Today, an additional €10 million programme in EU assistance was adopted by the European Commission to help the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia improve its border and migration management systems in the context of the refugee crisis.
The European Commission has awarded €12.7 million in emergency funding to Greece to support the establishment of reception facilities on the Greek mainland. The money comes from the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) and will be used to set up at least 8,000 new reception places.
Joint statement by HR/VP Federica Mogherini and European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides on deadly attacks on hospitals and schools in Syria
Today, the European Council adopted the Europaen Commission’s proposal of 17 September 2015 for a Recommendation on integrating the long-term unemployed into the labour market. This initiative seeks to strengthen the support services offered to people who have been out of a job for more than a year in order to facilitate and speed-up their return to work.
Visual Arts Academy student Ksenija and her colleague from the Faculty of Architecture Filip were the first to visit the…
Today, Head of EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport opened new premises of EU Info Centre located in 7 Kralja…
Today, the high representative / vice-president Federica Mogherini met with the Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, in the margins of the Munich Security Conference 2016. They discussed recent developments on a range of issues following up their last meeting in Amsterdam one week ago.
Meeting in Munich on February 11 & 12, 2016, as the International Syria Support Group (ISSG), the Arab League, China, Egypt, the EU, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United Nations, and the United States decided that humanitarian access will commence this week to besieged areas, and an ISSG task force will within one week elaborate modalities for a nationwide cessation of hostilities.
Improving access to human rights of older people in the Republic of Serbia” is a project that the Red Cross of Serbia successfully completed in partnership with HelpAge International from the UK and financially supported by the European Union delegation in Serbia. The project was implemented in several segments over the period of two years, between 1 December 2013 and 29 November 2015.
The 2015 winter edition of the Employment and Social Situation Quarterly Review shows improvements on the EU labour market. Employment and activity rates have continued to increase in the EU, across all population groups and most notably for older workers (55 – 59 years).
