EU Michel, ‘candidate status for Ukraine and Moldova’ The European Parliament approved the report calling for the immediate granting of candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova with 529 in favour, 45 against and 14 abstentions. “In the context of Russia’s brutal war of aggression against Ukraine, such a choice would show leadership, determination and foresight,” […]

Food assistance to 1.7 million people in South Sudan has been suspended due to a shortage of funds and increased needs. Read more

While the number of refugees and migrants crossing the Mediterranean to reach Europe has decreased since 2015, the journeys are becoming more fatal. Since the peak in 2015, when more than one million refugees and migrants crossed the Mediterranean to reach Europe, the number of those making these journeys has been on a downward trend, […]

The political agreement between leaders of the political parties represented in the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina was adopted on 12 June in Brussels. Among other things, it includes the commitment to uphold the principle of the rule of law and to conduct free and democratic elections, as well as to develop democratic institutions […]

Parliament adopted a resolution calling on the European Council to approve the start of the process of revising the EU Treaties. Read more

Since the beginning of the war more than 7 million people have fled Ukraine and reached the EU. Only a relatively small number of people of working age have so far entered the EU labour market, although the number of people wishing to do so is expected to increase. Read more

The UN’s top human rights official expressed concern on Wednesday over reports that Ukrainian children were “forcibly deported” from the country’s crisis-ridden eastern regions and taken to Russia for adoption. Read more