Author: Web Master

Five years have passed since thousands of Nicaraguan citizens took to the streets to voice their legitimate demand for human rights, in particular civil and political rights, and for the return of democracy. Instead of having their demands heard and respected, the people of Nicaragua faced systemic repression ever since. The European Union has consistently condemned this repression, repeate...
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I welcome the publication by the European Commission today of a legislative proposal for a reform of the bank crisis management and deposit insurance (CMDI) framework. I would like to thank the Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen, the Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis and Commissioner Mairead McGuinness for their work on this proposal. This is an important step forward in our work...
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Faced with unprecedented global challenges such as climate emergency, the pandemic and war in Europe, the EU must avoid the trap of ‘power bloc logic’. Instead, it must define its own strategy towards China; one based on EU Open Strategic Autonomy, which ensures safe trade while defending multilateralism, highlighted Iratxe García at today’s plenary session in Strasbourg. The S&D Group lead...
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On Thursday 20 April at 15:00, the European External Action Service will hold a background press briefing on EU-Latin America and Caribbean relations. The briefing will focus on our partnership, investment and cooperation, as well as on the upcoming visit of the HRVP to Colombia on 25 April and on the latest developments concerning the EU-CELAC summit to be held in Brussels this July. Due t...
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Tomorrow, the European Parliament is set to approve the new Emissions Trading System (ETS), covering around 50% of all greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union. This will be an essential tool to bring our emissions from electricity and heat generation, energy-intensive industries, aviation and soon also the maritime sector in line with the EU’s climate goals. During tough negotiations wit...
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The European Union strongly condemns the ruling by a Moscow court to sentence the opposition politician, democracy activist and outspoken Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 years in prison on politically motivated charges. Today’s outrageously harsh court decision clearly demonstrates yet again the political misuse of judiciary in order to pressure activists, human rights defenders and an...
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 On 14th April, FIEC co-organised the 2nd annual conference dedicated to the maintenance and safety of bridges in Europe, as well as other standard criteria to meet the EU Green Deals objectives and decrease the carbon footprint. “Bridging” EU institutions with the sector The Eurobridge 2023 conference, co-organised by FIEC gathered officials from the EU institutions, representatives of nat...
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The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell, had a phone call with the Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yoshimasa Hayashi, on 16 April 2023 in the context of the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting to take place in Karuizawa, Japan. HRVP Borrell conveyed his sympathies to Japanese Prime Minister Kishida further t...
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The European Union welcomes the prisoner exchange operation in Yemen negotiated by UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg and facilitated by the International Committee of the Red Cross, which started today. This initial release of 887 detainees by the parties, in line with the agreement reached in Geneva last month, is a crucial step in the implementation of the 2018 Stockholm Agreement. It bring...
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The Vlaamse Vereniging voor Industriële Archeologie vzw (Flemish Association for Industrial Archaeology, VVIA), in consultation with Kortrijk heritage associations, submitted last year a candidacy for the European campaign 'The 7 Most Endangered 2023'. This is a campaign by Europa Nostra together with the European Investment Bank Institute and with the support of the European Commission, in which ...
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