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Following a request by the Republic of Moldova, the European Commission has adopted today a proposal for a new Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) operation of up to €150 million, out of which up to €30 million would be provided in grants and up to €120 million in medium-term loans

Since 1 January 2022, three cities in Europe hold the title of European Capital of Culture for one year: Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg), Kaunas (Lithuania), and Novi Sad (Serbia)...

The European Commission adopted two financing decisions, amounting to €560 million, to support inclusive quality education for refugees in Turkey and access to higher education as well as for migration and border protection...

Today, the High Representative and the European Commission put forward the European Union's new policy to support disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration of former combatants (DDR), as part of the EU's wider contribution to peacebuilding.

The Commission has allocated €21.5 million in additional humanitarian funding to the Horn of Africa to help the region fight off what is rapidly becoming its worst drought in decades, already affecting millions of people.

Yesterday, at the 6th Eastern Partnership Summit in Brussels, the European Union and EU Eastern Partner countries reaffirmed their strong partnership, unity and solidarity...

A new tool to support trade and investment between the EU and Eastern Partnership countries launched on 15 September. The Eastern Partnership Trade Helpdesk will help open new market opportunities for importers and exporters in the EU and the Eastern Partnership countries.

Today, President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and President of the European Council, Charles Michel, will meet in Brussels with the leaders of EU Member States and Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, and Ukraine for the sixth Eastern Partnership Summit...

Four EU-supported strategic investments for projects benefitting citizens in Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, and Ukraine were signed and acknowledged in the margins of the Eastern Partnership Summit that took place on 15 December.

I am very happy to welcome President Maia Sandu. We have had intensive discussions in recent weeks, in particular about the gas supply crisis that Moldova is facing. I have announced an emergency package, to step up our support to Moldova.

On December 15th, in the margins of the Eastern Partnership Summit, Commissioner for Neighbourhhood and Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi and Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Moldova Nicu Popescu signed a €60 million grant Financing...

The heads of state or government of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine, the representatives of the European Union and the heads of state or government of its member states met in Brussels on 15 December 2021.

The thirteenth meeting of the Accession Conference with Serbia at Ministerial level was held today in Brussels. This is the second Intergovernmental Conference since the Council approved the revised enlargement methodology

The European Commission will mobilise an additional €30 million to further strengthen its support to the people of Belarus. This new funding will complement and expand the already existing EU support for youth, independent media, small and medium-sized enterprises in exile, and culture...

The European Commission has today signed an agreement worth €35 million with the BGK, Polish Development Bank, to set up an innovative arrangement to support EU Member States in the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to the Eastern Partnership countries.

Dear Madam President Daszyńska-Muzyczka, Minister Rau, thank very much for joining us today, here in the Berlaymont. I think that we have some very good news - we are launching an initiative that we have been working on together

The fourteenth meeting of the Accession Conference with Montenegro at Ministerial level was held today in Brussels...

I am very pleased that we held today already the second political Intergovernmental Conference with Montenegro under the revised methodology...

The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached yesterday evening by the European Parliament and the Council to make 2022 the European Year of Youth.