Brussels 18.12.2024 In response to an invitation by the National Electoral Commission, the High Representative / Vice President of the European Commission Kaja Kallas has decided to deploy an EU Election Observation Mission (EOM) to observe the general elections in Ecuador on 9 February 2025. The High Representative has appointed Gabriel Mato, Member of the…
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EU trade with Colombia, Peru, Ecuador
Luxembourg 14.10.2024 The EU Council has today adopted a decision to conclude the trade agreement between the European Union and its member states, on one hand, and Colombia and Peru, on the other, as well as a decision to conclude the protocol concerning Ecuador’s accession to this agreement. (Image above: Ecuador) This is the final…
Ecuador: EU condemns Villavicencio assassination
Brussels 10.08.2023 “The European Union condemns in the strongest terms the assassination of the presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio. This tragic act of violence is also an attack against the institutions and democracy in Ecuador” reads the statement by EU High Representative Josep Borrell on the assassination of the Ecuador presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio. The assassination…
Assange faces eviction from Ecuador Embassy
The Intercept earlier cited a source close to the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry and the president’s office as saying that Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno was involved in talks with the UK and was close to finalizing an agreement to hand over the WikiLeaks’ founder to the British government within the next several weeks. JUST IN: Ecuador…
Assange as 'hacker' can stay in Embassy
Ecuador’s new president Lenin Moreno said Julian Assange is a “hacker,” making his strongest comments to date against the WikiLeaks founder while still stressing he could stay on in the country’s London embassy. Moreno, who was sworn in earlier this month, has broken with his predecessor and mentor Rafael Correa, who had said Assange was…