This archive collects solutions-journalism stories and milestones connected to the European Union — from policy advances and clean-energy progress to social initiatives and scientific achievements. It tracks meaningful developments across member states and E.U.-wide institutions.
Environment ministers representing Canada, China and the European Union will co-host a meeting in Montreal later this month to advance implementation of the Paris climate change agreement.
The European Union (EU) will support 79 developing nations in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP) with a €8 million ($891m) to implement a global deal to combat climate change.
The European Union has launched a legal action against Hungary in a deliberate swipe at a country that stands accused by many in Brussels of backsliding on its commitments to democracy.
Europe’s top court struck a blow against U.K. mass surveillance in 2016, ruling that blanket retention of citizens’ web history, location, and app data couldn’t be justified in a democracy. The case, brought by two MPs from opposing parties, challenged laws letting 48 public bodies access a year of everyone’s data. It drew a clear line: targeted surveillance, yes — indiscriminate collection, no.
Banksy’s Girl with Balloon first appeared on a Shoreditch wall in 2002, a stenciled silhouette reaching for a red heart drifting just out of reach. Over two decades, the image traveled from London streets to the West Bank barrier to a Sotheby’s auction floor, quietly reshaping how the public thinks about where art belongs.
EU enlargement in 1995 brought Austria, Finland, and Sweden into the union on January 1st, growing membership from 12 to 15 countries. Each nation put the question to its people first, with Austrians backing it most enthusiastically at 66% and Swedes narrowly approving at 52%. A quiet turning point for three longtime neutrals after the Cold War.
