Former Poland’s prime minister Donald Tusk, who took over the post of President of the European Council, set four priorities for his term: political unity of the EU, end of economic crisis, protection of European security and strengthening the ties with the United States.
European Council President Donald Tusk and U.S. President Barack Obama urged Russia to withdraw from eastern Ukraine and allow control of the border, the EU President said in a statement after a telephone conversation with the American leader.
Violence against women and girls has a detrimental effect on their health, including their sexual, reproductive and mental health.
Over the course of December 2014, construction, adaptation and extension of building of the Faculty of Sciences in Novi Sad will be completed, providing professors and students with brand new 1.500 square metres of useful work space, including a reading room, two equipped IT classrooms, and 14 professor cabinets. Within the EU HETIP project, European Union have invested over one million euros into this particular institution of higher education.
Majority of citizens supports Serbia’s membership in the European Union, in general, attitude towards the EU is a more positive one, whereas citizens’ awareness regarding the EU assistance to Serbia is on the rise, primarily because of better recognition of the assistance provided for May flood relief, showed the latest public opinion poll “Serbian citizens’ attitudes towards Serbia’s EU integration”.
The Council has reinforced EU restrictive measures against separatists operating in Eastern Ukraine, as requested by the Foreign Affairs Council of 17 November. 13 persons and five entities involved in action against Ukraine’s territorial integrity will be subject to an asset freeze and an EU travel ban.
Sexual violence is often used as military tactics in an armed conflict and women are to suffer the most from it. These cases are rarely reported and the perpetrators often go unpunished.
More than 200 micro and small businesses in 24 municipalities mostly affected by the floods were selected to receive support through income generating activities. In the next period, these entrepreneurs will receive construction material to reconstruct their facilities, as well as equipment and process material to restore the production.
Association for Development of Children and Youth – OPEN CLUB from Nis organises in the premises of Media Centre a round table titled “Peer violence in schools in Nis and Vidin”, within the project “Peer Mediation Centres”, co-funded by the EU through a Bulgaria-Serbia IPA cross-border programme.
Head of the European Union Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport and Director of Government Office for Reconstruction and Flood Relief Marko Blagojevic, visited the construction works in Paracin, carried out on houses of families whose homes were destroyed in May 2014 floods. Through EU Assistance for Flood Relief in Serbia Programme, the EU have allocated some 1.057.000 euros for the reconstruction and construction of a total of 57 damaged houses, reconstruction of two high schools and support to 660 agricultural producers.
