Today, an eleventh 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.
Early January, European Commission Directorate for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO) donated warm clothing and footwear for migrants and refugees in Serbia.
While the talks held in Vienna and New York in recent months are expected to launch the peace process for Syria, the humanitarian situation in the country remains dramatic: civilian populations are under siege in many areas and are being forced to live in appalling conditions with no access to food supplies or aid.
A historic agreement on climate change was reached in December in Paris, concluding a negotiation round opened in Durban in 2011. The Paris Agreement is the first-ever universal, legally binding global climate deal.
The European Commission has adopted a series of cross-border cooperation programmes totalling €1 billion, supporting social and economic development in the regions on both sides of the EU’s external borders.
Most memorable moments at 2015, from the refugees crisis to the terrorist attacks. The European Parliament also dealt with issues such as tax rulings, Greece and debated the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the EU and the US. Watch our video to relive those moments.
The government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has stated that it carried out a nuclear test this morning.
In 2015, agreements were signed with municipalities, construction sites opened, keys to apartments handed to refugees and IDPs who have for years, decades even, lived in collective centres.
The European Agenda on Migration adopted by the Commission in May 2015 set out the need for a comprehensive approach to migration management. Since then, a number of measures have been introduced – including the adoption of two emergency schemes to relocate 160,000 people in clear need of international protection…
On 1 January 2016, the EU and Ukraine started applying the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) which forms part of the Association Agreement signed in June 2014. The application of the DCFTA of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement constitutes a milestone in the bilateral relationship, as it will offer new economic benefits to both sides.
