EU co-legislators struck a provisional political agreement in the early hours of Thursday 7 May 2026 on the so-called Digital Omnibus on AI — a regulation amending the AI Act that postpones key compliance deadlines and adds a new prohibition on AI “nudification” apps. As the formal adoption process accelerates, the deal will reshape the…
The three European laureates of the 2026 European Charlemagne Youth Prize will be unveiled on Tuesday 12 May 2026 at a ceremony in Aachen, Germany — the symbolic city of European unification where the senior Charlemagne Prize is traditionally awarded on Ascension Day. From 531 applications to 27 national winners The prize, run jointly by…
The Cypriot Presidency of the Council of the EU hosted an informal meeting of Ministers for European Affairs in Nicosia on 10 and 11 May 2026, gathering EU national representatives — together with candidate countries and the United Kingdom — for a forward-looking discussion on the bloc’s next long-term budget, its enlargement architecture, and the…
On 10 May 2026 passengers began disembarking the MV Hondius cruise ship in Tenerife in a multi-nation repatriation operation, after a hantavirus outbreak that has reported 8 cases including 3 deaths since 2 May, with WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on site stressing this is not another COVID.
The 79th Cannes Film Festival opens Tuesday 12 May 2026 at the Palais des Festivals with Park Chan-wook as jury president, 22 films in competition and Pierre Salvadori’s La Vénus Electrique as opening film. Demi Moore, Chloé Zhao and Stellan Skarsgård on jury.
EU AI Act trilogue closed early hours of 7 May 2026: high-risk Annex III obligations postponed to 2 December 2027, Annex I products to 2 August 2028, watermarking from 2 December 2026, new ban on nudification AI from same date.
German factory orders rose 5.0% MoM in March 2026, beating consensus 1.0% by five times, driven by defense procurement acceleration across Europe, front-loaded orders ahead of Iran war supply-chain disruptions, and a weak euro boosting exports.
EU AI Act trilogue closed in early hours of 7 May 2026: high-risk Annex III obligations postponed to 2 December 2027, Annex I products to 2 August 2028, watermarking from 2 December 2026, new ban on nudification AI from same date.
EU AI Act 2 August 2026 high-risk deadline remains in force after Digital Omnibus trilogue failed on 28 April. Compliance teams must plan against the original Regulation 2024/1689 dates.
The Commission’s AccelerateEU communication of 22 April 2026 lays out the EU’s response to the energy crisis with affordable, secure energy through accelerated clean energy deployment.