The quietest cities aren't created by chance.

They're designed that way.

Beyond its long-term sustainability commitment, Zaragoza is tackling one of Europe's most overlooked environmental challenges: noise pollution.

Instead of reacting to noise issues after they happen, the newly designated 2028 European Green Capital is building quieter neighbourhoods and green buffers right from the start.

Discover how 🌿 https://link.europa.eu/BVvBnN

Under EU digital law, Booking.com must properly assess and address risks linked to fraudulent listings and phishing scams.

It must also clearly label listings that have paid for a higher position in search results.

Booking a holiday should be exciting, not risky. Europeans deserve to book with confidence, knowing platforms are taking their safety seriously. We’ll make sure they live up to their responsibilities.

🔗 More: https://link.europa.eu/md8rtp

The Arctic is Europe's northern neighbourhood.

Today, we present our new Strategy for the Arctic to strengthen cooperation on:

🛡️ Security
🌍 Climate
🌱 Prosperity
🤝 Local communities

For a safer, more resilient Arctic.

This week, we join the UN Biodiversity Conference in Yerevan 🇦🇲.

We’ll work with all countries to turn the 2022 global nature framework into action.

What we’ll push for:

🌍 Faster implementation, with honest reporting on where we stand
💶 Mobilising finance – as the EU is on track to double our international biodiversity funding to €7 billion
🤝 A real voice for local communities and Indigenous Peoples

More: https://link.europa.eu/kYhGkc

Today, Andorra and San Marino are signing their Association Agreements with the EU.

The deal will create new economic opportunities for businesses and citizens, facilitate trade, cross-border activities, and support investment, while respecting the specific characteristics of both partners.

Cooperation will expand across research, education, environment, consumer protection, and culture.

📰 https://link.europa.eu/M9YXTq

How can you know a product is sustainable? Look for the EU Ecolabel!

From detergents & textiles to furniture & hotel stays, it helps you find products and services that do a great job while meeting solid environmental criteria.

And more Europeans are catching on! According to a recent EU survey:

🌱 81% trust that EU Ecolabel products have a lower environmental impact than similar products

🌼 Nearly 1 in 2 Europeans recognise the logo and buy products carrying it

https://link.europa.eu/wfmgcY

Women shouldn't have to anticipate violence.

This month marks three years since the EU joined the Istanbul Convention, a landmark treaty recognising gender-based violence against women as a violation of human rights.

It sets out concrete measures to prevent it, to protect victims, and hold perpetrators accountable.

Our goal is clear: a world where women can live free from fear. 🧡

🔗 Learn more about the Istanbul Convention: https://www.coe.int/en/web/istanbul-convention/key-facts

It all starts with great science, and great science needs great tools.

Today, we launched RAISE.

We are inviting companies and philanthropic organisations to share AI tools, computing power and data with researchers across the EU.

When our scientists move faster, we all benefit.

Europe doesn’t wait for the future. We build it.

More: https://link.europa.eu/K6Hkh4

Last year, 266 million people were pushed to the brink of acute hunger.

🌾 The EU puts roughly a third of its humanitarian budget into fighting it.
🌾 We work with local partners in the places that need it most, from Gaza to Afghanistan.
🌾 In 2025, that meant over €622 million in life-saving food aid.

Our work continues.

Space technology belongs to everyone, and so should the safety it can bring.

Our new Compass on Space and Disaster Risk Management turns data into information people can act on to protect us all.

Shared data, shared knowledge, shared resilience. Disasters cross borders, so does our response.

More 👉 https://link.europa.eu/WDvX66

Decent work should not depend on your sector or where you live.

Our 2026 Employment and Social Outlook finds that job quality in the EU has improved over the past decade, with progress on pay, security and working time. It also finds that gaps remain across EU countries, sectors and occupations.

We will present a Quality Jobs Act later this year.

More: https://link.europa.eu/G3rdrr

It feels far away. Until it isn’t.

In 2025, more than 44,800 organ transplants were carried out across Europe:
🔹 61% kidney
🔹 25% liver
🔹 7% heart
🔹 5% lung

With greater awareness and more people choosing to donate, more people could celebrate another birthday, make new plans, and spend more time with their loved ones.

💬 Know your wishes, talk about them and find out how donation works in your country: https://www.edqm.eu/en/edd-organ-donation-institutions