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Thank you, dear Volodymyr, for convening us on this very important day. This meeting falls on the Holodomor memorial day – when 90 years ago, hunger was used as a weapon by the Soviet Union against the Ukrainian people.

I expressed to President Zelenskyy the EU's full solidarity with Ukraine as it suffers at the hands of Putin's deliberate and barbaric bombing of the country's civilian infrastructure.

Today, in the margins of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) Regional Forum and the EU-Southern Neighbourhood Ministerial meeting, the European Commission signed an agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) for a €40 million EU grant to support high-speed fibre-optic connection

Aujourd'hui, le haut représentant/vice-président Josep Borrell et le commissaire chargé de la politique de voisinage et de l'élargissement, Olivér Várhelyi, sont à Barcelone pour participer au 7e Forum régional de l'Union pour la Méditerranée (UpM) et à la 4e réunion ministérielle entre l'Union

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

The European Commission’s institution building instruments TAIEX and Twinning are powerful and unique instruments to promote EU public sector expertise in EU’s partner countries across the globe.

On November 24, the High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell and Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi, will travel to Barcelona to take part in the 7th Regional Forum of the Union for Mediterranean (UfM) and the 4th European Union-Southern Neighbourhood Ministerial

The Commission has today disbursed the second instalment of €2.5 billion under the €5 billion exceptional macro-financial assistance (MFA) operation for Ukraine. This is part of an MFA package, announced by the Commission in its 18 May Communication and endorsed by the European Council of 23-24 June

Today Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, Olivér Várhelyi was in Paris to represent the European Union in the Third Ministerial Conference of the Moldova Support Platform.