The European Union expressed serious concern on the arrest and detention of human rights defenders and  calls on the Iranian ...

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The Council has imposed restrictive measures on two additional individuals responsible for serious violations or abuses of human rights and for the repression of civil society and democratic ...

The Council renewed the EU restrictive measures in view of the Russian Federation’s continuing actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine for a further 6 months, until 31 July 2026.

Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain third countries with Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/2436 of 1 December 2025 amending Decision (CFSP) 2017 ...

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The Foreign Affairs Council discussed the Russian aggression against Ukraine, after a VTC intervention by Ukraine's Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha, who updated his EU counterparts on the ...

Iran: Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the arrest and detention of human rights defenders 22:55 The European Union expressed serious concern on the arrest and detention of ...

The Foreign Affairs Council discussed the Russian aggression against Ukraine, after an intervention of the Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Andrii Sybiha, who joined the meeting in person to ...

The Hungarian presidency sought agreement on the Council’s negotiating position (‘general approach’) for the ‘traineeships directive’, which aims to improve working conditions for trainees and prevent ...

The seventh meeting of the European Political Community brought together leaders from across the continent in Copenhagen, Denmark. The European Political Community is the demonstration of a shared ...

The EU wants to strengthen the principle of equal pay for equal work between men and women through new EU rules on pay transparency. On this page How EU rules on pay transparency will benefit EU ...