The Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union started on 1 January and runs until 30 June 2025.
The Council is the EU institution representing member state governments and every six months, the presidency of this institution rotates among them.The presiding country sets the EU agenda, focusing on priorities and pressing issues.

The House of European History has just launched a new digital resource HistoriCall , which explores the early days of European integration through the personal lens of its founders and through a simple set of questions to develop critical thinking skills.
It is available online, for free, in the 24 languages of the EU.

Flow directed by Gints Zilbalodis was announced as the winner of the 2025 LUX Audience Award Prize on Tuesday 29 April, in a ceremony in the European Parliament’s Hemicycle in Brussels. A Latvian, French and Belgian co-production, Flow is an animated film that follows a cat and his unlikely companions as they navigate a world transformed by a devastating flood.