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The very reason why our Union was created is to put an end to all European wars. So it is particularly painful for me to address you today, as we face the largest build-up of troops on European soil since the darkest days of the Cold War.

Allow me to talk a little bit about which has been the role of European diplomacy in these events. It has been said that Europe was missing in action. We have heard that the Europeans were missing in action and that things were happening without our presence and without our participation...

En marge du 6ème Sommet Union européenne-Union africaine des 17-18 février, la première Semaine Afrique-Europe a été inaugurée aujourd'hui en même temps que le 7ème Forum des affaires UE-Afrique (EABF).

9 February marks 18 months since the falsified elections of August 2020. One year and a half on, the Lukashenko regime in Belarus continues wide-spread human rights violations and its brutal repression against all segments of the Belarusian society...

Commissioners for Energy, Kadri Simson, and Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi, will be in Baku, Azerbaijan, to attend the 8th Ministerial Meeting of the Southern Gas Corridor Advisory Council tomorrow.

The European Commission has tabled a proposal for a new emergency macro-financial assistance (MFA) programme for Ukraine of up to €1.2 billion. This proposal follows an earlier request from the Ukrainian authorities and direct discussions between Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Ukraine

Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis will be in Kyiv, Ukraine, on 31 January and 1 February. Today, the Executive Vice-President will be meeting Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and other government representatives, with a press point at 15:15 CET...

Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi, is currently in Kyiv on a two-day mission to reaffirm the EU's strong support to Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity and its socio-economic resilience with a new financial assistance package...

Tomorrow, 27 January, marks the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. To remember the millions of of Jewish women, men and children as well as all other victims murdered by the Nazi regime, the Commission, for the first time, will illuminate its headquarter

Thank you very much, good afternoon dear Deputy Prime Minister, dear Olga [Stefanishyna]! I am very pleased to be in Kyiv today. Earlier, I already had the opportunity to met President Zelenskyy, Prime Minister Shmyhal and Speaker Stefanchuk...

Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi, will be in Kyiv on 26-27 January. The visit signals the EU's continued commitment to Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity and in support of Ukraine's socio-economic resilience, as announced by President von der Leyen.

Ahead of the International Day of Education on 24 January, the European Commission and High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell made the following statement

Another day, another lie about Ukraine and the current tensions at the Russian-Ukrainian borders. From its illegal annexation of the Crimean peninsula in 2014 and its ongoing military aggression against Ukraine, Russia has waged a sustained and coordinated state-controlled disinformation campaign

Last Friday, I spoke with President Zelenskyy to assess the situation in Ukraine created by Russia's aggressive actions. We discussed how the EU could continue to support Ukraine, both in the immediate and medium term.

This evening, President von der Leyen took part in a substantive discussion with US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Polish President Andrzej Duda, Prime Minister Boris Johnson...

The winners of the Music Moves Europe Awards were revealed last night during the livestreamed Music Meets Europe Awards ceremony, organised during the ESNS festival in Groningen, The Netherlands. An international jury of music industry experts selected the winners from a short list of 15 nominees...

The Commission completed the payments of the EU Solidarity Fund (EUSF) assistance to tackle the coronavirus health emergency to 19 countries for a total amount of almost €385.5 million. This comes in addition to €132.7 million paid in 2020 to the Member States that requested an EUSF advance payment.

Humanitarian crises around the world continue to rise. While conflicts and violence are the source of major humanitarian needs, the situation is increasingly being worsened by natural disasters, such as drought or floods, fueled by climate change and environmental degradation.

Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, will be in Berlin tomorrow, where she will meet Nancy Faeser, Interior and Community Minister, Wolfgang Schmidt, Head of the Federal Chancellery and Minister for Special Tasks, and Anna Lührmann, Minister of State for Europe and Climate.