The EU Foreign Affairs Council, at an extraordinary session, strongly condemned the indiscriminate shelling of Mariupol and the escalation of fighting in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The Council agreed to extend existing restrictive measures, targeting currently 132 persons and 28 entities over action against Ukraine’s territorial integrity, until September 2015.
The European Union welcomes the announcement of an agreement by the BiH Presidency on the Written Commitment to undertake reforms in the framework of the EU Accession Process, the spokesperson of High Representative for Foreign Policy Federica Mogherini said in a statement.
The EU has pledged an amount of €175 million for the period 2016-2020 to support GAVI Alliance to gather the necessary funds to be able to immunise another 300 million children. That is more than double the amount committed in the previous period.
EU Member States’ leaders expressed concern about the deterioration security and humanitarian situation in eastern Ukraine, urging Russia to condemn the separatists’ actions and to implement the Minsk agreements.
Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Serbia Michael Davenport attended the ceremony marking the school slava St. Sava at two Obrenovac schools, both reconstructed thanks to the EU funds after the May 2014 floods. The latest edition of Europa Diary was also presented to the students.
Ten years ago, in early February 2005, Serbia was covered in deep snow. The usual one-hour ride from the small town of Ljig, 80 km away from Belgrade, turned into a three-hour journey. A group of experts set off on a tour to visit CSOs’ projects, funded by the EU under the Support to Civil Society in Serbia programme.
Following yesterday’s attack on Mariupol and the escalation of violence in the Donbas Federica Mogherini, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, decided to convene extraordinary Foreign Affairs Council this coming Thursday, 29 January, in Brussels.
Further escalation of the open armed conflict in Ukraine has tragic consequences for a population and would inevitably lead to a further grave deterioration of relations between the EU and Russia, High Representative for Foreign Policy Federica Mogherini warned in a statement. Mogherini spoke this afternoon with President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, about the deteriorating situation on the ground in Eastern Ukraine and the possible means to address the situation.
On the occasion of the sixth Serbian edition of Europa Diary, EU Delegation and its Info Centre call second grade high school students to apply to literary contest titled “Europe and I”.
The European Union is preparing to step up its humanitarian aid to the people affected by the conflict in Ukraine, especially the displaced and those who need help to weather the severe cold which has gripped the country. Commissioner Christos Stylianides, responsible for humanitarian aid and crisis management, will be in Ukraine on January 26-27 to discuss the emergency with the authorities in Kyiv, to meet victims of the crisis in the East and to reaffirm the EU’s solidarity with the affected people.
