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Cuba: High Representative/Vice-President Borrell talks to Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Rodriguez
At the EU-Cuba Joint Council, High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell had a fruitful discussion with Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Rodriguez on overall EU-Cuba relations. This included taking stock of dialogues under the EU-Cuba Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement (PDCA)
Turkey: Speech on behalf of High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell at the EP debate
Speech on the human rights situation in Turkey, notably the case of Selahattin Demirtas and other prisoners of conscience, delivered by Helena Dalli, Commissioner for Equality
Vietnam: Speech on behalf of High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell at the EP debate
Speech on the human rights situation in Vietnam, in particular the case of human rights journalists Pham Chi Dung, Nguyen Tuong Thuy and Le Huu Minh Tuan, delivered by Helena Dalli, Commissioner for Equality
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Featured stories

Picture it: Join the global comic competition and share your vision of gender equality!
UN Women—together with the European Commission, Belgium, France, Mexico, as well as in partnership with Cartooning for Peace—is organizing a global comic and cartoon competition to mark the 25th anniversary of the groundbreaking Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which set out how to
Human Rights in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Shaping Our Digital Future
Recent developments at the Council of Europe’s Ad hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence could prove to be a landmark moment for human rights in the digital age. We take a look at what this means exactly and at what both the Council of Europe and the European Union are doing to further protections
Building immunity to disinformation
Today vaccines are the answer to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, which had negatively affected social and economic life across the globe.
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Video Galleries

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One Planet Summit: Ursula von der Leyen eudebates new ambitions to protect biodiversity
One Planet Summit: Ursula von der Leyen eudebates new ambitions to protect biodiversity
Videos:  Regions: Asia Japan Pakistan Topics: Climate, Environment & Energy Editorial Sections: EEAS UN New York Climate, Environment & Energy Japan Pakistan Organisations: UN New York UN New York Homepage of the EEAS: EEAS
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Message by Stefano Sannino on his first day in office as EEAS Secretary General
Message by Stefano Sannino on his first day in office as EEAS Secretary General
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Healthy and Peaceful New Year’s Wishes
Healthy and Peaceful New Year’s Wishes
New Year’s Wishes by Children in the 24 official EU languages
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Fact sheets

EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: A new relationship, with big changes- Brochure
On 1 January 2021, the United Kingdom left the EU Single Market and Customs Union, and all EU policies. As a result, it has lost all the rights and benefits it had had as an EU Member State, and will no longer be covered by the EU’s international agreements. This will bring far-reaching changes,
EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: A new relationship, with big changes- Overview of consequences and benefits
EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: A new relationship, with big changes
Cybersecurity: EU External Action
The EU is determined to promote and protect a global, open, stable and secure cyberspace for everyone to have a safe digital life. Increased cybersecurity is essential for the EU to become a resilient, green and digital Union.
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Documents

Joint Staff Working Document- Association Implementation Report on Ukraine
In line with the revised European Neighbourhood Policy, this report outlines the state of play of Ukraine's implementation of its commitments under the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement (AA). It covers developments since the publication of the previous Association Implementation Report on
Call African European Youth Forum 28-29 September 2020
Editorial Sections: EEAS Africa Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde Cameroon Central African Republic EUAM RCA Comoros Congo (Brazzaville) Côte d'Ivoire Djibouti DR Congo (Kinshasa) Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya
Macao Special Administrative Region: Annual Report 2019- Joint Report to the European Parliament and the Council
Since the handover of Macao to the People’s Republic of China in 1999, the European Union and its Member States have closely followed political and economic developments in the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) under the ‘one country, two systems’ principle. The European Union continues to
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Photo Galleries

THE SHOW MUST GO ON- Covid and the arts
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected our daily lives in ways we could have hardly anticipated. This includes the arts and how we experience them. The fate of the Segovia Circus, a circus from Guatemala stranded in Honduras due to the COVID-19 crisis, attracted the lens of Honduran photographer Vicente
Graffiti and street art to raise awareness of migration and COVID19
Regions: Africa Ghana Show in content:  Homepage of the EEAS: EEAS
#EUBeachCleanUp 2019 in Mauritius and Seychelles
Regions: Japan Show in content:  Topics: Multilateral Relations Climate, Environment & Energy Internal Links:  #EUBeachCleanup 2019 in Mauritius and Seychelles Homepage of the EEAS: EEAS
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Campaigns

#EUinAction
Campaign Description:  The world around us is changing at fast pace. We face an increasingly complex and deteriorating security environment, with growing tensions and conflicts unravelling around the world, even at the doorstep of Europe. An increasingly uncertain environment demands a stronger EU
#EUBeachCleanUp goes online
Campaign Description:  Our ocean starts with you! We have all seen images or read the worrying reports: plastic rubbish is piling up in our oceans and littering our beaches. Animals get caught in ghost nets, and micro plastics enter our food chain. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Whilst the key
Coronavirus: news on EU action, vaccines, Team Europe support, disinformation, repatriation and solidarity stories
Languages: Français Portuguese, International Íslenska Campaign Description:  Stronger Together against COVID-19 In Europe and in the world, all minds are focused on actions to tackle the outbreak of COVID-19 and mitigate the effects of the crisis. The European Union works on all fronts to support
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