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Good afternoon and thank you dear Johan [Forssell, Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade of Sweden], thank you for this meeting. Thank you to the Swedish Presidency [of the Council of the European Union] for the hospitality and impeccable organisation. But the bad news is that Russia does not stop its barbaric attacks, and again it has struck Ukraine’s critical in...
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On Saturday 18 March, High Representative/Vice President Josep Borrell will convene a High-level Meeting of the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue in Ohrid, North Macedonia.  President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić and Prime Minister of Kosovo Albin Kurti confirmed their participation.  The High Representative and EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajčák will hold separate meetings with the leader...
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Good morning, Yesterday, we were discussing about how to support Ukraine militarily. Today, we are going to discuss how we can support the reconstruction of Ukraine. Well, reconstruction has already started. We support a lot the civilians, we try to rebuild the electricity [network]. Today, the [latest] bad news is that there has been a Russian attack against the Zaporizhzhia nuclear [pow...
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Good morning. I would like to thank the Swedish Minister [for Defence] Pål [Jonson] for receiving us and organising this Informal meeting of Defence Ministers. It is an informal meeting, but it is going to be a very important meeting. We have on the table important decisions to be taken, today not formally but politically. We will provide guidance for the next FAC/Jumbo meeting with the Foreign...
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The press briefing ahead of Eurogroup meeting will take place on Friday, 10 March at 11.30. The briefing will be "off the record" and will be given by Tuomas Saarenheimo, President of the Eurogroup Working Group. The press briefing will take place in a hybrid format: EU accredited journalists will be able to participate and ask questions either remotely or in person at the Europa building pr...
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The press briefing ahead of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council will take place on Friday, 10 March at 13.00. This briefing will be "off the record". The press briefing will take place in a hybrid format: EU accredited journalists will be able to participate and ask questions either remotely or in person at the Europa Building press room. To attend the event re...
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On Thursday 27 and Friday 28 April, representatives of international associations will gather for the 11th edition of the European Association Summit. It will take place in Brussels, where more than 2,400 associations have their headquarters. On Thursday evening, the Brussels Meetings Ambassadors will be honoured. Read the press release 
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This year we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, endorsed by all United Nations member states. It guarantees that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. Everyone can invoke these rights without discrimination, anywhere and at any time. And yet, 75 years later, the achievement of the human rights of women and girls - about half the w...
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Yesterday, Lukashenko’s regime reached a new low in its attempts to silence those who stand up in defence of the fundamental freedoms of the people in Belarus and challenge his illegitimate regime. Five prominent representatives of the Belarusian democratic opposition in exile were sentenced to long and unjustified prison sentences, in absentia and in closed trials. Leader of the Belarusian...
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