Thank you dear Prime Minister Modi, for welcoming us on this special occasion. We were privileged yesterday to be your Chief Guests for the Republic Day celebrations, such an impressive display of India’s capabilities and diversity. Today is a historic moment. We are opening a new chapter in our relations – on trade, on security, on people to people ties. I am the President of the European C...
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President of the European Council, António Costa, President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen and Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, met in New Delhi (India) on 27 January 2026 for the 16th summit between the European Union and India. During the summit, the leaders agreed on a joint statement. Joint statement of the EU-India summit 2026     Visit ...
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Today, the 25th meeting of the Accession Conference with Montenegro provisionally closed accession negotiations on chapter 32 (financial control). “I am pleased to see Montenegro closing another negotiating chapter today.With this achievement, a total of 13 chapters have now been provisionally closed, marking significant and tangible progress on the country’s path toward European integratio...
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High Representative/Vice-President (HR/VP), Kaja Kallas, will visit New Delhi, India, from 25 to 27 January. On Sunday, 25 January, HR/VP Kallas will join the President of the European Council, António Costa, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, for a courtesy call with India’s External Affairs Minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, followed by a bilateral meeting wit...
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On 22 January, the Chief Negotiators of Kosovo and Serbia, together with the EUSR, convened, for the first time in a trilateral format, the Joint Commission on Missing Persons. The establishment of this Commission was agreed by the President of Serbia and the Prime Minister of Kosovo in their Declaration on Missing Persons on 2 May 2023 during a High-Level Meeting facilitated by the HR/VP. The ...
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The European Union takes note of the official results announced by the Electoral Commission, according to which President Yoweri Museveni has been re-elected. The EU shares the concerns highlighted in the AU–COMESA–IGAD Election Observation Mission’s preliminary statement of 17 January 2026, in particular about the uneven playing field in the run-up to the elections, arbitrary arrests of civil ...
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The European Union and the United States have long been partners and allies. We have built a transatlantic community forged by history, anchored in common values, and dedicated to the prosperity and security of our peoples. We believe that relationships between partners and allies should be managed in a cordial and respectful way. Europe and the United States have a shared interest in the se...
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Today we gather here to discuss transatlantic relations and although I think everybody is relieved with the recent announcements, we have also seen that in this one-year period, we are ready for a lot of unpredictability. We need to still discuss our plans for different scenarios, because one day, one way, the other day again, everything could change. The word for this year has been unpredic...
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Berlin, January 22, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes a Maltese court of appeals decision on Wednesday as a significant step toward full accountability the murder of prominent investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. The decision moves the case closer to long-overdue justice after more than eight years of delay. The court dismissed a bid to overturn the life sentences o...
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