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On Monday, 27 May, a EU funded project bringing together 19 entities from across 9 Member States was presented at the Press Club in Brussels. Led by the Portuguese Technological Centre for Textile and Clothing Industry CITEVE, the project, named ACROSS (Adaptive Camouflage foR sOldierS and vehicleS), aims to develop disruptive technologies and solutions for adaptive camouflage, for soldiers as ...
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The vast majority of bathing water sites in Europe met the European Union's most stringent ‘excellent' bathing quality standards in 2023, according to the latest annual Bathing Water report published today. This represents 85.4% of the EU's popular bathing waters. As much as 96% of all officially identified bathing waters in the EU met the minimum quality standards, with only 1.5% rated as ‘...
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We, the G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, met on 23-25 May 2024 in Stresa, Italy. We were honoured to be joined by the Ukrainian Finance Minister Sergii Marchenko. The Heads of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank Group (WBG), Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and Financial Stability Board (FSB) also took part in the meeting. We also held a...
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Today, a Belgian citizens' panel presents its report including a vision and nine key messages on integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into our lives to policymakers, companies and the King Baudouin Foundation. The citizens' panel recognised both concerns and positive aspects of AI in our society. One important conclusion is that there is still some distance between the concerns of citizens and...
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On 21 and 22 May, Belgilum received the directors of the crisis centres of the foreign ministries of EU countries and of certain like-minded countries. Representatives of EU institutions involved in these issues were also present. With this initiative, the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU wanted to establish even more effective cooperation between the different countries and a better un...
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We, Australia, Canada, the European Union, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States, are deeply concerned by the escalating conflict in Myanmar and in particular the increasing harm to civilians, which are driving a worsening and devastating human rights and humanitarian crisis across the country. Since the February 2021 coup d’état, the ...
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On Thursday early morning, Russian border guards unilaterally removed light buoys placed by Estonia on the Narva River to demarcate the border with Russia. The European Union has been monitoring the situation closely from the start in cooperation and solidarity with Estonia and other Member States. This border incident is part of a broader pattern of provocative behaviour and hybrid acti...
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China’s military activities that started today around Taiwan increase cross-strait tensions. Peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait are of strategic importance for regional and global security and prosperity. The EU has a direct interest in the preservation of the status quo in the Taiwan Strait. We oppose any unilateral actions that change the status quo by force or coercion. All parti...
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HR/VP Josep Borrell blog post After eleven years of presence, all EU personnel from the EU Training Mission in Mali are back in Europe. However, we remain firmly committed to the region: the people of the Sahel deserve peace and development and the EU is ready to accompany them on this journey whenever and wherever they wish. Beyond the Sahel, the EU is and will remain a reliable security p...
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The latest Standard Eurobarometer released today shows that Europeans want to see the EU stronger and more independent, especially in the face of the current global challenges, while they are growing optimistic about the future.   Expectations for a stronger, more independent and resilient EU More than three quarters of Europeans (77%) are in favour of a common defence and secu...
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