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Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi, will travel to Cairo on 31 May and 1 June to discuss the state of play of and outlook for EU-Egypt relations with the Egyptian authorities. It will be an opportunity to exchange views on the implementation of the EU's Economic and

Indeed, we had a very good discussion tonight. And I am very glad that the Leaders were able to agree in principle on the sixth sanctions package. This is very important. Thanks to this, the Council should now be able to finalise a ban on almost 90% of all Russian oil imports by the end of the year.

The European Commission, on behalf of the EU, has today disbursed €300 million in Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) to Tunisia. This is the second and last disbursement under the COVID-19 MFA programme to Tunisia, approved to mitigate the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic...

La cinquième réunion ministérielle de l'Union pour la Méditerranée (UpM) sur l'emploi et le travail, organisée les 17 et 18 mai à Marrakech, au Maroc, s'est concentrée sur « l'emploi et l'employabilité des plus vulnérables, en particulier chez les jeunes et les femmes. »

The European Commission has today presented the REPowerEU Plan, its response to the hardships and global energy market disruption caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. There is a double urgency to transform Europe's energy system: ending the EU's dependence on Russian fossil fuels, which are used

Today, the European Commission marks the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia, Biphobia and Interphobia (IDAHOT), which raises awareness of the discrimination and violence that lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, non-binary, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) persons continue to face.

Today, Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, Elisa Ferreira, has opened with a video-message the 7th Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR) in Tirana, under the EUSAIR Presidency of Albania.

The EU announces today €25 million in humanitarian aid to meet the basic needs of vulnerable Palestinians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza. Over 2 million Palestinian women, children and men in the Occupied Territories and Gaza Strip are in need of humanitarian assistance.

The European Commission has today published a consolidated list of travel bans in its EU Sanctions Map tool. This will allow our citizens to see who is subject to a travel ban under our sanctions measures, and therefore are prevented from travelling to the EU.