Events

The Council strongly condemns the nuclear tests and multiple ballistic missile launches conducted by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in 2016.

The Council prolonged the mandate of its two CSDP missions in Somalia, the civilian mission of capacity building EUCAP and the military training mission EUTM, both until 31 December 2018.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade was shocked to hear of the train derailment in Hitrino, Bulgaria, which has left several people dead and many seriously injured.

Minister for Human Rights demonstrates UK’s continuing support to Central America and Mexico during a human-rights focused visit to Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Mexico.

Today 40 tonnes of urgently needed relief assistance will be delivered to Iraq through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.

Several documents on expansion of bilateral cooperation between the states have been signed in the presence of President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė who is on a working visit to Ukraine.

The BMW Group, partner of Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB) since its first edition in 2012, decided to extend the cooperation for further three Biennales. 

Tarja Halonen, former President of Finland, is happy that decent work is taken into account in the Sustainable Development Goals. The President’s foundation has published a book on global work and working conditions.

If there is at all a compromise concerning the issue of illegal immigration that is acceptable for all parties concerned, it is not what is currently taking shape in Brussels, but a consensus must be reached nonetheless.

Petro Poroshenko expressed gratitude to the Prime Minister for Japan’s unwavering support for territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine, inter alia, in the framework of the presidency of Japan in G7.

Hungary has recently spent more than EUR 500 million on the protection of the Hungarian and European borders, the Government Spokesperson highlighted on the Thursday evening programme of the public service television news channel M1.

First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Ivica Dacic had talks with Alfonso Dastis, the newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Spain, on the fringes of the 23rd OSCE Ministerial Council taking place in Hamburg.

CYGNSS listens for reflected GPS signals to peer into storms’ cores