The Parties discussed recent developments in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and expressed their grave concern over the breakdown of the ceasefire in Gaza and the large number of civilian casualties in recent airstrikes.
The EU Council today extended the mandate of the EU Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) military operation in the Mediterranean – EUNAVFOR MED IRINI – until 31 March 2027. The decision was taken in the wake of the Strategic Review of the operation carried out by the Political and Security Committee.
The European Parliament will open an office in Albania to further strengthen its engagement with the Western Balkans.
The European Parliament will open an office in Moldova to further strengthen Parliament’s engagement with the Eastern Partnership region.
The European External Action Service (EEAS) has unveiled the new Civilian Operations Headquarters for all EU civilian crisis management missions deployed under the umbrella of the Common Security and Defence Policy.
The EU welcomes the Arab Recovery and Reconstruction Plan presented at the Cairo Summit on 4 March. According to EU High Representative Kaja Kallas, this plan represents a serious basis for discussions on the future of the Gaza Strip. The EU will discuss these ideas with its Arab partners. Explore Egypt’s plan for Gaza and the conclusions of the recent Arab Summit in Cairo.
Europol welcomed ministerial delegations from the Latin American Committee for Internal Security (CLASI) to its headquarters in The Hague. The visit marked the final day of the delegates’ official tour, following two days of high-level meetings in Brussels on the margins of the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council on 5 March.
The working arrangement reflects a shared commitment to strengthening situational awareness, early warning, and forecasting.
The EU assistance will bolster Jordan’s economic stability and support its ongoing reform agenda in the face of mounting internal and external challenges. It will help the country meet its outstanding external financing needs while creating the fiscal space necessary to sustain reform efforts.
The visit to The Hague was an opportunity to gain an insight into Eurojust’s mandate and how it bridges the gaps between national legal systems to ensure a more effective response to cross-border crime.
The EU Council established a general approach on a regulation regarding the progressive start of the Entry/Exit digital border management system (EES). The EES is an IT system that will digitally record entries and exits, data from the passport, fingerprints, and facial images of non-EU nationals travelling for short stays in an EU member state.
The agreement will guarantee a high level of protection of fundamental rights, including through strong data protection safeguards. Brazil is the first country in the Latin American region to reach this kind of agreement with the EU – and the second country in the world, alongside New Zealand.
The President of the European Council, António Costa, will travel to the United Kingdom, Moldova and Egypt from 2 to 4 March 2025 to engage in high-level discussions on European security, support for Ukraine and Moldova, and the current situation in Gaza.
The extraordinary meeting of the Heads of State or Government of the EU Member States will be dedicated to European Defence and to Ukraine.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is targeting six entities based in Hong Kong and the People’s Republic of China (PRC), engaged in the procurement of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) components on behalf of OFAC-designated Iranian firm Pishtazan Kavosh Gostar Boshra (PKGB) and its subsidiary Narin Sepehr Mobin Isatis (NSMI).
Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, and Sweden today issued a statement marking 10 years since the death of Boris Nemtsov.
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is notifying U.S. financial institutions that the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global standard-setter for anti-money laundering (AML), countering the financing of terrorism (CFT), and countering the financing of proliferation (CPF), has updated its lists of jurisdictions with strategic deficiencies.
25 February 2025 The Ombudsman has made a series of suggestions to the European Commission to help
“The European Union is now supporting the fragile ceasefire and that is only holding in Gaza. All parties must respect the terms of the ceasefire agreement”, EU High Representative Kaja Kallas.
The Foreign Affairs Council exchanged views on the Russian aggression against Ukraine, the situation in the Middle East, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Under current affairs, EU ministers also touched on the latest developments in Georgia.
The awaited decree-law issued by the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mohammed Abbas, on 11 February 2025 aimed at restructuring the social welfare system and revoking the “prisoners and martyrs’ payment” mechanism represents a significant political development, according to the EU.
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