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EDPS’s Annual Report 2025 highlights record legislative consultations and the AI transition within European institutions The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) today published its Annual Report 2025, detailing a year of unprecedented activity and the operational launch of its expanded mandate under the EU’s Digital Rulebook. In a year marked by the rapid evolution of artificial intel...
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Dear Prime Minister Pashinyan, allow me to begin by offering my warmest congratulations to you on the success of the summit of the European Political Community held yesterday, and today’s also historic first-ever summit between the European Union and Armenia. These are remarkable achievements and a testament of your leadership. Thank you as well for the generous and exceptional hospitality that...
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The meeting of the European Council will take place on 18 and 19 June 2026 in the Europa building in Brussels. Address: Rue de la Loi 155/Wetstraat 155, 1040-Brussels. Registration Media representatives wishing to cover the meeting in person are required to register in advance, following this link. The deadline to register is Friday 29 May 2026 at 14:00 CEST. IMPORTANT: Media representa...
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The EU strongly condemns Iran’s unprovoked missiles and drone strikes against our strategic partners in the Gulf. We express our solidarity with the United Arab Emirates and Oman that have been affected by the strikes. We call on Iran to immediately cease these attacks in blatant violation of international law and respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of countries in the region, ...
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On 5 May 2026, the European Union and Armenia held their first-ever summit in Yerevan. The summit was a key opportunity to further strengthen bilateral relations, in particular on connectivity, energy, transport and digital cooperation. During the summit, leaders adopted a joint declaration reaffirming the EU’s steadfast commitment to further strengthen its relations with Armenia and to support...
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Thank you, Prime Minister Pashinyan, dear Nikol, for your warm welcome to Yerevan. You and your team have done an exceptional job of hosting this summit of the European Political Community, bringing together more than 40 leaders from across our continent. Dear Nikol, the fact that Armenia is hosting this summit, the fact that we are all here today – it is a powerful illustration of the country’...
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On 4 May, the European Parliament officially launched the call for submissions for entries to the sixth edition of the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism. The Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism is awarded each year around 16 October, the day of the journalist's assassination. The Prize rewards on a yearly basis outstanding journalism that promotes or def...
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I would like to warmly thank Prime Minister Pashinyan for hosting us here in Yerevan for the Summit of the European Political Community. And I would also like to thank you all for coming in presence and President Aliyev to be here with us by videoconference. Today’s EPC Summit is truly historic. It is historic because for the first time the EPC meets here, in the South Caucasus; and because it ...
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The 32nd World Congress of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) will open on 4 May in Paris, marking the centenary of the Federation’s founding in the French capital. More than 300 delegates representing journalists’ unions and associations from across the world will gather in Paris for this landmark event. Hosted by the IFJ’s French affiliates — SNJ, SNJ-CGT, CFDT Journalistes and Fo...
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On 4-5 May, the High Representative/Vice-President (HR/VP) Kaja Kallas is visiting Armenia and Azerbaijan. On 4 May, the HR/VP will attend the meeting of the European Political Community (EPC), in Yerevan, Armenia. Press remarks are expected upon her arrival. The EPC meeting will be followed by the first-ever EU-Armenia Summit. The HR/VP will join a meeting of leaders hosted by Armenian Prime M...
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