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The press briefing ahead of the Eurogroup meeting will take place on Monday, 10 November at 14.00. 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 buil...
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  The 30th Session of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 30) will be a critical moment for global climate action. Governments, civil society groups, private sector representatives, scientists and a wide range of non-governmental organizations will gather in Belém, Brazil, for critical negotiations around climate finance, greenhouse gas emission reductions, and adaptation to climate chan...
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On 5 November, High Representative Kallas will be in Nicosia, Cyprus, to prepare the upcoming Cypriot Presidency of the Council of the European Union and discuss common priorities. HR/VP Kallas will meet with President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides. It will be followed by a meeting with the Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs, Constantinos Kombos. The High Representative and the...
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Good afternoon, Today the European Commission adopted its annual report on enlargement – a state of play for each accession country. Commissioner Kos and I will present this now. The College also discussed a new high-speed rail network plan and transport investment plan. Executive Vice-President Fitto and Commissioner Tzitzikostas will present these here tomorrow at...
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I am particularly happy to be addressing you here today, on the most important day of the yearly calendar for enlargement; the day when the European Commission enlargement reports are published. Since the first days of my mandate, as President of Council, I have made enlargement one of my top priorities. I started my mandate on 1 December in Ukraine, and two days later, on 3 December, I met wit...
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Ukraine is set to receive over €1.8 billion in funding after the Council adopted a decision on the fifth regular disbursement of support under the EU's Ukraine Facility. This amount reflects Ukraine’s successful completion of nine steps required for the fifth disbursement, as well as one outstanding step from the fourth disbursement. The funding aims primarily to bolster Ukraine’s macro-financial ...
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Early November, the President of the European Council António Costa will travel to Brazil to attend the COP30 climate summit and to Colombia, where he will co-chair the fourth CELAC-EU summit, as well as the EU-Caribbean Leaders’ meeting. COP30 - 6 and 7 November The United Nations COP 30 Leaders’ Summit will take place on in the city of Belém, in the Brazilian Amazon on the 6 and 7 of November....
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Ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) will officially launch its annual Emissions Gap Report during a press conference on 4 November 2025 at 9:00am EST / 3:00pm CET / 5:00pm EAT. The UNEP Emissions Gap Report series provides a yearly review of the gap between where global emissions are heading with countries’ current commitments ...
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Bruxelles - 3 Novembre 2025 : le 29 octobre 2025, le tribunal de première instance francophone de Bruxelles condamne la Région de Bruxelles-capitale à “prendre les mesures nécessaires pour suspendre l’urbanisation et l’imperméabilisation des sites et terrains non bâtis de plus de 0,5 ha sur son territoire, et ce, jusqu’à l’adoption du PRAS [...] et au plus tard jusqu’au 31 décembre 2026”. La dé...
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The press briefing ahead of the fourth EU-CELAC summit, Santa Marta (Colombia), 9-10 November 2025, will take place on Monday 3 November 2025 at 17.00. 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 in person at the Europa building press room or remotely. To atten...
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