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Starting next spring, thousands of 18-year-olds will have the opportunity to explore Europe at no cost. The Commission has just opened the applications for the latest round of the DiscoverEU initiative.

Iliana Ivanova, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth met with Ministers from the Western Balkans in Skopje yesterday and today in a series of meetings that highlighted the joint efforts on implementing the Western Balkans Agenda...

Yesterday, the EU coordinated the first medical evacuation operation directly from Gaza, transferring eight patients in urgent need of care to Romania, along with 24 accompanying relatives.

President Biden, President Zelenskyy, Fellow leaders, In a few weeks, the world will mark 1,000 days of Russia's full-scale invasion. So many innocent people have been killed. So many cities have been razed to the ground. So many families have been torn apart.

The situation between Lebanon and Israel since October 8th, 2023 is intolerable and presents an unacceptable risk of a broader regional escalation.

Today, the European Commission opened the 2024 Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) - Transport call for proposals, making available €2.5 billion for projects to modernise the transport infrastructure on the EU’s trans-European transport network (TEN-T), as well as in Ukraine and Moldova.

Tomorrow, Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal, Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight Maroš Šefčovič, Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders and Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi, will attend the meeting of the General Affairs Council in Brussels

The European Commission today took a decisive step in reinforcing support for Ukraine by proposing a comprehensive financial assistance package, consisting of a Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism of up to €45 billion, and an exceptional Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) loan of up to €35 billion.

What has the Commission proposed today? Following the European Council meeting of 27 June 2024, the European Commission has proposed to establish a Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism which will support G7 partners and the Union in issuing loans of up to €45 billion to Ukraine.

Thank you very much Mister President, dear Volodymir, Thank you for welcoming me again in Kyiv. This is now the eighth time that I have been here since the brutal invasion of Russia in Ukraine and this visit comes at a crucial time.

Good morning everyone, And a very warm welcome to you, Fatih Birol. Let me thank you and the International Energy Agency for the excellent cooperation we have developed over the years. In recent and mostly difficult times, we have always been able to rely on each other.

President von der Leyen delivered the following statement earlier today in a press conference with Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, on support for Ukraine's energy security in the coming winter

Today, I have met with the Conference of Presidents of the political groups in the European Parliament. In this meeting I have presented to the Parliament the planned structure of the new college, based on my political guidelines, on which we worked together; intensive weeks of negotiations with the

On the International Day to Protect Education from Attack, the EU recalls that attacks on education deprive children of their fundamental right to learn, impact their immediate and long-term development and deprive them from a better and more peaceful future.

Today, a first batch of 1 million computer and arts textbooks printed in the EU for Ukrainian schoolchildren will be delivered to Ukrainian authorities. These newly printed books, in Ukrainian, will bring the total number of textbooks for Ukraine since the start of the war to 1.5 million.

Today, in Yerevan, the European Commission and the Republic of Armenia announced the start of a visa liberalisation dialogue. This process aims to support Armenia in achieving a visa-free regime for short-stays with the EU...

With relentless attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, the Commission is boosting its humanitarian funding to vulnerable Ukrainians with an additional €40 million ahead of the approaching winter.

Europe will always be at Ukraine's side, because Ukraine is Europe.

When disasters strike, crises erupt and conflicts arise, humanitarians are among the first ones on the spot delivering emergency assistance to those affected. This selfless calling to bring relief – but also hope – to the most vulnerable must be honoured and protected.