UNRWA: EU HR Borrell speaks to UN Secretary General Guterres
The High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell held a phone call yesterday, 28 January, with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to discuss…
Central Asia Investors’ Forum: Speech by EU HRVP Borrell transport connectivity with the EU
You know that in order to defend these principles, the European Union has imposed substantial sanctions against Russia, which have…
Human rights: EU Council adds four persons and one entity to EU sanctions list
The new listings include three persons employed in the Russian judicial system responsible for serious human rights violations, including arbitrary arrests and…
Russia/Ukraine: EU Council renews economic sanctions for a further 6 months
The Council today renewed for a further 6 months its restrictive measures in view of the Russian Federation's continuing actions destabilising the…
EU Commission authorises and renews GMOs for food and animal feed
Today, the European Commission authorised the use of a genetically modified maize, and renewed the authorisation of two genetically modified oilseed rapes, as food…
Israel/Gaza: EU HRVP Borrell on allegations of UNRWA staff involvement in the 7th October attacks
We are extremely concerned by allegations of UNRWA staff involvement in the 7th October terrorist attacks in Israel. The EU…
Europol: 15 arrested in intercontinental crackdown against Nigerian crime syndicates
Nigerian criminal networks have long been renowned for trafficking in human beings and a variety of fraud, but in recent…
International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Statement by the EU HR Borrell
During the Second World War, humanity witnessed the brutal and senseless murder of over six million victims - Jews, Roma…
US: EEAS Spokesperson on the recent execution
The EU strongly opposes the death penalty at all times and in all circumstances. It is a violation of the…
EU HRVP: A particularly important Foreign Affairs Council
With our regional partners, we discussed also the ‘post war’ Gaza and our joint effort to revive the political process…
IAEA Director General: Statement to the United Nations Security Council
It is now nearly two years since the beginning of the war, and I remind you that it is the…
German Government publishes report on defence export policies in 2023
According to provisional figures, individual licences were issued for the final export of military equipment worth approx. €12.2 billion in…
Data privacy: U.S. NIST updates Privacy Framework and Privacy Resources
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) updates its Privacy Framework to Version 1.1. NIST will also develop a…
EMCDDA and Europol: Heroin and opioids endanger health and security in Europe
2024 EU drug markets analysis from the EMCDDA and Europol: What are the latest changes in the EU opioids market?…
Gaza: Top UN aid official calls for end to attacks on sites sheltering civilians
Attacks on buildings in Gaza where terrified civilians are sheltering are “abhorrent and must stop immediately”, a top UN humanitarian…
GCC: First Regional Security Dialogue with the EU held in Riyadh
Senior officials from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and European Union gathered in Riyadh for the first GCC-EU Regional Security…
Netherlands: Accommodation third-country nationals ends after 4 March 2024
Third-country nationals from Ukraine are obliged to leave the Netherlands within 28 days after 4 March. This is a consequence…
Belarus: EU HR on the latest wave of police searches and political detentions
The European Union condemns in the strongest possible terms the recent wave of repression against former political prisoners remaining in…
EU funds rescEU detection and surveillance teams with €70m to boost emergency preparedness
The funding has been granted to Italy, Poland and Romania to develop the rescEU detection capabilities. The aim is that…
Anti-Money Laundering Agency: Host city candidates to present their bids
In the joint public hearing organised by the European Parliament and the Council of the EU, nine candidates to host…
European Ports Alliance to fight organised crime and drug trafficking
EU Commission and the Belgian EU Presidency, together with Member States, ports authorities, European associations, EU Agencies (Europol, EMCDDA) and…
EU Commission welcomes breakthrough political agreement on stronger rules to fight trafficking in human beings
Every year over 7000 people become victims of human trafficking in the EU. The actual number is likely to be…
Disinformation and foreign interference: Speech by EU HR Borrell at EEAS Conference
Participants discuss one of the most significant threats of our time. "It is not about a bomb that can kill…
EU lawmakers strike deal to strengthen fight against human trafficking
