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RSSThank you very much, dear Maia, It is always a pleasure for me to come and see you here in Chișinău. I can feel Europe's pulse beating here. Moldova has shown time and again how vibrantly European it is.
The EU is mobilising all the emergency response tools at its disposal to support people affected by the ongoing crisis in Lebanon. Today, the EU launched a Humanitarian Air Bridge operation consisting of three flights from Dubai and Brindisi with the first one reaching Beirut on 11 October.
Today, the 11th Steering Committee Meeting of the Ukraine Donor Platform took place in Rome. The meeting brought together senior representatives of the permanent and temporary members of the Platform, as well as International Financial Institutions.
The European Commission has launched the first call for proposals under the Pillar II of the €50 billion Ukraine Facility. This call aims to mobilise investments into Ukraine’s recovery, reconstruction and modernisation.
Following a request for assistance from Bosnia and Herzegovina on 5 October, the EU has deployed search and rescue teams and sent emergency supplies to support first responders dealing with flash floods and landslides.
On 7 October 2023, the world awoke to horrifying images of unspeakable savagery, scenes that will remain etched in our minds forever. There can be no justification for Hamas' acts of terror. I condemn once again, and in the strongest possible terms, those barbarous attacks.
Thank you, Grand Rabbin, for opening the doors of the synagogue for this memorial, in the middle of the high holidays. When preparing this speech, I came across a special Rosh Hashanah poem.
The EU reiterates the high value it attaches to its strategic Partnership with Morocco, which is long-standing, wide-ranging and deep. Over the years, we have established a profound friendship and a solid and multi-faceted cooperation, which we intend to take to the next level in the coming weeks...
Today, the European Union launched three EU-supported investment programmes valued at €700+ million which will mobilise €6.3 billion in public and private investments, taking a big step towards closing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) investment gap.
As the escalation of hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel continues, today the European Commission has announced a further €30 million in humanitarian aid to help those most in need in Lebanon.
Starting next spring, thousands of 18-year-olds will have the opportunity to explore Europe at no cost. The Commission has just opened the applications for the latest round of the DiscoverEU initiative.
Yesterday, the EU coordinated the first medical evacuation operation directly from Gaza, transferring eight patients in urgent need of care to Romania, along with 24 accompanying relatives.
Iliana Ivanova, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth met with Ministers from the Western Balkans in Skopje yesterday and today in a series of meetings that highlighted the joint efforts on implementing the Western Balkans Agenda...
Today, the European Commission announced €10 million in additional humanitarian aid to help people in Lebanon affected by the ongoing escalation of hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel.
The situation between Lebanon and Israel since October 8th, 2023 is intolerable and presents an unacceptable risk of a broader regional escalation.
President Biden, President Zelenskyy, Fellow leaders, In a few weeks, the world will mark 1,000 days of Russia's full-scale invasion. So many innocent people have been killed. So many cities have been razed to the ground. So many families have been torn apart.
Today, the European Commission opened the 2024 Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) - Transport call for proposals, making available €2.5 billion for projects to modernise the transport infrastructure on the EU’s trans-European transport network (TEN-T), as well as in Ukraine and Moldova.
Tomorrow, Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal, Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight Maroš Šefčovič, Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders and Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi, will attend the meeting of the General Affairs Council in Brussels
The European Commission today took a decisive step in reinforcing support for Ukraine by proposing a comprehensive financial assistance package, consisting of a Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism of up to €45 billion, and an exceptional Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) loan of up to €35 billion.
Thank you very much Mister President, dear Volodymir, Thank you for welcoming me again in Kyiv. This is now the eighth time that I have been here since the brutal invasion of Russia in Ukraine and this visit comes at a crucial time.