Luxembourg 13.10.2024 Foreign Affairs Council will take place on 14 October 2024 in Luxembourg. The EU top diplomats will convene to discuss the following agenda: Agenda highlights: The October Foreign Affairs Council will start at 10.00 in Luxembourg, and be chaired by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell. Russian…
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Borrell: nuclear war must be never fought
Brussels 11.10.2023 “The award of the Nobel Peace Prize to the organisation Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, serves as a reminder of the very severe consequences associated with nuclear weapons use and the responsibility that all States share to prevent such an occurrence from happening”, reads the…
EU-Qatar VI Human Rights Dialogue
Brussels 26.09.2024 Today, the European Union and Qatar held their 6th Human Rights Dialogue in Brussels. The discussions covered a wide range of topics, such as labour rights, women’s rights, vulnerable groups, fundamental freedoms, the rule of law – including the right to fair trial and the death penalty – digital rights, and freedom of…
EU: MEPs and 300+ NGOs defend wolf
Brussels 25.09.2024 Anna van Densky This week hearing on wolf protection united Members of the European parliament and more than 300 Civil Society organisations who urge European Commission to drop the proposal to degrade the status of this majestic animal, and keep it as “strictly protected”. The event was chaired by MEP Anja Hazekamp from…
EU: Macron proposes Séjourné
Brussels 16.09.2024 Today Emmanuel Macron proposes Stéphane Séjourné as European Commissioner to replace Thierry Breton, announces the Élysée according to AFP. France was quick to react upon Ursula von der Leyen request. Today President Emmanuel Macron proposed his resigning Minister of Foreign Affairs Stéphane Séjourné as European Commissioner “focused on the issues of industrial and…
EU: Commissioner Breton slams door
16.09.2024 Today European Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton announced that he was resigning with immediate effect, saying that President Ursula von der Leyen had asked Emmanuel Macron to proposer another candidate for the job. “I am resigning from my position as European Commissioner, with immediate effect,” announced Thierry Breton in a letter to…
RF: Kursk nuclear power plant risks
Brussels 13.08.2024 The European Union considers it is important not to “speculate and hypothesize” on nuclear accident scenario, concerning Kursk nuclear power plant, and the Commission is hopeful that it doesn’t happen, but in such a case “there are systems in place in coordination between the EU and the international agencies”, the spokesperson for Climate…
Iran: EU condemns capital punishment
Brussels 06.08.2024 Gholamreza Resaei was executed on Tuesday by Iranian authorities, after being arrested and sentenced to death in connection with the 2022 protests in Iran. “The European Union condemns in the strongest term the use of capital punishment as a response to domestic dissent. The EU urges the Iranian authorities to immediately end the…
Iran: EU joins de-escalation efforts
Brussels 06.08.2024 The EU diplomacy underscored the multiple efforts undertaken to de-escalate the tense situation in the Middle East, aggravated by Iran recent public vows to “punish” Israel, after an explosion took life of one the Hamas leaders, while visiting Teheran. However the European External Actions Service pressperson declined to mention any concrete actions, or…
EU College: gender balance in view
Brussels 25.07.2024 The European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has started a process of selection of candidates for the next College during her second mandate. Today von der Leyen on issued letters requesting member-states to put forward their candidates by the end of the week to be able to start interviews in August, according…
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