1. News stories
   

   Nature is suffering. Mother Earth urges call to action.

   Mother Earth is clearly urging a call to action. Australian wild fires, heat records, oceans filling with plastic and the worst locust invasion in Kenya, as well as a record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season. Now we face COVID-19, a worldwide health pandemic linked to the health of our ecosystem.

   Author: Strategic Communications - Publication date: 22/04/2021

2. From the blog
   

   Why and how the EU is supporting Ukraine

   20/04/2021 – HRVP Blog – Tensions are rising fast in and around Ukraine. At the Foreign Affairs Council, we have sent a clear signal of our collective support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity in front of Russia’s military deployment and its continued negative actions and

   Author: Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the European Commission - Publication date: 20/04/2021

3. From the blog
   

   Geoeconomics and geopolitics of the COVID-19 crisis

   18/04/2021 – HR/VP Blog – The Covid-19 crisis continues to change the global balance of power. The new IMF economic forecast shows that the recovery is underway even if uncertainties remain. However, the gap between emerging and developing countries and the advanced economies plus China is worrying.

   Author: Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the European Commission - Publication date: 18/04/2021

4. From the blog
   

   The battle for democracy in Myanmar

   11/04/2021- HR/VP Blog – The world is horrified by the bloody military coup in Myanmar, with reports of more than 80 people killed in Bago last Friday. We are pursuing a robust diplomatic initiative in close coordination with like-minded partners. However, geopolitical competition in Myanmar makes

   Author: Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the European Commission - Publication date: 11/04/2021

5. Press releases

   Les centres maritimes du Gabon prêts à utiliser la plateforme de partage d'informations YARIS pour les opérations de sécurité maritime dans le golfe de Guinée

   [Libreville, le 9 avril 2021] Le Chef d’État-Major adjoint de la marine gabonaise, le CV Charles Bekale, en présence du représentant de la Délégation de l’Union européenne au Gabon, présidera la cérémonie de clôture de la formation avancée à la plateforme YARIS (Yaoundé Architecture Regional

   Author: Press and information team of the Delegation to GABON - Publication date: 09/04/2021

6. Press releases

   Coronavirus: Team Europe continues to deliver with more than €26 billion disbursed in support to partner countries in one year

   One year ago today, the European Commission and the High Representative set out plans for a targeted EU response to support partner countries' efforts in tackling the Coronavirus pandemic combining resources from the EU, its Member States and European financial institutions, as ‘Team Europe&

   Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 08/04/2021

7. From the blog
   

   Ethiopia urgently needs to return to peace

   03/04/2021 – HR/VP Blog- The humanitarian situation in the Ethiopian Tigray region remains very serious. This conflict threatens also to destabilise the whole Horn of Africa. I have asked Pekka Haavisto, Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs, to travel to Ethiopia to repeat our requests to the

   Author: Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the European Commission - Publication date: 03/04/2021

8. News stories
   

   Lancement du 1er appel à projet « Créer en Afrique centrale »

   Le projet Créer en Afrique centrale: Soutien aux secteurs de la culture et de la création a lancé son premier appel à propositions en soutien aux industries culturelle et créatives (ICC) d’Afrique centrale. Doté d’une enveloppe budgétaire de € 1 050 000, cet appel prévoit de soutenir des initiatives

   Author: Press and information team of the Delegation to GABON - Publication date: 01/04/2021

9. From the blog
   

   Syria: ten years on we still need a political solution that addresses the root causes of the conflict

   31/03/2021 – HR/VP Blog – The Syria conflict has wreaked havoc for ten years and it is still going on. That is why we must continue to mobilise international support for the Syrian people. We achieved this with the Fifth “Brussels Conference on the future of Syria and the region” this week –

   Author: Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the European Commission - Publication date: 31/03/2021

10. From the blog
    

    EU-Turkey relations: the need to build bridges

    30/03/2021 – HR/VP Blog – Last week, the European Council opened what should be a new chapter in EU-Turkey relations. EU leaders are ready to engage on important avenues of cooperation including the modernisation of the Customs Union, the relaunching of high-level dialogues and people-to-people

    Author: Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the European Commission - Publication date: 30/03/2021

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