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At yesterday's special meeting of the European Council, EU Leaders reached a breakthrough and agreed on the Commission's proposal to provide Ukraine with regular and predictable financial support between now and 2027.

Today, the Commission reached a new milestone as the amount of in-kind assistance delivered to Ukraine now stands at over 140,000 tonnes, making this the largest ever operation supported by the EU’s Emergency Response Coordination Centre.

The European Commission welcomes the historic agreement of the European Council to for the first ever revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework's ceilings. The Council's agreement confirms all priorities of the Commission's proposal and covers 80% of the requested financing.

The Commission has today proposed to renew the suspension of import duties and quotas on Ukrainian exports to the EU for another year, while reinforcing protection for sensitive EU agricultural products.

Thank you, you very much, Minister Lahbib. Well, what you see today is that the enlargement of the European Union is not just a philosophical project. It is very much a real one; a real one, because if there is progress on the side of a candidate country, there is clear commitment and progress on...

The European Union is one of the largest donors of humanitarian and development aid to Palestinians in Gaza. Humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank will continue unabated through partner organisations.

27 January marks the International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.

We are extremely concerned by allegations of UNRWA staff involvement in the 7th October terrorist attacks in Israel.

Ahead of the International Day of Education on 24 January, the European Commission and the High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell made the following statement: “Education and lifelong learning are essential to achieve a just and sustainable development, and tackle inequalities...

Thank you, Madam Chair, dear Borjana,
Thank you very much for having me in Sarajevo so soon again. It is a pleasure to be here. This time, I am here with Team Europe, with the Prime Minister of Croatia and the Prime Minister of The Netherlands.

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will be in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Tuesday, together with Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte and Prime Minister of Croatia Andrej Plenković. This will be the occasion to meet with the authorities and encourage

Today, Commission and the Government of the Republic of Montenegro will sign an agreement associating Montenegro to the EU4Health programme, which will enable the country's health system to better respond to immediate needs and contribute to long-term recovery.

Madam President, dear Roberta, Madam Minister, Honourable Members, A global year of elections has just begun. It is the hour of democracy, also here in Europe. But the world around us keeps spinning. We have two bloody wars that continue to rage just outside our borders.

The EU has been coordinating regular medical evacuations of Ukrainian patients, be they chronically ill or injured since the beginning of Russia's war on the country. As of today, more than 3,000 Ukrainian patients have been transferred to receive specialised care in hospitals across Europe via the

The EU is mobilising a further 500 power generators from its strategic rescEU reserves to strengthen Ukraine's energy resilience. Continued brutal attacks by Russia have left Ukrainian energy infrastructure fragile. Despite the efforts by local authorities, it is impossible to restore all the

Today the Commission signed High-Level Understandings with Ukraine and Moldova to revise the trans-European transport (TEN-T) network in their territories and improve connections with the EU.

Today, the Commission has paid the final instalment €1.5 billion under the Macro-financial Assistance + package for Ukraine, bringing total support to the maximum level of €18 billion, the largest macro-financial assistance operation in the history of the instrument.

On 19 December 2023, the Steering Committee of the Multi-agency Donor Coordination Platform for Ukraine met for the seventh time to discuss Ukraine’s budget needs for 2024

Today, the Commission has launched three new initiatives boosting the EU research and innovation cooperation with Ukraine: a new Horizon Europe Office in Kyiv; a new European Innovation Council (EIC) action to support the Ukrainian deep tech community; and a new European Institute of Innovation and