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The EU has allocated additional humanitarian aid to support vulnerable refugees and migrants in Bosnia and Herzegovina. While many refugees and migrants are accommodated in EU-funded facilities, it is estimated that over 1,000 people are outside the temporary accommodation facilities...

Today, the EU has allocated an additional €325 million to extend the Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) programme until early 2023. The ESSN provides more than 1.5 million refugees in Turkey with monthly cash transfers to cover their essential needs.

The Council decided today to impose restrictive measures on an additional 17 individuals and 11 entities in view of the situation in Belarus...

The Council adopted today a set of decisions establishing four assistance measures under the European Peace Facility (EPF) in support of Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and the Republic of Mali.

Today, the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakides, and the Turkish Minister of Health, Fahrettin Koca, met virtually for the first meeting of the EU-Turkey High-Level Dialogue on public health.

Today, the European Commission and the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy launch the Global Gateway, the new European Strategy to boost smart, clean and secure links in digital, energy and transport and strengthen health, education and research systems across the world.

The Commission is today putting forward a set of temporary asylum and return measures to assist Latvia, Lithuania and Poland in addressing the emergency situation at the EU's external border with Belarus.

Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, and Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, will take part in the EU – Western Balkans Ministerial Forum on Justice and Home Affairs tomorrow and on Friday in Brdo, Slovenia.

High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell, chaired today the third EU-Southern Neighbourhood Ministerial Meeting in Barcelona

The Sixth Regional Forum of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) gathered Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Euro-Mediterranean region on 29 November 2021 in Barcelona under the Co-Presidency of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the European Union to take stock of progress achieved and to guide

On Monday 29 November, the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President Josep Borrell will co-chair the 6th Regional Forum of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) together with Jordan's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ayman Safadi.

I am just concluding a two-day visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina. I came here as a friend of the country and all its people. I came because I care. I want to see Bosnia and Herzegovina succeed and prosper...

Adina Vălean, Commissioner for Transport, visits Chisinau on 25-26 November, meeting with representatives of the national authorities to discuss strengthened cooperation in the area of transport, in anticipation of the Eastern Partnership Summit on 15 December.

The EU public sector expertise is in higher demand than ever before. This was the key message from the TAIEX & Twinning Institution Building Days on 16-18 November 2021...

Good afternoon! I am happy to be in Bosnia and Herzegovina for a two-day visit, and first of all I would like to extend my congratulations to all for the Statehood Day tomorrow...

Ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25 November, the European Commission and the High Representative/Vice President, Josep Borrell, issued the following statement...

Madam Chair, Honourable Minister, Honourable Members, The Commission has been closely following the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is a concern.

Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi, will be travelling to Bosnia and Herzegovina on 24 and 25 November to pursue political dialogue with the country's leaders as part of the EU's efforts to de-escalate the situation and help relaunch the European agenda

As at any European Council in recent months, our first point of discussion was COVID. And yes, the pandemic is not yet over. Many Member States are facing a further wave, because of the Delta variant...