Category: _European Commission News

The article showcases Rome’s efforts to support apprentices to access high-quality jobs, how EAfA has contributed to the region’s success and why other organisations should consider joining the Alliance. Please can you provide a short overview of your pledge? In 2017, the City of Rome made an EAfA pledge to enhance its apprenticeship programme. Our […]

This restoration of full market access constitutes a complete resolution of the six-year-old WTO dispute between the EU and Colombia. The dispute demonstrates the effectiveness of the Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement (MPIA) which maintains a fully-functioning dispute settlement system in the WTO, among the participating countries. It is the first dispute to reach the […]

On 16 March, Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration, Magnus Brunner, attended the Global Fraud Summit 2026, an international conference focused on tackling global financial fraud, scams, and cyber-enabled crime, organised by UNODC and INTERPOL in Vienna.   The event brought together governments, law-enforcement agencies, international organisations and businesses to coordinate responses to fraud worldwide.  The […]

For over 60 years, UAB Arvydai has helped shape aquaculture in rural Lithuania. With decisive support from the EU, this family-run company has speeded up its transition towards a fully integrated model that combines organic fish farming, nature restoration and eco-tourism. What might otherwise have taken many years was brought together through one coherent strategy that strengthens biodiversity, boosts […]

The European Commission announced today €36 million in EU humanitarian aid that will reach 6 countries across Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean region. Millions of people face acute food insecurity, and conflict in northern Mozambique continues to drive one of the world’s most severe displacement crises. Commissioner Lahbib meets today with the President of […]

The European Commission and the United Nations reiterated their support for global environmental multilateralism at a meeting today (16 March). The high-level meeting in Brussels, where Jessika Roswall, Commissioner for the Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy, met with Inger Andersen, the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), allowed the two institutions […]

One year after governments agreed to establish the Cali Fund, global momentum is growing to turn this landmark biodiversity agreement into a fully operational mechanism capable of mobilising new resources for nature worldwide.  Created under the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Cali Fund aims to ensure that benefits arising from the use of Digital Sequence […]

Today, the European Commission witnessed an additional €10 million contribution from Lithuania to the Ukraine Facility. This additional support comes ahead of the foreseen Summit of the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children, which will focus on addressing the forced deportation and illegal transfer of Ukrainian children by Russia. The new funding will strengthen […]

In the face of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the EU, together with Ukraine and Moldova launched the EU-Ukraine Solidarity Lanes in May 2022, establishing new transport routes to keep Ukraine’s imports and exports flowing via rail, road and inland waterways. Today, the EU-Ukraine Solidarity Lanes have become a lifeline for Ukraine’s economy. In […]

The 5th evacuation flight from the Middle East, chartered and fully funded by the European Commission landed yesterday in Bucharest, Romania. The flight enabled the safe repatriation of 134 European citizens, following a request from the Romanian authorities.  Departing from Oman, the flight transported 96 Romanian nationals and 38 citizens from other European countries, who […]