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ELMA (European LGBTQI+ Media Association) and EPOA (European Pride Organisers Association) are launching a major survey on European Prides, in collaboration with visit.brussels. Read the press release 
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The Commission has approved funding for five cross-border projects to support more coordinated and efficient defence procurement among EU Member States. Implemented under the European Defence Industry Reinforcement through Common Procurement instrument (EDIRPA), each of the 5 selected projects will receive €60 million, representing a total amount of €300 million funding. Bringing greater va...
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The European Union takes note of the appointment of Alix Didier Fils-Aimé as Prime Minister of Haiti. The European Union calls on the Transitional Presidential Council, the new government, and all political forces to work with urgency and determination to restore security, prioritise governance and accountability, and work towards the organization of free and fair elections. As a long-st...
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Good morning and thank you, dear Radek [Sikorski, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Poland]. I just returned from my last visit to Ukraine. I made a stopover here, in Warsaw, because Ukraine has been a top priority during my political mandate. It has also been a great priority for Poland, to manage and to bring the European support for Ukraine to an unprecedented level – although much more needs ...
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It is a great pleasure and an honour to be received by you [Denys Shmyhal, Prime Minister of Ukraine] and your team during my last visit to Ukraine as High Representative – I hope it will not be my last one personally. But I wanted to come in order to take stock of our relations and the military situation. I have to congratulate Ukraine for the positive assessment in the enlargement report that...
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Following another year of extreme weather events and record-breaking heatwaves, UNEP’s 2024 Emissions Gap and Adaptation Gap Reports showed slow progress on emissions reduction and adaptation planning and finance. Nations must deliver dramatically stronger ambition and action in the next round of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and dramatically increase climate adaptation efforts, start...
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Well, having been in Bucha, and now we're in Yahidne, and now in Chernihiv - I'm sure I'm not pronouncing well the names, but it doesn't matter. What matters is to have the opportunity to see exactly on the ground what happened here. And what happened here brings us to the darkest moment of the history of Europe. Moments that we believed that they were forgotten and they [would] never happen ag...
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Thank you, Minister. Thank you, dear Andrii. It is my fifth visit to Ukraine since Russia launched the full-scale invasion. I came to Ukraine before that, but since the war of aggression started, this is the fifth visit. And it's maybe the last one, in any case, as High Representative. But it is not a goodbye visit. This is a visit with a clear purpose, coming from the European Union Council...
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Following the devastating extreme weather events in Spain, we express our deepest condolences and stand in solidarity with the people of Spain, in particular with the families and friends of the victims. Faced with new geopolitical realities, and economic and demographic challenges, we, the Leaders of the European Union, are determined to ensure our common economic prosperity, boost our competi...
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Let me start by saying that I am outraged by last night's vile attacks targeting Israeli citizens in Amsterdam. This morning, we have been informed by Prime Minister Schoof of the situation. I strongly condemn these unacceptable acts. Antisemitism has absolutely no place in Europe. And we are determined to fight it and to fight all forms of hatred. We want Jewish life and culture to thrive in ...
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