EU Foreign Affairs Council on Defence: Conclusions by High Representative Borrell
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EU Foreign Affairs Council on Defence: Initial remarks by EU HR Borrell
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Security and Defence package: Press remarks by EU HR Borrell
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Key areas of Ukrainian-Japanese security cooperation discussed today
Kyiv, 4 November 2022 Deputy Head of the Office of the President Roman Mashovets held...
Norwegian Minister of Defence to visit Finland
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Sweden and the Netherlands to enhance defence cooperation
Stockholm, 14 October 2022 On Tuesday 11 October, Minister for Defence Peter Hultqvist and Dutch...
Nordic Ministers of Defence on Nord Stream pipelines incident
Stockholm, 30 September 2022 The Nordic defence ministers convened for a virtual consultation on 30...
Ukraine: President Zelenskyy holds a meeting of the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief
Kyiv, 19 September 2022 On Monday, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held another meeting of...
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Zelenskyy: New center of economic growth in Europe will be on Ukrainian land
Kyiv, 6 September 2022 Ladies and Gentlemen! Thank you for your interest in Ukraine!...
Control of Baltic Sea in focus during defence ministers’ meeting on Gotland
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Security and defence priorities: Speech by EU HR Borrell at Inter-Parliamentary Conference
Brussels/Prague via VTC, 5 September 2022 Check against delivery! Thank you, David [McAllister, Chair of...
NATO Military Committee visits Germany
Brussels, 30 August 2022 On 29 August 2022, the NATO Military Committee visited Berlin, Germany,...
Finland: Minister of Defence to attend informal meeting of EU Defence Ministers
Helsinki, 29 August 2022 Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen will attend the informal meeting of...
Sweden: Minister for Defence to meet defence ministers from Finland and Norway
Stockholm, 24 August 2022 On 25 August, Minister for Defence Peter Hultqvist will travel to...
Nordic countries to further deepen defence cooperation
Oslo, 15 August 2022 In their meeting in Oslo on Monday 15 August, the prime...
Oslo: Swedish PM to take part in informal Nordic prime ministers meeting
Stockholm, 10 August 2022 On Monday 15 August, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson will travel to Oslo...
Swedish Minister for Defence to take part in international conference on support for Ukraine
Stockholm, 10 August 2022 On Thursday 11 August, Minister for Defence Peter Hultqvist will travel...
Central African Republic: EU Council extends the mandates of the civilian and military missions
Brussels, 28 July 2022 The Council adopted two decisions concerning the European Union CSDP (Common...
Defence Industry: EU Commission announces up to €1.2bn to support 61 projects
Brussels, 20 July 2022 Today, the Commission announced plans to grant a total EU funding...
EU Commission adopts EDIRPA Regulation proposal for European Defence Industry
Brussels, 19 July 2022 Today, the Commission has adopted a proposal for a Regulation by...
July Infringements package: EU Commission’s key decisions
Brussels, 15 July 2022 Overview by policy area In its regular package of infringement decisions,...
What’s next for EU security and defence? – EEAS blog post by EU HR Borrell
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NATO Deputy Secretary General opens ‘InnovX-BCR DemoDay’
Brussels, 15 June 2022 NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană opened the “InnovX-BCR DemoDay” innovation...
Ministerial Meeting on the Security Situation in Northern Europe
Stockholm, 7 June 2022 Minister for Defence Peter Hultqvist will be in Reykjavik, Iceland on...
Updated conclusions of the Special European Council on 30-31 May 2022
Brussels, 31 May 2022 (OR. en) EUCO 21/22, CO EUR 9, CONCL 4, NOTE From: General Secretariat of...
EP President Roberta Metsola addressing the Special European Council
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Background briefing on the special European Council on 30-31 May 2022
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Increasing European defence capabilities, working better together – EEAS blog post by EU HR Borrell
22.05.2022 HR/VP Blog The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been a wake-up call for EU...
War – measures in support of defence, families and businesses – EU Commission answer
See question(s) : E-000935/2022 Parliamentary questions 44k 10k 8 March 2022 E-000935/2022 Question for written answer...
Nordic and Baltic ambassadors met with Sweden’s Minister for Defence
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has fundamentally changed the European security situation. This was the main...
European Council publishes its conclusions, 24-25 March 2022
On 24-25 March 2022, the European Council adopted conclusions on the Russian military aggression against...
Ukraine: EU Council doubles funding under European Peace Facility to €1bn
23 March 2022, 18:20 Today the Council adopted two assistance measures under the European Peace Facility (EPF)...
Strategic Compass: Strengthening EU security and defence in the next decade
21 March 2022 A Strategic Compass for a stronger EU security and defence by 2030...
Foreign Affairs and Defence: Main results of the EU Council on 21 March 2022
Brussels, 21 March 2022 Foreign affairs Russian military aggression against Ukraine Ministers had a discussion...
Ukrainian Defence Minister: What level of escalation is necessary to see more action?
Brussels, 17 March 2022 MEPs committed to pushing EU governments to do more to help...
Ukrainian Minister of Defence to brief MEPs on the impact of the war
Brussels, 16 March 2022 MEPs from the Foreign Affairs Committee and Security and Defence Subcommittee...
Defence Ministers of Finland and Sweden took part in a scenario-based exercise
14 March 2022 Finland’s Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen and Sweden’s Minister of Defence Peter...
War in Ukraine: MEPs outline their vision for Europe’s future security
In the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, MEPs call for more EU defence efforts...
Sweden increases defence funding to 2 percent of GDP
Stockholm, 11 March 2022 Sweden’s military defence funding is to increase to two percent of GDP....
EU support for Ukraine: Results of today’s informal EU defence ministers meeting
Brussels, 28 February 2022 EU defence ministers met via video conference to discuss the latest...
Swedish Government: Statement of Foreign Policy 2022
Published 16 February 2022 On 16 February, Minister for Foreign Affairs Ann Linde presented the...
EU-Abgeordneter Gahler (EVP/CDU) zum EU-Verteidigungspaket
Strasbourg, 15. Februar 2022 Die EU-Kommission will heute ihr Verteidigungspaket vorlegen. Dazu erklärt Michael Gahler (CDU), außenpolitischer Sprecher der...
EU Commission Q&A on European defence in the context of the Strategic Compass
Brussels, 15 February 2022 What do today’s announcements include? Today we present a Communication on the Commission’s...
European defence and security: EU Commission presents innovation roadmap
Brussels, 15 February 2022 The EU Commission unveils significant actions to contribute to European Defence,...
EU High Representative Borrell: Europe in danger – what next for EU security and defence?
Brussels, Bibliothèque Solvay, 25/01/2022 Check against delivery! Ladies and Gentlemen, I want to split my...
European Council conclusions, 16 December 2021
Brussels, 16 December 2021 (OR. en) On 16 December 2021, the European Council adopted conclusions...
European Defence Agency: Speech by EU High Representative Borrell
Brussels, 07/12/2021 Check against delivery! Good morning to everybody, here in the room and to...
EU Defence Council: Remarks by EU High Representative Borrell
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Security and Defence Subcommittee MEPs in Washington and New York
With representatives of the US and the UN, MEPs discuss geopolitical priorities such as establishing...
EU Defence ministers discuss how to boost EU defence – Slovenian EU Presidency
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