Strasbourg 15.03.2023 Climate change: Parliament votes to reduce member states’ emissions by 40%. Parliament adopts new carbon sinks goal that increases the EU's 2030 climate ambition. Press release: https://t.co/oOqbjm9KYa pic.twitter.com/EvGJ5qIStJ — European Parliament (@Europarl_EN) March 14, 2023 All EU countries must reduce emissions by 2030 compared to 2005 Reduction targets for each member state based…
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Borrell on Russia human rights violations
Brussels 11.03.2023 “Russia’s illegal war of aggression against Ukraine is accompanied by ever increasing oppression at home. The expansion of oppressive legislation, the absence of the rule of law, political misuse of judiciary, state-sponsored wartime propaganda and disproportionate use of force by Russian authorities against any sign of opposing views leave no space for pluralistic…
Borrell: Ukraine reconstruction starts
Brussels 09.03.2023 “Today, we are going to discuss how we can support the reconstruction of Ukraine. Well, reconstruction has already started. We support a lot of the civilians, we try to rebuild the electricity [network]” said the EU top diplomat Josep Borrell upon his arrival to the Informal Foreign Affairs Council – Development. “Today, the…
Georgia: removal of foreign agent law
Brussels 09.03.2023 , Georgia (AP) — Georgia’s ruling party it is withdrawing a draft law from the Parliament criticised as potentially hindering media freedom and civil society, after several days of massive protests against it in the capital. The Foreign Agent law for a charity or a media company which is financed by foreign actors…
EU: gender-based violence sanctions
Brussels 07.03.2023 The Council decided today to impose restrictive measures on nine individuals and three entities in view of their role in committing serious human rights violations and abuses, particularly sexual and gender-based violence. Today’s action reaffirms the EU’s determination to promote and protect human rights around the world. The increasing backlash on women’s rights…
EU agrees to Russia crimes tribunal
Brussels 06.03.2023 Today the European Commission announced the agreement of the establishment a new tribunal to prosecute Russian crimes of aggression committed during the war in Ukraine. The tribunal, the International Center for the Prosecution of Crimes of Aggression against Ukraine (ICPA), is designed to fill in any gaps in prosecution from the International Criminal…
EU: €816M funds for Ocean protection
Brussels 02.03.2023 oday, at the Our Ocean Conference in Panama, the EU is confirming its strong engagement for international ocean governance by announcing 39 commitments for action for the year 2023. These actions will be funded by €816.5 million. This is one of the biggest amounts ever announced by the EU since the start of…
EU-UK: agreement in principle on Windsor Framework
Brussels 27.02.2023 Today, the European Commission and the Government of the United Kingdom reached a political agreement in principle on the Windsor Framework. This constitutes a comprehensive set of joint solutions aimed at addressing, in a definitive way, the practical challenges faced by citizens and businesses in Northern Ireland, thereby providing them with lasting certainty…
EU Commission welcomes X-th package of sanctions
Brussels 25.02.2023 The Commission welcomes the Council’s adoption of a X-th package of sanctions against Russia and those that support it in its illegal aggression against Ukraine, the press-release reads. 24 February marks one year since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and 9 years since the beginning of Russia’s illegal invasion and occupation of Ukrainian…
UN Ukraine special session
Brussels 22.02.2023 “…This war has been sending shockwaves around the world, creating troubles for everybody. The whole world is paying the high price for this war in terms of prices of electricity, food and a looming economic crisis due to this fact” said the EU top diplomat Josep Borrell at a joint press point with…
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