Today the Belgian presidency of the Council and representatives of the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement to add forced…
10th EU-Egypt Association Council meeting: Joint press statement by Egypt and the EU
The Association Council took stock of the progress made on the joint Partnership Priorities adopted in June 2022 with a…
MEPs welcome new mechanism removing cross-border obstacles
MEPs of the Regional Development Committee discussed new tool proposed by the European Commission to remove barriers in cross-border context.…
UN: Gaza fighting spreads into hospitals where there’s ‘no way in and out’
The WHO spokesperson added that only 14 hospitals are still functioning in Gaza - seven in the north and seven…
UNODC: With over 460m children living in conflict, child protection systems must be strengthened
In a world where “460 million children were living in contexts of conflict in 2022”, child protection systems must be…
UK: Minister for the Indo-Pacific at Asia House
Now we did know even then that we were going to be looking at an unpredictable year, but I’m not…
Finland: Antti Karttunen appointed as OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan is an OSCE field operation mandated to support Uzbekistan in its efforts to implement…
Norway: Changes in the Government
In the Council of State today, the King has made changes in the Government. Minister of Research and Higher Education,…
Sarajevo: Statement by EU Commission President von der Leyen at the joint press conference with Mark Rutte, Andrej Plenković and Borjana Krišto
Today, we have discussed, with the different authorities, the next steps to take. There is more work to be done.…
Bundesverfassungsgericht: Keine Staatsförderung für NPD-Nachfolgepartei Die Heimat
Mit heute verkündetem Urteil hat der Zweite Senat des Bundesverfassungsgerichts entschieden, dass die Partei Die Heimat (HEIMAT, vormals: Nationaldemokratische Partei…
Online investment fraud: Eurojust crackdown on criminal network
Judicial and law enforcement authorities in Germany, Cyprus, Bulgaria and Sweden have carried out a coordinated action against an organised…
Main results of the EU Foreign Affairs Council, 22 January 2024
The Foreign Affairs Council discussed the Russian aggression against Ukraine, after a video intervention by Ukraine's Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro…
U.S. Treasury targets Iraqi airline Fly Baghdad, IRGC-QF, and Iran-aligned militia groups in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Iraqi airline Fly Baghdad and its…
U.S., UK, and Australia target further Hamas financial networks and virtual currency facilitators
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed a fifth round of sanctions on…
Russia: Meeting of deputy PMs on current issues
"On the instructions of the President, we have updated the long-term programme to promote young people's employment, its implementation plan and relevant targets. The programme was approved about…
Swedish PM’s Office: “How we are protecting Sweden from violent extremism and terrorism”
Sweden’s security situation has been deteriorating over time. Drottninggatan in 2017, Almedalen in 2022 and Brussels in 2023 are all…
Ukraine’s President initiates bill for multiple citizenship
As the President emphasized, since the beginning of Russia's full-scale aggression against Ukraine, the multimillion-strong diaspora of Ukrainians around the…
Kyiv: Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with Donald Tusk
Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Donald Tusk in Kyiv: I am grateful for Poland's readiness to start working on a bilateral…
UK and US sanction key figures in Hamas’s financial network
The UK and US have announced new sanctions on key figures in the financial networks of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic…
Syria: EU Council adds six persons and five entities to EU sanctions list
The Council today approved additional restrictive measures against 6 persons and 5 entities, in view of the gravity of the ongoing situation in…
Sudan: EU Council adds six entities to EU sanctions list
Among the entities listed are two companies involved in the manufacture of weapons and vehicles for the SAF (Defense Industries…
UN Human Rights Fora: EU Council approves EU priorities
The Council today approved conclusions on the priorities of the European Union in United Nations Human Rights fora in 2024.…
Foreign Affairs Council: Press remarks by EU HR Borrell upon arrival
We managed to invite – and they are coming today – first, the Israeli Foreign Minister [Israel Katz] - the…
Polycrisis: Statement by President von der Leyen, Swedish PM Kristersson and Finnish PM Orpo
Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen met…
Hamas/PIJ: EU Council establishes dedicated sanctions framework
Under the new regime, the EU may target those who support, materially or financially, Hamas or the PIJ. It may also…