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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
On Sunday, Serbia held early parliamentary elections.
We take note of the preliminary findings and conclusions of the international observers from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on Serbia's 17 December early parliamentary elections.
The Commission welcomes the Council's adoption of a 12th package of sanctions against Russia. The focus of this package is to impose additional import and export bans on Russia, combat sanctions circumvention and close loopholes.
The European Commission has decided last week to make available over €65 million from the Asylum Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) to support Bulgaria, Czechia, Poland, and Romania in hosting people fleeing the Russian aggression against Ukraine.
Today, on the occasion of International Migrants' Day, the Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) released a new edition of the Atlas of Migration, an online tool providing the latest harmonised and validated data on migration for the 27 EU Member States and for 171 countries
I would like to start with a big thank you to you Prime Minister, dear Pedro, and I would like to thank the Spanish team that has been working so tirelessly on this excellent Spanish Presidency over the last six months.
The European Investment Bank has today signed a €41.2 million loan with Moldova, destined to improve internal transport connections as well as to provide long-term economic benefits to the wider region. This loan will be complemented by an EU grant of €12 million.
We had a very good discussion at this Summit. This Summit takes place around a month after the Commission's report on enlargement. We also discussed the state of play with this enlargement report as a backdrop.
Support for a range of actions taken in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine remains very high. Almost nine in ten (89%) agree with providing humanitarian support to the people affected by the war, and more than eight in ten (84%) agree with welcoming into the EU people fleeing the war.
Today, the European Commission announced a new €680 million investment package to support five flagship investments in rail transport and renewable energy in the Western Balkans.
On 12 December, the European Commission and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) signed a new project in support of Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Georgia. This new project, implemented by the EUIPO, aims at supporting economic development in the three partner countries by
On Human Rights Day, the European Union joins the world in celebrating the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
On 24 November and 7 December, the last screening meetings were held respectively with Albania and North Macedonia. 167 meetings took place for a duration of about one year, with the involvement of more than 1000 experts of the European Commission and more than 2000 experts...
The European Commission is launching today a project backed by €4 million from the EU4Health programme, to help improve access to healthcare for Ukrainian refugees and displaced persons benefitting from temporary protection…
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a MAD 130 million loan to Morocco’s Guelmim-Oued Noun Region to improve drinking water supply in rural areas and upgrade four existing Waste Water Treatment Plants (WWTPs).
The European Commission, represented by the Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood, Olivér Várhelyi, and the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, represented by Chairwoman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina…
Today, at the occasion of the COP28 Meeting in Dubai, the EU and EBRD stated their commitment to accelerate green investments in the Southern Mediterranean, Türkiye, the Eastern Partnership and the Western Balkans with the signing of statements of intent for two guarantee schemes to be funded...
Today, the European Commission and the High Representative adopted a Joint Communication on the state of play of EU-Türkiye political, economic and trade relations, following up to the task set out by the European Council of 29-30 June 2023.