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• [New] By 2027, all EU member states are expected to have operational U-Space services in designated airspace. UAVMODEL Insights
• The EU plans to fine Google a massive antitrust penalty for allegedly favoring its own services in search results. MIT Technology Review
• The EU has set a legally binding target to reduce food waste by 30% per capita across retail, catering, food services, and households by the end of 2030 [European Parliament, 2025]. The Sustainable Agency
• The next phase, through PSD3 and the wider EU open finance agenda, could give Danish fintech firms more room to build services around data, identity, embedded finance and personalised financial management. The Fintech Times
• Vital emergency services, military operations, and British businesses will be better protected through a new software system designed to shield UK satellites and the services they provide from orbital threats. Open Access Government
• Earlier in 2026, the European Commission awarded four contracts to Europe-based tech firms designed to advance cloud sovereignty in the EU, while spending on sovereign cloud infrastructure services is forecast to more than triple from 2025 to 2027. theregister
• Apple says draft measures proposed by the EU - which would force Google to give competing AI services more access to Android - would create profound risks for user privacy, security, device integrity, and performance. The Verge
• Most recently, Trump has warned the U.K. that it could face steep tariffs unless London drops its digital services tax on U.S. tech giants that derive value from British users, including Google, Meta, and Apple. TechCrunch
• Surprisingly, 71% of British adults expect loyalty programs to promote sustainable causes, with 66% of global consumers willing to pay extra for sustainable goods and services. Netguru
• British police and security services have warned for a number of years of Iran hiring proxies to carry out attacks on its behalf. Economic Times
• The national response to a crisis will always prioritise the delivery of plans for the protection of life, continuity of activity, the restoration of disrupted services and, where required, the protection of UK interests overseas and support to British nationals. GOV.UK
• Romania ranks near the bottom of the EU in terms of GDP per capita, and many citizens struggle with access to high-quality healthcare, infrastructure, and social services, prompting especially younger individuals to seek opportunities abroad. Journal of Futures Studies
• Citizens in Slovenia and the EU will benefit from the accelerated implementation of people-friendly technologies, more accessible services, greater social justice, and a better environment. Industry 5.0 Institute
• Given that the US has comparable legislation with extraterritorial effects, the EU must begin to assess the security risk stemming from exposure to US companies, especially in areas such as cloud services, digital platforms, or data infrastructures. CEBRI Revista
• The future headquarters of Great British Railways will be based in Derby, and in the meantime, the nationalised train companies are forming joint working groups with their Network Rail regions to form single points of accountability for services on track and train. IanVisits
• Exchanges between EU and NATO intelligence services, and the Hybrid Centre of Excellence - recently affected by the US withdrawal from participation - have helped EU and NATO countries develop shared situational awareness on hybrid threats. European Union Institute for Security Studies

Last updated: 19 June 2026