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Iranian human rights defender and Nobel peace prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has been recently sentenced to one additional year in prison. Narges Mohammadi, is already jailed in Iran and is serving multiple sentences amounting to more than 10 years of imprisonment. She bravely continues to use her voice to protect human dignity and the rights of Iranians. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize ...
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We had a very good set of discussions on different topics today in the Eurogroup meeting. We started by taking stock of the macroeconomic and budget developments in the euro area with the managing director of the IMF. This discussion was a very timely reminder of the resilience of the euro area, considering the shocks we have experienced in the last few years. But we still face a very careful bala...
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The European Union is deeply concerned by the latest dangerous actions taken by Chinese Coast Guard and Maritime Militia vessels near the Second Thomas Shoal, in the South China Sea, on Monday 17 June. These actions caused damage to Philippine vessels and injury to official personnel. The EU insists that the UN Charter, the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the Arbitration Award ...
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The European Union and its Member States announced that they will be contributing more than US$800 million, including US$233 million from the EU budget, to the African Vaccines Manufacturing Accelerator (AVMA) launched today in Paris. Through this innovative instrument, developed by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance together with Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), it will be ...
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High Representative/Vice President (HR/VP) Josep Borrell will be in Austria tomorrow and on Friday, where he will participate in several events, meetings and discussions on EU relations with the Western Balkans. During his stay, the HR/VP will also meet with Austrian authorities, including President Alexander van der Bellen (on Thursday, in Vienna). On Friday, High Representative/Vice-Presid...
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Today, the European Commission decided to register two European Citizens' Initiatives, entitled ‘Air-Quotas' and ‘Stop Destroying Videogames'. The ‘Air-Quotas' initiative calls for the Commission to establish a citizens' carbon quota mechanism in each country that will encourage businesses to decarbonise through consumer demand. The organisers consider that this new mechanism should cover...
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Executive Vice-President Dombrovskis This year's European Semester comes at a time when we are slowly emerging from several years of major shocks. First, the COVID-19 pandemic. Then, Russia's protracted war against Ukraine and the related energy price surges. Throughout this period, the EU has shown an impressive degree of economic and social resilience. Despite massive challenge...
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On the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, the United Nations and the European Union join forces to call for decisive action at the political and operational levels to prevent and eradicate sexual violence and to protect civilian infrastructure, including healthcare facilities in conflict zones. According to the World Health Organization, 1,510 attacks on healthca...
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On 16-19 June 2024, Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), to see first hand the humanitarian crisis affecting parts of the country due to conflicts and violence. During the visit, which included meetings with the authorities as well as visiting the troubled eastern part of the country, Commissioner Lenarčič announced the EU ...
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Brussels, 18th June 2024 – The official opening of the second edition of the Caribbean Days was held at the Renaissance Brussels Hotel and officiated by H.E. Ambassador Collin Connelly of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago in the presence of H.E. Ambassador Patrick Hermann, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium for the Americas & Caribbean and the CARIFORUM Group of Ambassadors at Brussels (...
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