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Before the start of the informal meeting of heads of state or government of 1 October 2025, European Council President António Costa addressed the press in Copenhagen.

European Council President António Costa met with the Mayors for Housing Alliance in Brussels, followed by a press conference. 

President Costa and President von der Leyen received letters of credence from the Ambassadors of Iceland and Israel.

Council approves conclusions on life science for the Union’s competitiveness.

Council approves conclusions on the importance of research and innovation for the EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy.

Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the parliamentary elections in Moldova held on 28 September 2025.

On 29 September 2025, European Council President António Costa was in Madrid at the New Economy Forum to give a speech after receiving the Forum Europa Prize from the King of Spain.

The Council prolonged sanctions regime by one year, in the light of the political and social situation in Nicaragua.

The Council has adopted a regulation that will improve the overall quality of population and housing statistics collected at EU level by establishing a common legal framework for data collection.

Carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM): Council and Parliament reach a provisional agreement on its simplification.

Today the Council adopted the soil monitoring law to track soil health, manage contaminated sites and mitigate land take, aiming for healthy soils by 2050.

The Council reimposed all the restrictive measures against Iran that had been lifted after the introduction of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in July 2015 in light of UN Security Council’s decision to not extend the lifting of sanctions on Iran following the snapback mechanism invoked by the E3.

Gallina says solidarity, not new structures, is key to tackling drug shortages

"Much of what we see today can be viewed as provocation, and this is also how we assess the incidents we saw last week in Schleswig-Holstein," said German interior minister Alexander Dobrindt

According to a decree signed by Russian president Vladimir Putin, Moscow can fast-track the sale of both domestic and foreign-owned companies

Swedish commissioner told Euractiv as she left Parliament that she had held a "good informal discussion" with lawmakers

The French navy had boarded a Benin-flagged vessel blacklisted by the European Union for being part of Russia's shadow fleet

Without offering a political resolution to the conflict, the roadmap unveiled in Washington on Tuesday will not bring lasting stability to the region

Campaigners say ‘simplification’ masks a deregulation agenda

Former French president risks six months’ jail and €7,500 fine as lawyers accuse him of undermining judiciary