European Union External Action
The European Union in partnership with the World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched a new regional project worth over €7 million to support safe and effective vaccination of the populations across the Western Balkans.
Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 19/02/2021
The European Union welcomes further opportunities for continued dialogue and engagement with Zimbabwe and reiterates its ambition for a more constructive relationship.
The Council has adopted a decision in support of the Oslo action plan for the implementation of the 1997 Convention on the prohibition of the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of anti-personnel mines and on their destruction.
Today, High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell convened the Global Tech Panel by video conference for the first time for an informal discussion on new technologies. The meeting brought together leaders from the worlds of technology, civil society and diplomacy to reflect on how to join
Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 18/02/2021
Following the Tbilisi City Court‘s ruling of 17 February on the pre-trial detention of Mr Nika Melia, Chairman of the United National Movement opposition party, and the subsequent resignation of Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia, the European Union urges both the authorities and the opposition in
The Commission has announced today €3 million in humanitarian aid to assist those affected by the recent large scale hostilities in and around Nagorno-Karabakh, including a significant number of displaced people. Since the beginning of the hostilities in September 2020, the EU has mobilised a total
Author: Strategic Communications - Publication date: 18/02/2021
Today, the European Commission approved a second contract with the pharmaceutical company Moderna, which provides for an additional purchase of 300 million doses (150 million in 2021 and an option to purchase an additional 150 million in 2022) on behalf of all EU Member States. The new contract also
Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 17/02/2021
In today’s world marked by major geopolitical and economic power shifts, multilateralism is the most effective mean to govern global relations in a way that benefits all. Growing global challenges, such as COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, conflicts and extreme poverty in many parts of the world,
Today, the Commission and the High Representative put forward a new strategy to strengthen the EU's contribution to rules-based multilateralism. The Joint Communication lays out the EU's expectations of and ambitions for the multilateral system. Today's proposal suggests to make use
The European Union and the United Nations are natural partners. We are the world’s leading proponents and defenders of a multilateral and rules-based global governance system. Together, we respond to global crises, threats and challenges which cannot be addressed by individual nations acting alone,
