Officials for Airbus, Leonardo and the Thales Group have agreed to establish a new space-focused entity to lead the European Union's space endeavors.

This will be done by capturing the biometric data of visitors — just as other countries, including the US, already do. How will it work, and how could it impact your vacation? Here’s all you need to know.

A system that began on Sunday requires the collection of biometric information from visitors crossing borders. It will eventually replace the stamps in your passport.

EES is the IT system for registering non-EU nationals “travelling for a short stay”, said the EU. The aim is to eventually create a digital system that records when travellers enter and exit, “making border checks faster and helping staff to work more efficiently”.

Starting on Oct. 12, 2025, Croatia will be the first European Union country to implement the Entry/Exit System, or EES, in the European Union, according to TravelOffPath. According to the European Union’s official Entry/Exit System (EES) website, the system will be enacted in all EU countries by April 10, 2026.

Once again the United States is using its economic might to pressure other countries to back down from an effort to limit greenhouse gas pollution.

The European Union's cooperation on migration with the fractured North African nation of Libya is in the spotlight again after human rights lawyers filed the names of some 120 European leaders - including French President Emmanuel Macron and former German Chancellor Angela Merkel - to the International Criminal Court,

Once again the U.S. is using its economic might to pressure other countries to back down from an effort to limit greenhouse gas pollution.

European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to meet Ukraine's "pressing financial needs" for the next two years but stopped short of endorsing a plan to use frozen Russian assets to fund a giant loan to Kyiv due to concerns raised by Belgium.