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Ahead of the EU-Western Balkans Summit on 6 October, President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will be in the Western Balkans between Tuesday and Thursday, to visit Albania, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

On Monday 27 September, High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell will address the second edition of the EU – Western Balkans Media Literacy conference, which will focus on “building resilience to disinformation”.

Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in early 2020, the EU, EU Member States and European financial institutions, as Team Europe, have disbursed €34 billion in support to partner countries in addressing the pandemic and its consequences, delivering on its promises with concrete results.

The European Commission welcomes the adoption on 15 September by the European Parliament of the new Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA III) for the period 2021-2027...

Whether you care about climate change, jobs, the economy, or racial and social justice, your voice will only be heard and your vote will only count if you live in a democracy.

Dear Chair, Honourable Members of the Parliament, it is with great pleasure that I speak to you at this Plenary debate.

Tomorrow, Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson will host, in cooperation with High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell, Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi and the Slovenian Presidency of the Council, a videoconference meeting of EU and Western Balkans

Vice-President for Democracy and Demography, Dubravka Šuica, and Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi, are in Slovenia today to participate in the Bled Strategic Forum.

Ahead of the World Humanitarian Day 2021, we honour all humanitarian workers who are saving lives and helping the most vulnerable in crises worldwide...

To help Tunisia cope with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the worrying health situation within the country, the European Union and its member states continue to mobilise emergency aid via the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.

France has mobilised two Canadair firefighting airplanes to help Algeria fight forest fires in the north and north-east of the country, following a request for assistance submitted to the EU Civil Protection Mechanism on 11 August 2021.

Aujourd'hui, 4 août, le haut représentant/vice-président Josep Borrell participera, au nom de la présidente de la Commission européenne Ursula von der Leyen, et aux côtés du président du Conseil européen, Charles Michel...

On 4 August 2020, a devastating explosion at the Beirut port caused more than 200 deaths, thousands of wounded and widespread damage to homes and businesses. The European Union swiftly provided substantial assistance to address the immediate needs...

The Commission is allocating €5.5 million in humanitarian funding to help strengthen the COVID-19 response in Lebanon. The funding comes as Lebanon faces high infection rates, with the national health system close to collapse...

“Today, we mark the European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day. We pay our respects to the hundreds of thousands of Roma victims...

L’Union européenne suit avec la plus grande attention l’évolution de la situation en Tunisie.

The European Commission, on behalf of the EU, has today disbursed €250 million in macro-financial assistance (MFA) to Jordan.

Following new offers of assistance from EU Member States to countries in need, the Commission has so far supported the sharing of over 3 million COVID-19 vaccines with countries outside of the EU through the European Civil Protection Mechanism.

On 7 July 2021, DG NEAR hosted the meeting of the Core Group on donor coordination for recovery, resilience and development responses to the Syrian crisis.