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Mister President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It has been only 100 days since we opened a new era of friendship between Egypt and the European Union. And today, we are already reaping the fruits. President El-Sisi, thank you so much for your splendid hospitality. Last March, you welcomed me

The European Commission welcomes the Council's adoption of a new set of sanctions against Belarus, in view of its involvement in Russia's illegal war of aggression against Ukraine. The close integration of the Russian and Belarusian economies has substantially facilitated the circumvention of...

Today, the Commission has disbursed almost €1.9 billion of pre-financing to Ukraine under the Ukraine Facility. This brings to €7.9 billion the total EU support already transferred to Ukraine since it became operational in March.

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen travels to Cairo to participate in the EU-Egypt Investment Conference, where she will deliver the opening speech together with President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, H.E. Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, on 29th June.

On 26 and 27 June, DG CONNECT and DG NEAR are hosting representatives from all EU candidate countries to advise on the implementation of the Digital Services Act.

The European Commission and Belgium are organising a new aid shipment from Brussels to Gaza via Jordan, in coordination with the City of Brussels and the Belgian Ministry of Defence. The aid consists of 240 tonnes of supplies collected by the Brussels-based charity organisation Human Smile...

Yesterday, a new EU-funded mobile cargo scanner was delivered to the Hungarian-Ukrainian border crossing point in Chop to improve the flow of trade. Valued at approximately €2.5 million, the donation is part of the EU-Ukraine Solidarity Lanes.

The sixteenth meeting of the Accession Conference with Montenegro at Ministerial level was held today in Brussels. The European Union delegation was led by Ms Hadja Lahbib, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Affairs, on behalf of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union...

The EU today held the first Intergovernmental Conference at ministerial level to open accession negotiations with the Republic of Moldova.
This follows a decision by the European Council on 14-15 December 2023 to open accession negotiations with Moldova, and the approval by the Council...