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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…

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).

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.

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.

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 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...

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

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.

Merci Charles, Merci Emmanuel, Merci de nous recevoir ici, dans un lieu tellement chargé d'histoire. Car c'est bien l'avenir de l'Ukraine et l'histoire à venir de l'Union européenne et de nos démocraties qui s'écrit en ce moment.

The European Commission disbursed today €300 million in emergency Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) to Ukraine. The disbursement of funds has been fast-tracked to help enhance Ukraine's macroeconomic stability in the context of Russia's unprovoked and unjustified invasion.

Russia's ruthless invasion of Ukraine continues. Civilians are relentlessly attacked, including in schools, apartment buildings, and hospitals. And despite repeated offers by the Ukrainian side, Russia has not shown any willingness to seriously engage so far in negotiations for a diplomatic solution

The bombardment of the children's and maternity hospital in Mariupol yesterday is the latest in a series of atrocities and crimes committed against children.

The Commission recommended to the Council to open negotiations for a status agreement between Frontex and the Republic of Moldova. The status agreement will allow Frontex to support Moldovan border guards to effectively manage the current situation at the border with Ukraine.

L'UE continue de coordonner les livraisons d'aide d'urgence à l'Ukraine et aux pays voisins. Le commissaire chargé de la gestion des crises, Janez Lenarčič, est actuellement en Roumanie pour rencontrer les autorités et coordonner l'aide de l'UE aux personnes arrivant d'Ukraine.