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As of 1 January 2023, Sweden assumed the Presidency of the Council of the EU. Priorities in the area of Justice and Home Affairs is being given to combating organised crime, terrorism, and violent extremism as well as to the review of the EU’s migration and asylum system.

At the end of December 2022, the Czech Republic took stock of the results of its Presidency of the Council of the EU.

Published on 10 November 2022, the second edition of the TechSonar report delves into five technologies worth monitoring in 2023: central bank digital currency; metaverse; synthetic data; federated learning; and fake news detection systems. The report provides not only a summary of each technology, its positive aspects, and how this technology is used, but also data protection challenges by the technologies.

On 18 November 2022, Frontex published its Annual Implementation Report for the year 2021. The report provides dashboards, statistics, numbers, and figures on the agency’s work with regard to the pool of forced-return monitors, the contribution of statutory staff to the standing corps, Member States' …

The annual EU-Western Balkans Ministerial Forum on Justice and Home Affairs took place in Tirana from 3-4 November 2022. The meeting was attended by the Ministers of Home Affairs and Justice of the Czech Republic (which held the Presidency of the Council of the EU …

On 13 December 2022, Eurojust published a report on national legislation and court practice with regard to the counterfeiting of goods. It addresses the minimum requirements set out in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) and other international and EU …

On 18 November 2022, Europol published the public version of a new set of Guidelines for First Responders in Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Cases. The guidelines are targeted at persons that, in their professional capacity, are among the first to be informed about a …

On 18 November 2022, the Council authorised the opening of negotiations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Serbia to broaden agreements on Frontex cooperation.

Frontex, together with the French Ministry of the Interior, is currently testing a website for the impact of self-registration on overall processing times and the potential of a self-serviced mobile application to further improve border control. Test participants are non-EU citizens coming to the EU …

On 29 November 2022, representatives of the nine EU Agencies active in the field of freedom, security and justice convened to take stock of the main achievements in 2022, especially with regard to the ongoing efforts to support EU Member States and institutions in responding to Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine.