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Russia: EU Council prolongs individual sanctions for a further six months

The EU Council decided today to prolong the restrictive measures targeting those responsible for undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine for another six months, until 15 March 2025. The measures provide for travel restrictions, the freezing of assets, and a ban on making funds or other economic resources available to the listed individuals and entities.

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12/09/2024

Ukraine: EU sanctions six individuals over human rights violations 

The individuals listed today include prosecutors and judges active in courts established by Russia’s occupying force in illegally annexed Crimea. They took part in the politically motivated court proceedings against Vladyslav Yesypenko, a journalist who was sentenced to 6 years in prison, and Nariman Dzhelyalov, a Crimean Tatar.

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08/09/2023

Ahead of SOTEU, EU Commission highlights its main actions of the past year

Today, ahead of President von der Leyen’s State of the Union address on 13 September 2023, the Commission has released an overview of its work and achievements over the past year. This comprehensive publication describes the EU’s actions in response to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and our efforts to cut the EU’s dependence on Russian fossil fuels, as well as the progress on other Commission’s political priorities.

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08/09/2023

Ukraine: France strongly condemns the Russian drone strikes damaging agricultural infrastructure

Once again, by targeting civilian infrastructure and agricultural facilities in particular, Russia continues to be guilty of war crimes, for which it must be held responsible. In addition, Russia is continuing its cynical blackmail of global food security while simultaneously claiming that it is contributing to it. The methodical destruction of Ukrainian agricultural sites shows, once again, that Russia is doing everything it can to undermine the international community’s efforts

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07/09/2023

Switzerland: President Berset receives EU Council SG

The secretary general of the Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović Burić, visited Switzerland on Thursday, 7 September, and met with President Alain Berset. The talks were devoted to the Council of Europe’s outlook in the follow-up to the Reykjavík Summit. Other key topics included addressing the consequences of the war in Ukraine and the protection of human rights in Europe. The president presented the secretary general with Switzerland’s instrument of

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07/09/2023

Finland: Changes to temporary protection for third-country nationals who have fled Ukraine

At its meeting on 7 September, the Government decided that Finland would no longer grant temporary protection and new residence permits to those third-country nationals who have fled Ukraine and who were not granted international protection or a permanent residence permit by Ukraine. This decision will not affect the protection already granted or the validity of the residence permits already issued.

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07/09/2023

Eurostat: Russia’s share in EU trade falls below 2%

EU trade with Russia has been strongly affected by import and export restrictions imposed by the EU following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Both exports and imports have dropped considerably below the level prior to the invasion. Seasonally adjusted values show that Russia’s share in extra-EU imports fell from 9.6% in February 2022 to 1.7% in June 2023, while the share of extra-EU exports fell from 3.8 % to 1.4% in

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05/09/2023

Russia: Meeting on Murmansk LNG project

“Russia is implementing a range of major oil and gas exploration and processing projects that are crucial for the further development of the fuel and energy complex and many regions of the country. These projects include Vostok Oil, Yamal LNG, Arctic LNG 2, Amur Gas Processing Plant and Petrochemical Complex, and Sakhalin projects. New fields are being developed, such as the Kovyktinskoye deposit, which was launched in December 2022.”

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04/09/2023

Ukraine: France condemns Russian strikes on the Izmail district

Russia is thereby continuing its blackmail of global food security, marked by the systematic destruction of transit and storage facilities in Ukraine, obstacles to grain exports, and the suspension of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which had allowed the shipment of 33 million tonnes of foodstuffs to 45 countries, particularly the most vulnerable countries in Asia and Africa.

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04/09/2023

Norway/Ukraine: PM Støre’s statement after meeting with Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy

“Today we discussed progress on your Peace Formula, Mr. President. Peace for Ukraine will have to happen on the basis on Ukrainian terms, no peace without Ukraine, no discussions without Ukraine, and the Peace Formula we have discussed several times, bilaterally, but also in a Nordic setting, and Norway has been supporting the ten points and we have been looking into some of the areas where we can give a

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01/09/2023

Finland sends more assistance to Ukraine

Finland sent a large amount of wastewater treatment plant equipment to Ukraine at the end of August. The equipment will make a significant contribution to helping Ukraine meet its water supply needs, which have grown during the summer. Finland and the EU have continued their active support of the Ukrainian authorities to mitigate the effects of the Russian attacks.

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31/08/2023

Informal Foreign Affairs Council (Gymnich): Press remarks by EU HRVP Borrell upon arrival

“I want to remind you that today we are going to have these discussions together with Minister [for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro] Kuleba who came here personally to debrief the Ministers on the situation, and in particular how [following] the talks in Jeddah and [at] the next UN General Assembly in New York, we can push the Peace Plan of President [of Ukraine, Volodymyr] Zelenskyy.”

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31/08/2023

Ukraine: Switzerland implements new sanctions against Belarus

On 30 August, the Federal Council decided to adopt further sanctions against Belarus to bring Switzerland in line with the latest measures adopted by the European Union (EU) on 3 August. The changes will come into effect at 6pm on 30 August. More than 40 individuals and entities were added to the sanctions list on 15 August.

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30/08/2023

Ukraine: Widespread learning loss continues due to war, COVID-19

According to the latest survey data, up to 57 per cent of teachers report a deterioration in students’ Ukrainian language abilities, up to 45 per cent of educators point to a reduction in maths skills, while 52 per cent report a reduction in foreign language abilities. Only a third of children of primary and secondary age are learning fully in-person. Another third of enrolled students are learning through a mixed

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29/08/2023
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