Headlines

Commission publishes evaluation report on the EPPO Regulation

The Commission is publishing an evaluation report looking at the existing legal framework for the European Public Prosecutors Office (EPPO). The report comes together with an evaluation report on the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF). The EPPO and OLAF are two central actors of

ASEAN’s digital payment boom outrunning its scam defenses

Southeast Asia’s rapid economic integration has long been a celebrated success story, and nowhere is this more evident today than in its retail payment systems. Across the region, central banks are linking their national QR code protocols under the ASEAN Regional Payment

Asia

54% of EU’s electricity came from renewables in Q2 2026

In the second quarter of 2026, 54.1% of the electricity generated in the EU came from renewable energy sources, a slight decrease from 54.3% in the same period of 2025. Solar was the leading source of renewable electricity in the EU (41.6% of the total renewable electricity),