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Brussels, 10 November 2023 – Today is the EU’s Bioenergy Day. Bioenergy Europe celebrates the successes of the bioenergy sector around Europe in helping communities to break free from fossil fuels. To secure the EU’s energy supply and reduce the emission of greenhouse gases we need to stop relying on fossil fuels for our energy needs. Bioenergy’s versatility, sustainability, and availability ma...
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● European Council 08/11/2023 14:46 | Media advisory | Media advisory - Accreditation for the European Council, 14 and 15 December 2023  The meeting of the European Council on 14 and 15 December 2023 will take place in the Europa building in Brussels. Address...
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Dear colleagues, I am pleased to invite you to a dinner on the Strategic Agenda to continue our discussions on the priorities for the next institutional cycle, building upon our fruitful first exchange in Granada. With thanks to our hosts, these discussions will take place in small consecutive groups in Paris, Berlin, Copenhagen and Zagreb during the course of this month. We are witnessing t...
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I am very happy to be here in Tokyo again, to participate in the G7 [Foreign Ministers] meeting with several important points on the agenda. The first one, certainly, is the situation in Gaza where the important thing at the moment is to try to alleviate the humanitarian situation. Certainly, we have strongly condemned the Hamas terrorist attack and [supported] the right of Israel to defend [it...
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The EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) in Georgia confirms the shooting and killing of a Georgian citizen by the Russian Federation Border Guards near the village of Kirbali, and reports of another Georgian citizen in detention. We extend our heartfelt condolences to the family and loved ones of the deceased and we call for the immediate release of the detained citizen. The EU strongly condemns t...
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Welcome home! I think it is the sober way of welcoming you because the gravity of the moment does not give much space for flamboyance or rhetoric. It is good that you come here to this Ambassador’s Conference to discuss, to see each other, to engage with the staff in Brussels. We can be proud to be one of the largest diplomatic corps and network in the world, [on which] the European Union...
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High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell will travel to Japan on 7-9 November to participate at the second full-fledged G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting under the Japanese Presidency of 2023. This visit will provide an opportunity to reconfirm the solid partnership with G7 members, as well as to strengthen EU-Japan relations. During the meeting, High Representative Borrell and the Fore...
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Secretary-General, dear Stefano, Ambassadors, Dear Heads of Representation, Heads of Mission, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am so glad for this opportunity to exchange with you again and to be able to thank you in person for the work that you do across the world. It is now four years ago that I first had the chance to speak to you when this Commission took office. Back then we spoke of...
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En réponse à une invitation du ministère des Affaires étrangères de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC), l'Union européenne a décidé de déployer une mission d'observation électorale (MOE) de l'UE pour les élections générales prévues le 20 décembre 2023. Josep Borrell, Haut représentant de l'Union pour les affaires étrangères et la politique de sécurité, a nommé Malin Björk, députée europé...
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The Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes regions continue to face multiple and overlapping humanitarian crises, aggravated by conflict and climate-related disasters. To help mitigate the consequences, the Commission has allocated additional humanitarian funding of €26.7 million to South Sudan, Uganda, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, primarily to support newly displaced people...
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