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Human rights violations in Russia

EU lists individuals responsible for Vladimir Kara-Murza’s sentencing and degrading treatment.

EU extends trade benefits for Ukraine

The suspension of import duties, quotas and trade defence measures on Ukrainian exports to the European Union – known as the Autonomous…

Kosovo - Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the latest developments

The European Union condemns in the strongest terms the violent acts against citizens, KFOR troops, law enforcement, and media in the north…

Council adopts decision about EU’s accession to Istanbul Convention

The Council approved the EU’s accession to the Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence …

EU-US Trade and Technology Council: simpler rules for more trade in veterinary products

In EU-US Trade and Technology Council, the US and the EU reached an agreement to mutually recognise the results of pharmaceutical Good…

Strengthening monitoring of the EU's visa free regimes

The Commission adopted a Communication on the monitoring of the EU's visa-free travel regimes setting out a consultation process

EU doubles rescEU firefighting fleet for summer 2023

Following up on President von der Leyen's State of the Union speech in September last year, Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez…

7 individuals listed - for their destabilising actions and for undermining the territorial integrity

The Council decided today to impose restrictive measures against 7 individuals under two distinct sanctions frameworks.

EU takes further steps to implement the Windsor Framework

The EU is continuing to put in place the Windsor Framework, which was politically agreed between the Commission and the UK government on 27…

Council nearly doubles the EU’s financial assistance to Moldova

The Council decided to nearly double the amount of macro-financial assistance to Moldova which it had agreed to provide a year ago.