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The report published today shows that nearly 72,000 companies in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine received assistance from EU4Business and managed to create over 50,000 new jobs.

Dear Chair, Honourable Members of the Parliament, it is with great pleasure that I speak to you at this Plenary debate.

Tomorrow, Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson will host, in cooperation with High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell, Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi and the Slovenian Presidency of the Council, a videoconference meeting of EU and Western Balkans

On 6 and 7 September, Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi will travel to Turkey to discuss the state of play of the EU-Turkey relations.

Vice-President for Democracy and Demography, Dubravka Šuica, and Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi, are in Slovenia today to participate in the Bled Strategic Forum.

Executive Vice-President and Commissioner for Trade, Valdis Dombrovskis, represented the European Commission this week in Ukraine, on the occasion of its 30th anniversary of independence and the International Crimea Platform Summit...

The Commission adopted today three equivalence decisions for North Macedonia, Turkey and Ukraine. This means that the countries will be connected to the EU's system and that COVID certificates...

This afternoon, High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell and Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, will participate in an extraordinary meeting of Interior Ministers...

Ahead of the World Humanitarian Day 2021, we honour all humanitarian workers who are saving lives and helping the most vulnerable in crises worldwide...

As part of the European Union's efforts to support vaccination in partner countries, the Commission today increased from €40 million to €75 million its assistance package to deploy safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines...

On 9 August 2020, the people of Belarus saw their hopes to elect a legitimate leader of the country brutally dashed.

The European Union (EU) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) are promoting the expansion of the sustainable car market in Ukraine with a loan-and-guarantee package to Winner...

Today, the Commission is presenting its 4th report on the monitoring of the EU visa-free regime with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia, as well as Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.

Aujourd'hui, 4 août, le haut représentant/vice-président Josep Borrell participera, au nom de la présidente de la Commission européenne Ursula von der Leyen, et aux côtés du président du Conseil européen, Charles Michel...

On 4 August 2020, a devastating explosion at the Beirut port caused more than 200 deaths, thousands of wounded and widespread damage to homes and businesses. The European Union swiftly provided substantial assistance to address the immediate needs...

As forest fires continue affecting various regions in the Mediterranean and the Western Balkans, the European Commission is swiftly mobilising support to assist countries in limiting the spread of the fires and protect lives and livelihoods.

The Commission is allocating €5.5 million in humanitarian funding to help strengthen the COVID-19 response in Lebanon. The funding comes as Lebanon faces high infection rates, with the national health system close to collapse...

What is the Commission presenting today?
Today, the Commission is reporting on the results of its monitoring of the EU visa-free regime...

On 1 August, Turkey, ravaged by unprecedented forest fires, activated the EU Civil Protection Mechansim...