I would like to send you — and all Ukrainians — a warm and fraternal greeting from the European Union and our 450 million citizens. For over two months, we have watched with horror the martyrdom inflicted on you by Russia. Last week I was in Kyiv. I saw with my own eyes the atrocities […]
Chemical Weapons Convention: Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union to mark the 25th anniversary
On 29 April 2022, we mark the 25th anniversary of the entry into force of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction (CWC). With 193 States Parties, the Convention today enshrines the international norm against the use of chemical weapons. Since it entered into […]
World Press Freedom Day. Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the EU
As we mark World Press Freedom Day, brave journalists, camera crews, reporters, photographers and bloggers are risking their lives to keep us informed about Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified military aggression against Ukraine. Russian forces are detaining, abducting or kidnapping and targeting journalists and civil society actors to prevent the world from hearing the truth. We […]
One hundred smart and climate-neutral cities by 2030
The Commission announced last week the 100 EU cities that will participate in the EU mission “100 smart and climate-neutral cities by 2030”, the so-called mission on cities. The 100 cities come from all 27 Member States, with an additional 12 cities from countries associated or with the potential to be associated with Horizon Europe, […]
EU and UNESCO mark the World Press Freedom Day with Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate in Ramallah
In celebration of the World Press Freedom Day, the Office of the European Union Representative, UNESCO, and the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate joined Palestinian media practitioners to highlight the role of the state, civil society and press actors in ensuring freedom and quality of journalism and public expression in the context of the global digital environment. […]
Associate Professorship in Digitalization in Denmark
Offer Description Copenhagen Business School invites applications for a vacant associate professorship within the field of Digitalization. It is the ambition of the Department to bring together scholars who share a common interest in the study of digitalization in context, specifically focusing on co-creating knowledge with enduring consequences through the study of interrelationships and processes connecting […]
University on Youth and Development
The University on Youth and Development (UYD) is a space for meeting, training and action planning, gathering for one-week hundreds of young people, youth workers, experts from the field and decision-makers responsible for youth-related policies. The 21st edition will take place from 11th to 18th September 2022 in CEULAJ, Mollina (Spain) and will focus on “Peace, justice and strong institutions”. The UYD is […]
The European Union Delegation and the Jerusalem Foundation Mark Yom HaShoah 2022
EU ambassadors meet with Holocaust survivors who participate in the Jerusalem’s Foundation “Café Europa” programme Ahead of Yom HaShoah, the European Union Delegation to the State of Israel and the Jerusalem Foundation on Monday, 25 April, hosted Holocaust survivors and European ambassadors for a special event to pay tribute to six million Jews who perished in […]
New electoral reform: MEPs push for common standards and transnational lists
The European Parliament will vote on a proposal to have more common rules for EU elections and the addition of an EU-wide constituency. The EU elections determine the representatives of Europeans at EU level, but how they are organised is largely decided at national level. This means that countries vote on different days, only national […]