CURRENT AFFAIRS OF THE EU
SECURITY, TERRORISM, DEFENSE, ORGANIZED CRIME
1. 2025 Strategic Foresight Report sets out 'Resilience 2.0' to guide Europe's long-term choices
2. Migrant smuggling: Council and European Parliament want stronger role for Europol
3. Commission adopts guidelines to enhance the resilience of critical entities in the EU
4. EU defence spending hits €343 bln in 2024
5. EDA launches fourth review of Member States’ defence ambitions
6. Council authorises negotiations with UK and Canada on their participation in SAFE
7. EU-wide survey: Citizens seek enhanced EU role in protection amid global shifts

CIBERSECURITY, AI, INTERNET, DATA PROTECTION
1. EU Data Act gives users control over data from connected devices
2. Sharing of personal data with the United States must be accompanied by comprehensive and effective safeguards
3. Commission launches new strategy to strengthen Europe's research and technology infrastructures
4. Europe enters the exascale supercomputing league with ‘JUPITER'

MIGRATION AND BORDERS
1. Asylum applications down by 23% in the first half of 2025
2. Irregular border crossings at the EU's external borders are decreasing, except in the Western Mediterranean and the English Channel.

JUSTICE, DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, CITIZENSHIP
1. New report on cumulative prosecutions highlights legal pathways to comprehensive accountability

FOREING AFFAIRS, NEIGHBORHOOD
1. Iran sanctions snapback: Council reimposes restrictive measures
2. EU and Ecuador signed an international agreement to fight serious crime
3. Moldova successfully completes its screening process
4. EU sets out new strategy to reinforce prosperity and security with India

ENVIORENMENT, ENERGY, ROAD SAFETY, CIVIL PROTECTION
1. Council adopts new rules for healthier and more resilient European soils
2. World emissions hit record high, but the EU leads trend reversal
3. From Arctic to tropics, Commission report sounds alarm on ocean health
4. Global ocean conservation treaty enters into force

OTHER NEWS
1. State of the Union: President von der Leyen addresses migration and security

Publications from European institutions and agencies
1. EUROPOL
Policing in an online world - relevance in the 21st century
2. EUROJUST
Cumulative prosecutions of foreign terrorist fighters for core international crimes and terrorism-related offences
European Judicial Organised Crime Network (EJOCN)
SIRIUS Quarterly Newsletter Q3 2025
3. EDA. EUROPEAN DEFENCE AGENCY
EDA Defence Data 2024-2025
STANDCAM Expert Group
4. EDMO. OBSERVATORIO EUROPEO DE MEDIOS DIGITALES
A Cross-Country Analysis of Electoral Advertising on Meta and Google during the EU 2024 Elections: Compliance, Transparency, and Targeting
5. FRONTEX
Handbook on Contingency Planning for Border Management and Return
6. EPRS. SERVICIO DE INVESTIGACIÓN DEL PARLAMENTO EUROPEO
Building a common market for European defence
Making Europe an AI continent
EU space act
7. EUAA. AGENCIA DE ASILO DE LA UE
Latest Asylum Trends: Mid-Year Review 2025
LGBTIQ Applicants in Asylum and Reception Systems
8. EUEA. EUROPEAN UNION EXTERNAL ACTION
The European Peace Facility Factsheet
Annual Survey 2025 - Türkiye perceptions towards the European Union
9. FRA. EUROPEAN UNION AGENCY FOR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
Being intersex in the EU
10. EUROBAROMETER
EP Spring 2025 survey
Attitudes towards EU Enlargement
11. EUROSTAT
Eurostat regional yearbook – 2025 edition
Key figures on European living conditions – 2025 edition
12% of EU population reported pollution in their area
12. EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Demographic outlook on "right to stay"
Distribution of international protection accommodation centres and relationship management with local communities
Factsheet: One year of The Draghi Report
13. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
Stock-taking of the European elections 2024
Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian hybrid threats and malign interference
14. JRC. CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CONJUNTA
Resilience. The future of Europe as seen by EU citizens
Cyberbullying: Considerations towards a common definition
The Draghi Report on the Future of European Competitiveness: Challenges of Participation, Engagement and Economic Geography
AI-Supported Data Management for Monitoring Platforms
Quantitative early warning models for mixed migration towards the EU
15. AGENCIA EUROPEA DE MEDIO AMBIENTE
Europe's environment 2025
16. EUVSDISINFO
Please mind the gap: Moscow’s words at UNGA vs deeds on the ground
17. EUISS. EU INSTITUTE FOR SECRUTY STUDIES
Rebuilding Europe's defences: How to unlock a coordinated defence surge

DOCUMENTATION OF INTEREST TO OTHER INTERNATIONAL BODIES
1. ONU
The Security We Need: Rebalancing Military Spending for a Sustainable and Peaceful Future
UNODC. Minerals crime
UNODC. Emerging threats: The intersection of criminal and technological innovation in the use of automation and artificial intelligence in the cybercrime landscape of Southeast Asia
UNODC. Global Progress Report on Sustainable Development Goal 16: Indicators on Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies
2. OCDE
Economic Security in a Changing World
Governing with Artificial Intelligence
Gender Equality in a Changing World
Better Regulation Practices across the European Union 2025
Preparing for Demographic Change in Castilla y León, Spain
Regional Integration in the Union for the Mediterranean 2025
3. WEF. WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
4. WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
World trade report 2025 making trade and ai work together to the benet of all
5. AGENCIAS EE.UU.
CRS. Iran’s Program and U.N. Sanctions Reimposition
CRS. Venezuela: Political Crisis and U.S. Policy
6. SIPRI
Towards Multilateral Policy on Autonomous Weapon Systems

War in Ukraine
1. Council adopts recommendation about transition out of temporary protection
2. MEPs demand a unified EU response to Russian violations and hybrid warfare threats
3. EU individual sanctions over territorial integrity prolonged for a further six months
4. Zelensky Wants a Joint "European Air Shield" to Repel Russian Aggression
5. EU releases €40 million to shield Ukraine's civilians from the winter cold
6. UN Commission says Russian drones target civilians and destroy infrastructure, making localities in frontline provinces of Ukraine unliveable
PUBLICACIONES DE INSTITUCIONES Y AGENCIAS EUROPEAS E INTERNACIONALES
EUAA. Situation in ukraine and displacement to the eu+: trends, drivers and future prospects
CE. Report on the progress towards achieving the objectives of the regulation establishing the Ukraine facility
EUvsDiSiNFO. The Kremlin spews a smokescreen of FIMI over drones in Poland
OCDE. Ukraine Fifth Round of Anti-Corruption Monitoring Follow-Up Report
CRS. Russia’s War Against Ukraine: Diplomatic Talks and U.S. Policy