A meeting today between MEPs, the European Commission and the rotating Belgian EU Presidency could pave the way for a deal on the creation of the three new European Supervisory Authorities (ESA) and the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB), the FT reports. Die Presse claims that a final agreement is as good sealed.

A recent European Commission report pinpoints a number of weaknesses in one of the European regional funding programmes and calls for priorities to be more specific in future. EurActiv France reports.

The European Commission's communication strategy is undergoing structural change in a re-branding centred on President José Manuel Barroso, increased centralisation of public communications, a new organisational chart and a key reshuffle of top officials, a person close to the matter told EurActiv.

The EU's climate chief yesterday (25 August) said the European Commission was preparing measures to limit the use of carbon credits from industrial gas projects in its cap-and-trade system after 2012.

The Telegraph reports that the EU’s budget could rise by more than £8.8 billion to £125 billion in 2013 – a 7.6 percent rise on this year’s spending levels, if European Commission’s proposals are approved. The increase will mean that the British contribution to the EU rises to £10.

After fears of a "mackerel war" were rekindled on Tuesday (24 August), a timely discovery by EU researchers could ease future fisheries spats as a natural method for extracting mass quantities of bluefin tuna eggs has been found, the European Commission announced yesterday (25 August).

The EU executive has yet to appoint a chief scientific advisor, almost one year after European Commission President José Manuel Barroso announced plans to recruit a top scientist to offer advice on controversial issues including climate change and genetically-modified food.

Grassroots socialists across Europe are pushing for primaries to be held ahead of European elections, by means of blogging and web campaigns, with the ultimate goal of identifying a leftist leader capable of becoming the next European Commission president, EurActiv has learned.

Prime minister urges European Commission to ensure EU aid to Romania is used to integrate its 1.7m Roma minority

The European Commission's in-house research facility, the Joint Research Centre (JRC), has developed new product lifecycle indicators to assess the progress of the EU-27 towards achieving a greener economy.