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On 2 May 2018, Catherine de Bolle took up her duties as Executive Director of Europol.

In order to ensure the data protection of natural persons in requests for a preliminary ruling, the Court of Justice has decided to replace the names of natural persons involved in the case with initials.

The Court of Justice of the EU published its annual review for the year 2017. The review summarises the Court’s activity from its judicial, institutional, andadministrative standpoints.

From 1 July 2018 to 31 December 2018, Austria is holding the Presidency of the Council of the EU.

In August 2018, FRA published a report providing insight into how national courts approach the provisions relating to Union citizenship and freedom of movement. The report offers an EU-wide, comparative overview of the application of the Free Movement Directive (2004/38/EC) across all EU Member States, based on a review of select case law at the national level.

In September 2018, FRA published a report evaluating the impact of the European Border Surveillance System (Eurosur) Regulation on fundamental rights.

In June 2018, FRA published itsFundamental Rights Report 2018. The report looks at the major developments in the EU between January and December 2017 in 11 chapters. FRA’s opinions are given.

On 20 December 2017, by means of eight Recommendations, the Commission has sought to obtain authorisation from the Council to start negotiations with Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey in order to conclude international agreements concerning the exchange of personal data between …

On 11 April 2018, FRA published its Opinion on the implications of increased levels of interoperability for fundamental rights. It looked at the proposed Regulations on establishing a framework for interoperability between EU information systems (borders and visas) and on establishing a framework for interoperability between EU information systems (police and judicial cooperation, asylum, and migration).

On 1 February 2018, Frontex launched a new operation in the Central Mediterranean to assist Italy in border control activity.The new Operation Themis replaces Operation Triton. Next to search and rescue as crucial components of the operation, Operation Themis features an enhanced law …