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The Trans-Caspian Corridor, a route of railways and ports linking Europe, Türkiye, the rest of the Black Sea, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Central Asia is becoming an alternative trade route connecting both continents. Since 2022, trade on the route has quadrupled and with the right investments...

Minister Hakan Fidan and Commissioner Marta Kos met in Ankara on 6 February 2026, reaffirming Türkiye’s candidate status and acknowledging the strategic value of Türkiye-EU relations in promoting regional stability and economic resilience in a rapidly shifting geopolitical landscape.

On 6 and 7 February, Commissioner for Enlargement, Marta Kos, will visit Ankara to discuss EU-Türkiye cooperation on regional stability and connectivity, as well as trade and investment, in a shifting geopolitical landscape.

Today, the European Commission and KfW, the German development bank, announced the signature of a guarantee agreement worth up to €135 million to expand access to finance through alternative channels for Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs) in the Western Balkans, Eastern Neighbourhood

The European Commission, together with the European Investment Bank, has today provided an additional €50 million to Ukraine's state-owned energy company, Naftogaz.

Today, the European Union and Azerbaijan agreed to strengthen their partnership under the EU’s Global Gateway initiative and the recently launched Cross-Regional Connectivity Agenda.

The European Commission has announced a €171 million of support to boost infrastructure development and private sector growth across Western Balkans partners. The new support package includes an investment contribution package from different EU funding sources: contributions from the Instrument...

Today, the 25th meeting of the Accession Conference with Montenegro provisionally closed accession negotiations on chapter 32 (financial control).

“Tomorrow, we mark the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. We remember and pay tribute to the six million Jewish women, men and children murdered in the Holocaust, as well as all the other innocent victims of the Nazi regime.

The European Union and the Council of Europe have signed an agreement on the financing of an advance team to establish the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine, within the framework of the Council of Europe.

Today, the European Commission adopted a set of legislative proposals to secure continuous financial support to Ukraine in 2026 and 2027. This marks a significant milestone in the EU's strong support for the country's defence against Russia's war of aggression.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Investment Fund (EIF) – together the EIB Group – have signed new EU-backed guarantee agreements with PrivatBank and Ukreximbank to expand access to finance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Ukraine.

Today, the European Commission and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) signed a new guarantee agreement worth up to €76.75 million to accelerate the development of greener and fairer global value chains.

On Sunday 28 December, the people of Kosovo exercised their democratic right by casting their vote in the early parliamentary elections.

The European Commission has disbursed €2.3 billion to Ukraine to support the country's finances and public administration, as it continues to fight Russia's invasion.

Good evening. We all share one clear goal. A just and lasting peace for Ukraine. So we gathered with a clear objective: To address Ukraine's pressing financing needs for the next two years. And I am very pleased to say: we made it.

The European Investment Bank (EIB), the bank of the European Union, has disbursed more than €74 million to support investments across Ukraine that help maintain essential services during the war.

This morning, Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos witnessed the signature of three bilateral operational agreements strengthening custom cooperation between the customs administrations of Albania, Moldova, and North Macedonia with Greece, Bulgaria and Italy.

Today's Western Balkans Summit comes at a pivotal moment. Russia continues to rage its war of aggression on our continent, while our Union has been a peace project from its foundation. Peace is what unites our Member States and drives every stage of our integration. In these times of geopolitical...