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With discrimination, exclusion and marginalisation still rife for Roma communities in the Western Balkans, ministers reaffirmed their commitment to push for greater inclusion during the Roma Integration Ministerial meeting in Sarajevo on 28 June

The sudden standstill of international activities in spring 2020 required a thorough redesigning of the European Commission’s institution building instruments TAIEX and Twinning

The Council today decided to impose restrictive measures against 78 Belarusian individuals and 8 entities. This decision was made in view of the escalation of serious human rights violations in Belarus and the violent repression of civil society, democratic opposition and journalists.

No country, no region in the world has been spared from the impact of COVID-19. The virus is exacerbating existing inequalities and has a disproportionate effect on refugees, internally displaced persons, vulnerable migrants and stateless persons

The Facility for Refugees in Turkey is hosting a one-week online film festival, starting on World Refugee Day, featuring films highlighting the lives of refugees and available to stream throughout Belgium from 20 June to 26 June. Films include documentaries and live action productions, including sho

Today, the Commission announced €20 million in humanitarian funding to be provided in Algeria, Egypt and Libya. The funding will support the most vulnerable people affected by the region's political and protracted crises; the over four-decade-long Sahrawi refugee crisis in Algeria

The leading global forum on development cooperation, the European Development Days (EDD), will begin tomorrow to reflect on the road to the UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP15) in Kunming in October and the Glasgow COP26 in November 2021

Neighbourhood and Enlargement Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi is participating today in the Tirana Summit with the Western Balkans leaders. They are discussing the implementation of the Economic and Investment Plan...

EU external action budget: European Commission welcomes the final adoption of the EU's new long-term external action budget for 2021-2027