In its initial year, the Erasmus+ programme – in its new and expanded form – has already lived up to expectations. This is demonstrated by figures presented by Tibor Navracsics, EU Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport.
It is a pleasure to be back in Ankara for this High-Level Dialogue. I remember very well that in this very same room in December 2014, together with my friend Commissioner Hahn, we were saying that the relations between the European Union and Turkey with the new Commission on the European side coming into office needed to be revitalised…
Today Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos will launch Europol’s new European Counter Terrorism Centre (ECTC) together with the Dutch Minister of Securityand Justice, Ard van der Steur on behalf of the Dutch EU Council Presidency and Europol’s Director Rob Wainwright…
Federica Mogherini, Johannes Hahn, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and Volkan Bozkır issued this statement following the EU-Turkey High Level Political Dialogue meeting held in Ankara on 25 January 2016.
At the ceremony held at the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra premises, VIRTUS philanthropy awards were handed to laureates for actions and programmes implemented in 2015. Ninth VIRTUS Awards contest has been managed by Trag fondacija, with the support from European Union and Balkan Fund for Democracy, and in direct partnership with USAID.
With a crisis at Europe’s borders as it tries to control the influx of refugees and to prevent terrorist attacks, how can Europe protect itself without betraying its values?
Thirteenth contact points video conference was held between the contact points nominated after the Western Balkans Route Leaders’ Meeting held on 25 October. The objective was to follow up on the agreement reached at the meeting and set out in the Leaders’ Statement.
At the conference marking the completion of the Project “Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Serbia” Advisor at the EU Delegation to Serbia Steffen Hudolin said that the goal of the Project was the protection of consumer rights.
Today, the European Research Council (ERC) has awarded 135 grants in the third round of its €20 million Proof of Concept competition, which awards the most promising innovation projects by existing ERC grantees with up to €150 000 in funding.
Today, the Commission presented its ‘Employment and Social Developments in Europe’ (ESDE) review for 2015. Each year, the ESDE report gives a review of the latest employment and social trends, reflecting on upcoming challenges and possible policy responses.
