Serbia to get EUR 187.1 million from IPA 2014 funds
The Serbian government and the European Commission signed a financial agreement approving EUR 84.8 million from IPA 2014 funds to…
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Autumn 2015 Standard Eurobarometer: Immigration consolidates its place as the most important issue facing the EU currently
Today, the report presenting the first results of the ‘Standard’ Eurobarometer for Autumn 2015 is published. The report and data show that Europeans’ perception of the economic situation continues to improve: 40% of citizens say the national situation is good, up two percentage points since the Spring 2015 survey was published in July.
€6.6 million in support of the Libyan population
The European Commission has provided a new assistance package for Libya worth a total of €6.6 million. This support is financed under the European Neighbourhood Instrument in the framework of the European Neighbourhood Policy.
Refugee Crisis: European Commission awards €35 million to Sweden, €8 million to Finland and €5 million to Belgium in emergency funding
The European Commission has awarded €35 million to Sweden, €8 million to Finland and €5 million to Belgium in emergency funding to support these countries in managing the high influx of asylum seekers. The funding comes from the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF).
No outcome reached at the final trilateral ministerial meeting on the EU-Ukraine Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade
European Commissioner Cecilia Malmström, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin and Russian Minister for Economic Development Alexei Ulyukayev could not come to a political agreement during the talks yesterday in Brussels on the practical solutions to Russia’s concerns related to the implementation of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) between the EU and Ukraine.
Handover of keys to the beneficiaries of six prefabricated housing units
The beneficiaries of the six prefabricated houses in Sombor received the keys to their new houses today. The keys were handed over by Sasa Todorovic, Mayor of the City of Sombor, Mr Nicola Bizel, Head of Operations of the Delegation of the European Union Delegation to the Republic of Serbia, representative of the Commissariat for Refugees and Migrations of the Republic of Serbia…
Russia: EU prolongs economic sanctions by six months
On 21 December 2015, the Council prolonged EU economic sanctions against Russia until 31 July 2016. The sanctions were initially introduced for one year on 31 July 2014, in response to Russia’s actions in Eastern Ukraine.
Child-friendly space in the Serbian town of Adaševci opens for children and mothers with babies
A place for feeding and changing the babies, clothing and shoes, stuffed animals, colouring books and crayons are just some of the items that the child-friendly space offers to children and mothers with babies, located in Adaševci, a Serbian town near the Croatian border. The child-friendly space was set up by the international NGO World Vision and by UNICEF, with financial support from the European Union.
President Juncker welcomes European Council progress on protecting the EU’s external borders and commitments to safeguard Schengen
Progress was made last night on the management of the refugee crisis, in particular on the protection of the EU’s external borders. The European Council notably agreed on the importance to protect Schengen as a major achievement of the European Union…
Cooperation is the Key to Successful Project
The presentation of the results achieved within the PLAC Project thus far were presented at the sixth coordination meeting with beneficiaries, held 17 December 2015.