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The European Commission adopted rural development programmes (IPARD) under the instrument for pre-accession assistance for Albania (€112 million), North Macedonia (€97 million), Serbia (€288 million) and Turkey (€430 million).

On the 24th of March, Stella Kyriakides, Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, will be in Prague, Czechia, primarily as part of the Commission's commitment to support Ukrainian refugees in the area of health, but also to discuss with the incoming Czech Presidency of the Council...

To support Member States welcoming and accommodating refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine, the Commission has today proposed to increase by €3.4 billion the total pre-financing from the Recovery Assistance for Cohesion and the Territories of Europe (REACT-EU).

Today, the Commission launched the ‘European Research Area for Ukraine' (ERA4Ukraine) portal, a one-stop-shop for information and support services to Ukraine-based researchers and researchers fleeing Ukraine.

The European Commission, the EU national competition authorities as well as the EFTA Surveillance Authority (‘European Competition Network' or ‘ECN') have published today a joint statement on the application of competition law in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The Commission has launched a special call under the Technical Support Instrument (TSI) to support Member States welcoming refugees from Ukraine following Russia's invasion of the country and the phasing out of their reliance on fossil fuels from Russia.

Since the start of the Russian military invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, more than 3 million people have fled the country, with UN estimates suggesting that more than half of them are children.

Today, the European Commission disbursed a further €289 million in emergency Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) to Ukraine and adopted a €120 million grant for Ukraine as budget support in the form of a State and Resilience Building Contract to support the Ukrainian Government…

On Monday, Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, will be in Estonia. She will meet with Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and Minister of Interior Kristian Jaani in Narva, eastern Estonia on Monday afternoon.

Today, Valdis Dombrovkis, Executive Vice-President for an economy that works for people, is in Riga, Latvia, to discuss the war in Ukraine, the economic recovery, and the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF).

The European Commission's ‘Freeze and Seize' Task Force, set up to ensure EU-level coordination to implement sanctions against listed Russian and Belarussian oligarchs, has now stepped up its action at international level.

Vice-President for Promoting our European Way of Life, Margaritis Schinas, is in Athens today where he will participate in the inauguration of the new headquarters of ENISA, the European Union Agency dedicated to achieving a high common level of cybersecurity across the EU

Today, the European Union signed a legally binding agreement with the Republic of Moldova on border management cooperation between Moldovan border guards and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex).

Tomorrow, 17 March, Stella Kyriakides, Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, will be in Athens, Greece, where she will meet with the Minister of Health, Thanos Plevris.

Today, the electricity grids of Ukraine and Moldova have been successfully synchronised with the Continental European Grid. This will help Ukraine to keep their electricity system stable, homes warm and lights on during these dark times.

The European Commission welcomes today's agreement by the Council to adopt a fourth package of restrictive measures against Russia in response to its brutal aggression against Ukraine and its people.

On March 13, the EU coordinated the first MEDEVAC operation by transferring chronically ill paediatric patients from Poland to Italy. The operation was financially and operationally supported by the EU Civil Protection Mechanism

On the 11th of March, a special meeting of the Industrial Forum took place to discuss the impact of the evolving war in Ukraine on European industries and the EU economy. The Forum consists of industry experts from various fields in the private, non-profit and public sectors...

High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell, is in North Macedonia today before travelling to Albania tomorrow and to Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday.