A package of additional sanctions against Russia is a warning to Moscow over illegal anexation of a territory and destabilisation of Ukraine that have been unacceptable in Europe in 21st century, President of European Commission Hose Manuel Barroso and President of European Council Herman Van Rompuy said in a joint statement on behalf of the European Union. EU will reengage with Russia when it starts contributing actively and without ambiguities to finding a solution to the Ukrainian crisis.

European Commission – Press release EU Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica, will this week attend the Third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Good morning. Today, we had only one objective: to reach an agreement. After 17 hours of negotiations, we have finally reached it. One can say that we have ‘agreekment’. Leaders have agreed in principle that they are ready to start negotiations on an ESM programme, which in other words means continued support for Greece.

The Commission’s free smartphone application for passenger rights has been upgraded just before the summer holidays to make it easy for all travellers to be informed about their rights in case something unexpected happens during their journey. Featuring existing EU rules on passenger rights, the app provides information for all types of transportation: planes, trains, boats and buses – when and how the passenger rights apply.

The European Commission takes note of and respects the result of the referendum in Greece. President Juncker is consulting (…) with the democratically elected leaders of the other 18 Eurozone members as well as with the Heads of the EU institutions.

It’s a big summer sale courtesy of the European Commission! From 1 July 2014, the EU cut the price caps for data downloads by more than half: down from 45 cents per megabyte to 20c/MB. It became even cheaper to use maps, watch videos, check mails and update social networks while travelling across the EU.

We thought – with the Ministers – that it was a right to give you the news immediately: that the decision to launch the naval operation has just been taken. It is probably the first time the European Union takes the issue of migration so seriously [and decides to launch an operation] in such a fast way, with unanimity and unity. I would say this is a sign that European Union is going to turn the page.

High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini received Deputy Prime Minister Fatmir Besimi of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia this morning.

Yesterday, the European Commission (EC) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have signed a grant agreement for an €8 million (US$8.7 million) capacity development program on fiscal reforms in Southeastern Europe (SEE).

Turkey’s general election on 7 June took place with a record 86% turn out, a clear sign of strength of the Turkish democracy. The fact that all major political parties obtained representation in the new parliament is particularly important