EU Commissioner Iliana Ivanova met with Ministers from the Western Balkans in Skopje yesterday and today in a series of meetings. The representatives reaffirmed their commitment to integrating the Western Balkans into the European Education Area, the European Research Area, and the European Innovation Agenda, as well as into Creative Europe and EU Digital.
The EU Commission is proposing over €1 billion in financial support from the EU Solidarity Fund (EUSF) to help Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Greece and France deal with the impacts of the severe floods that hit these countries in 2023.
Elisa Ferreira, EU Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, begins a four-day visit to the Azores, to meet with regional and local government representatives and visit several projects supported by Cohesion Policy funds. Discussions will include the implementation and benefits of the 2022 Outermost Regions Strategy to the region.
The EU has released an additional €122 million for humanitarian assistance in the Greater Horn of Africa, as the region continues to face the impact of conflicts and climate-related disasters such as drought and floods.
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a Danish scheme, with a budget of approximately €20 million (DKK 151 million), to support higher animal welfare standards for pigs.
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €700 million Dutch scheme to compensate farmers for voluntarily closing livestock farming sites in certain areas of the Netherlands to improve the quality of the environment and promote a more sustainable and environmentally friendly production in the livestock sector.
The EU Commission has approved a €99.5 million Romanian measure in favour of Nokian Tyres. The aid will support the establishment of a new zero carbon dioxide emission factory for passenger car tyres in Oradea. The measure will contribute to the EU’s strategic objectives relating to job creation, regional development, and to the green transition of the regional economy.
Supporting Ukraine and Moldova to work towards their EU membership has been one of the priorities of the Interreg Danube Region Programme that is also addressing the humanitarian crisis in both countries.
The EU Commission has approved amendments to an existing Dutch scheme, including a €50 million budget increase, to support agricultural producers in the context of Russia’s war against Ukraine. The amendments were approved under the State aid Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework (“TCTF”).
The planes will be financed by the European Commission and will become the new backbone of the EU’s crisis response to tackle forest fires. Aircraft from the rescEU reserves can be rapidly deployed in case a country is facing severe wildfires that require additional support.
Today, the European Commission has disbursed nearly €4.2 billion to Ukraine under the first Pillar of the Ukraine Facility. This brings to €12 billion the total EU funding disbursed to the Ukrainian government under the Facility, so far.
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