Spanish police have detained 21 people with links to the Catalan separatist movement on suspicion of corruption and promoting public disorder.

Nearly 200 airports across Europe are at risk of insolvency due to the collapse in air travel, the European airports’ trade body has warned.

Italian regulators have opened an investigation into Google for alleged abuse of its dominant position in the country’s online ad market.

Two of Europe’s biggest economies are reinstating some form of national lockdown, as the continent confronts a surge in coronavirus cases and deaths.

The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of the retail and operating assets of J.C.Penney Company Inc. (‘JCPenney’) of the U.S. by Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (‘Brookfield’) of Canada and Simon Property Group, Inc. (‘Simon’) of the U.S.

The Clean energy for EU islands initiative has been given an important boost this week by confirmation that 22 further European islands have now published a clean energy transition agenda, with 7 others likely to follow in the near future.

The European Commission has today proposed a new initiative that will make it easier for different authorities involved in goods clearance to exchange electronic information submitted by traders, who will be able to submit the information required for import or export of goods only once.

Today, the European Commission is launching an additional set of actions to help limit the spread of the coronavirus, save lives and strengthen the internal market’s resilience. Concretely, the measures aim to better understand the virus’ spread and the effectiveness of the response, ramp up well-targeted testing, bolster contact tracing, improve preparations for vaccination campaigns, […]

EUR 130 million in financing to support ALTUM’s measures to help Latvian businesses cope with the economic consequences of the Covid-outbreak. Signed in early July, so far more than 470 Latvian businesses have been supported with various measures, including lower interest rates and longer repayment horizons.

Today, member states’ ambassadors agreed on a negotiating mandate on temporary rules to allow providers of communications services such as web-based email and messaging services to continue detecting child sexual abuse online.