner Albuquerque Unveils Arctic Strategy and Savings Union Push — European Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque presented the EU's new Arctic strategy and the Savings and Investments Union in a speech to the Nordic Financial Un
• Coca-Cola, Nestlé and Danone agree to rewrite plastic bottle recycling labels — Coca-Cola, Nestlé and Danone have agreed with the European Commission and national consumer authorities to rewrite recycling claims on their plastic bottles, re

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