North-South Summit: Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s press statement
"NATO remains absolutely the cornerstone of our security, all the more after the accession of Finland and Sweden, and it…
EU Court of Justice on temporary protection for displaced persons from Ukraine
When the EU introduced temporary protection for displaced people from Ukraine in 2022, some Member States extended this protection to…
Main results of the European Council on 19 December 2024
EU leaders discussed Ukraine, the Middle East, the EU in the world, resilience and preparedness, migration and foreign policy issues.…
Georgia: President Zourabichvili calls on EU to step up and defend its values
In her address to MEPs, Georgia's President Zourabichvili discussed the protest movement sweeping Georgia since the disputed parliamentary elections in…
Russian hybrid threats: EU agrees first listings in response to destabilising activities
For the first time ever, the Council today decided to impose restrictive measures against 16 individuals and three entities responsible for Russia’s destabilising…
Russia’s war against Ukraine: EU Council adopts 15th restrictive measures package
The EU Foreign Affairs Council adopted its 15th package of economic and individual restrictive measures aiming at further limiting Russia’s…
EU Commission counters “weaponisation of migration” by Russia and Belarus
The serious and persistent nature of the hybrid threats at the Eastern EU border by Russia and Belarus pose new…
S&D President Iratxe García: We will do whatever it takes for Ukraine to win this war
President García travelled to Ukraine with a delegation of the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament to meet with…
Georgia: MEPs condemn the crackdown on pro-EU opposition and protesters
Leading MEPs have published a joint statements on the escalating repressions by the Georgian authorities against the democratic opposition and…
IAEA Director General on situation in Ukraine on 28 November 2024
Ukraine’s three operating nuclear power plants reduced their electricity generation following renewed attacks on the country’s energy infrastructure that further…
CSTO Collective Security Council in Astana: Minutes and statements
A session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) took place in Astana. President of Russia…
Sweden and Poland conclude new strategic partnership
Today, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk met to sign a new strategic partnership between…
Focus on security cooperation during first day of Nordic-Baltic Summit
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson hosted a meeting with Nordic and Baltic heads of government and Poland’s Prime Minister. The…
G7: Press remarks by EU High Representative Josep Borrell
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Final Statement of the G7 Ministers’ Meeting on Foreign Affairs
The G7 Foreign Affairs Ministers, under the chairmanship of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation…
Russia’s Executive Order on Basic Principles of State Policy on Nuclear Deterrence.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an Executive Order (Ukaz) Approving the Basic Principles of State Policy of the Russian Federation…
European coastal countries working together to address Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’
Twelve European countries on the coasts of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea met in Helsinki and Tallinn to…
Kimberley Process: Ban on Russian blood diamonds after failure of plenary meeting
In response to Russia's ongoing defiance, the EU and G7 have introduced a ban on Russian diamonds, targeting a key…
Iran: EU widens restrictions in view of Iran’s support of Russia’s war against Ukraine
Today’s decision introduces a prohibition on the export, transfer, supply, or sale from the EU to Iran of components used in the development…
EU Parliament calls for an EU crackdown on Russia’s ’shadow fleet’
MEPs want the EU to target shadow tankers that export Russian oil in defiance of sanctions. They ask EU member…
Judgment of the EU General Court in Case T-82/24: Border Guard Service of Ukraine v EUIPO
Intellectual property: The figurative sign consisting of the phrase ‘RUSSIAN WARSHIP, GO F* *K YOURSELF’ in Russian and English cannot…
Renew Europe calls for crackdown on Russia’s impunity and dirty money in Europe
In the light of recent disclosures by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Renew Europe urges the EU Commission and…
Russian atrocities in Chernihiv oblast: Press remarks by EU HR Josep Borrell
"Today candidate and tomorrow member of the European Union. This will be the best way for us to support Ukraine…
Statement by the North Atlantic Council on North Korea (DPRK)
The deepening military cooperation between Russia and North Korea deeply impacts Euro-Atlantic security, with implications also for the Indo-Pacific. How…
Several EU member states push for higher import tariffs on Russian goods
Despite sanctions, EU imports from Russia reached EUR 42 billion in 2023—over half the economic support the EU has provided…
U.S. Treasury targets sanctions evaders and Russian producers supporting Russia’s military industrial base
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned 275 individuals and entities involved in supplying Russia with advanced technology and…
North Korea: Update by EU HR Borrell on the deployment of troops to Russia
"The DPRK has been providing weapons and ammunition to Russia in support of its war of aggression against Ukraine. The…
EU discusses North Korean deployment of soldiers to Russia with NATO and South Korea
EU Commission President von der Leyen discusses measures following the latest developments around North Korea joining Russia's war against Ukraine…
Georgia’s Parliamentary Elections: IRI Preliminary Statement
The International Republican Institute’s (IRI) International Election Observation Mission (IEOM) today released its preliminary statement on Georgia’s parliamentary elections, which…
MEPs: Georgian elections raise further concerns about democratic backsliding
European Parliament’s election observers talk about “the climate of hatred and intimidation”, describing the atmosphere on the election day.