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September 27
2022
How sanctions against Russia affect the Belgian diamond trade
The European Union has already published six “packages” of sanctions against Russia, which included sanctions against Russian gold and other luxury goods. However, diamonds are...
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September 26
2022
EU announces funding through Global Gateway strategy
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has concluded an intense week of discussions with world leaders and international partners at the UN General...
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September 22
2022
EU adds €715 million to the Global Fund
The European Commission announced a new record €715 million from the EU budget to the Global Fund for the period 2023-2025 at the Fund's Seventh Replenishment Conference, hosted...
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September 14
2022
2022 State of the Union speech
On Wednesday 14 September 2022, European Commission President von der Leyen delivered her annual State of the Union address to the European Parliament. This annual event,...
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September 07
2022
EU €5 billion assistance to Ukraine
The European Commission has proposed a further €5 billion in macro-financial assistance (MFA) loans to Ukraine as the second part of the exceptional MFA package of up to €9...
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September 02
2022
New hub for medical evacuations of Ukrainian patients
The Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, was in Poland yesterday to officially open the new EU Medevac Hub for medical evacuations of Ukrainian patients...
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August 30
2022
EU Cohesion Policy: Croatia
Croatia will receive a total of €9 billion from Cohesion Policy in 2021-2027 in the framework of its Partnership Agreement with the Commission to promote the economic,...
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August 16
2022
EU assistance to Ukraine
The EU has coordinated the delivery of 66,224 tonnes of in-kind assistance to Ukraine from 30 countries via the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. The assistance delivered includes...
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July 27
2022
44 European Universities in Erasmus+
Today, the Commission has announced the results of the 2022 call for the European Universities initiative: with a record budget of €272 million from Erasmus+, 16...
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July 19
2022
EU strengthens European defence industry
Today, the Commission has adopted a proposal for a Regulation by the European Parliament and the Council establishing the European Defence Industry Reinforcement through common...
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The EU is investing over €1.8 billion in 17 large-scale innovative clean-tech projects with a third round of awards under the Innovation Fund. Grants will be disbursed from the...
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July 05
2022
New European Innovation Agenda
Today, the Commission adopted a New European Innovation Agenda to position Europe at the forefront of the new wave of deep tech innovation and start-ups. It will help...
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