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Today, the Commission has disbursed almost €1.9 billion of pre-financing to Ukraine under the Ukraine Facility. This brings to €7.9 billion the total EU support already transferred to Ukraine since it became operational in March.

On 26 and 27 June, DG CONNECT and DG NEAR are hosting representatives from all EU candidate countries to advise on the implementation of the Digital Services Act.

The European Commission and Belgium are organising a new aid shipment from Brussels to Gaza via Jordan, in coordination with the City of Brussels and the Belgian Ministry of Defence. The aid consists of 240 tonnes of supplies collected by the Brussels-based charity organisation Human Smile...

Yesterday, a new EU-funded mobile cargo scanner was delivered to the Hungarian-Ukrainian border crossing point in Chop to improve the flow of trade. Valued at approximately €2.5 million, the donation is part of the EU-Ukraine Solidarity Lanes.

The sixteenth meeting of the Accession Conference with Montenegro at Ministerial level was held today in Brussels. The European Union delegation was led by Ms Hadja Lahbib, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Affairs, on behalf of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union...

The EU today held the first Intergovernmental Conference at ministerial level to open accession negotiations with the Republic of Moldova.
This follows a decision by the European Council on 14-15 December 2023 to open accession negotiations with Moldova, and the approval by the Council...

It is very good news that today the European Union opens accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova. We stand at the threshold of a significant and transformative moment for these two countries and for our Union. And we celebrate the values and principles that bind us together.

Today, the European Union and Serbia signed an agreement on operational cooperation in border management with the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex). The Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, together with the Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior...

The EU today held the first Intergovernmental Conference at ministerial level to open accession negotiations with Ukraine. This follows the decision by the European Council on 14-15 December 2023 to open accession negotiations with Ukraine...

The Commission welcomes the Council's adoption of a 14th package of sanctions against Russia. The new package responds to the needs and findings on the ground, and tackles enforcement issues.

"The crisis in Gaza has reached another breaking point. The delivery of any meaningful humanitarian assistance inside Gaza has become almost impossible and the very fabric of civil society is unravelling. Starving civilians are resorting to desperate measures to access the limited aid that trickles

“Today, a record more than 120 million people are forcibly displaced around the world. On World Refugee Day, we reaffirm the EU's unwavering commitment to be a leading global donor to support refugees worldwide.

The EU and Ukraine decided today to prolong and update their current road transport Agreement. The Agreement aims at helping Ukraine access world markets by facilitating transit through EU countries and further developing its links with the EU market. First signed on 29 June 2022 following Russia's

The European Union and Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau(KfW) have signed a Guarantee Agreement enabling the financing of additional renewable energy generation capacities and further network development.

Liebe Frau Präsidentin Amherd, liebe Viola, Dear President Zelensky, dear Volodymyr, Thank you for organising this important conference. It is testament to the skills of the Swiss diplomacy that you were able to bring together some 100 countries and international organisations at the highest level

President Amherd, President Zelenskyy, dear Volodymyr, Vice-President Harris, Presidents and Prime Ministers, Ministers, Excellencies, We have all come to Switzerland from different places, with different histories. We may not always see the world in the same way.

The Commission has published a new call to support projects benefitting around 50 displaced doctoral and postdoctoral researchers from Ukraine through the MSCA4Ukraine initiative, with an extra €10 million in funding under Horizon Europe. The call will open on 5 August and close on 5 September 2024.

It has been almost 900 days since Russia's full-scale invasion began. But the stakes are just as clear as on day one. We know what the two sides in this conflict stand for. Russia fights to end Ukraine.

Today, the Commission has proposed to extend the temporary protection for people fleeing Russia's aggression against Ukraine for another year, from 5 March 2025 to 4 March 2026. Given continued Russian attacks on the civil and critical infrastructure across Ukraine, safe and durable conditions...