The EU is one step away from using €211B in frozen Russian assets; the aggressor threatens mirror measures. The European Commission will present proposals for the use of revenues from Russia’s sovereign financial assets amounting to €211B that are currently seized in the EU, European Commission Presid... #RussianAssets #RussianAssetsArrested #UkraineReconstruction #UrsulavonderLeyen #VyacheslavVolodin
Von der Leyen will visit Ukraine on the eve of the publication of the report on EU enlargement, and the Ukrainian MPs offered seats as observers. Rikard Jozwiak, a journalist from the Brussels Bureau of Radio Liberty, reported that the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, may come to Ukraine on a working visit in early No... #EUexpansion #EuropeanIntegration #RobertaMetsola #UkraineEU #UrsulavonderLeyen
The EU leaders’ summit in Granada defined the expansion of the EU as an investment in peace and stability. Leaders of European countries have recognized the EU enlargement process as an investment in the peace, prosperity, and stability of the entire European continent, according to a declaration following... #EUexpansion #GranadaSummit #JosepBorrell #UkraineSpain #UrsulavonderLeyen #VictorOrban
The European Commission will present the EU defense industry’s strategy; Germany and Denmark are increasing ammunition production for Ukraine. The European Commission will propose a strategy for the EU’s defense industry in the coming weeks, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said before the start of an informal meeting... #AmmunitionForUkraine #EUdefense #GranadaSummit #Rheinmetall #UrsulavonderLeyen #WeaponsforUkraine
Ursula von der Leyen: The future of Ukraine, Moldova, and the Western Balkan countries is in the EU. The head of the European Commission called on the EU to formulate a concept for the successful expansion of the block. Von der Leyen also stated the importance of reforming the EU as an institution by... #AssociationwithEU #EUexpansion #EUUkraine #UrsulavonderLeyen
Ukraine received another €1.5B in macro-financial assistance from the EU. As the Ministry of Finance reports, this is the seventh tranche within the framework of the EU’s large-scale macro-financial assistance program with loan repayment in 35 years. As well, the EU w... #EUfinancialAid #EUtranche #UrsulavonderLeyen
The grain corridor: The EU seeks to liberate the Black Sea, the UN considers a range of ideas, and Lithuania and Croatia offer help. “It is necessary to unblock the Black Sea, to prevent a food crisis in the world’s most vulnerable countries, and to continue exporting Ukrainian products,” said President of the Eur... #GrainAgreement #GrainExportUkraine #StephaneDujarric #Ukrainiangrain #UrsulavonderLeyen
The EU must invest an extra €700B annually to shift away from Russian fossil fuels. According to a draft report from the bloc’s executive arm, the European Union must invest an additional €700B a year to green the economy and shut out cheap Russian fossil fuels. Most of that fi... #GreenEnergyEU #RESinvestments #RussianFossilFuels #UrsulavonderLeyen
Imagining the EU without Ukraine, Moldova, and the Western Balkans is impossible. The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, once again emphasized support for the expansion of the EU and assistance to Kyiv in confronting Russia’s full-scale aggression. During ... #EUmembership #EUUkraine #UrsulavonderLeyen
The EU will tax profits on frozen Russian Central Bank assets. EU leaders are backing plans that would impose a windfall tax on profits generated by more than €200B in Russian Central Bank assets to aid Ukraine’s reconstruction and will seek political support fro... #RussianAssetsConfiscation #RussianCentralBank #UkraineReconstruction #UrsulavonderLeyen
Ukraine Recovery Conference 2023 has led to more support from allies. The US will provide more than $1.3B for Ukraine’s reconstruction, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. This year, the French government will allocate €40M, which will be used to rebuild critical... #AnnalenaBaerbock #AnthonyBlinken #CatherineColonna #ConferenceLondon2023 #EIB #UkraineRecoveryConference #UrsulavonderLeyen
The EU is preparing a plan to transfer revenues from frozen Russian Federation assets to Ukraine. The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, promised to present it before the “summer vacation” at the Conference on the Reconstruction of Ukraine in London. She noted ... #financialaidforUkraine #RussianAssets #RussianAssetsConfiscation #UkraineReconstruction #UkraineRecovery #UrsulavonderLeyen
The EU will provide Ukraine with a €50B, four-year financial support package, but there are conditions. This commitment will give Ukraine more certainty in its finances and should encourage other allies, primarily the US and Great Britain, to make similar long-term commitments. The money will be used to... #EUfinancialAid #financialaidforUkraine #UrsulavonderLeyen
The EU has eased the grain embargo, and Ukraine will raise the issue of compensation for losses from unilateral restrictions of five border countries. According to Deputy Prime Minister Olga Stefanishyna, the European Commission excluded 11-12 groups of goods from the extended list of restrictions on the import of agricultural products from Ukraine.... #agroexportukraine #GrainEmbargo #OlhaStefanishyna #UrsulavonderLeyen
The new package of EU sanctions will affect 90 companies worldwide, and the G7 has targeted Russian diamonds. The sanctioned companies are ones that help the Russian Federation to circumvent sanctions, said the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. Among these 90 companies, approximately... #circumventionOfSanctions #Russiandiamonds #SanctionsAgainstRussia #UrsulavonderLeyen
Ursula von der Leyen met with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv to discuss new sanctions against the Russian Federation. According to the head of the European Commission, the EU will limit technology export to Russia through other countries. The European Commission also does not rule out sanctions against third countrie... #circumventionOfSanctions #ExportToRussia #OlafScholz #SanctionsAgainstRussia #UrsulavonderLeyen #Zelenskyy
Ukraine and the European Commission will create a consultative group to monitor issues related to the export of Ukrainian grain. During a press conference in Kyiv with the president of the European Commission, Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on neighboring countries and the EU states to refrain from any decisions regarding trade wit... #GrainCrisis #GrainExportUkraine #UrsulavonderLeyen #Zelenskyy
Shmyhal discusses recovery, increased support, the counteroffensive, and export of agricultural products while in London. During a visit to London, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal met with the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Great Britain, James Cleverly. The officials discussed preparations for the nex... #BenWallace #DenysShmyhal #GrainCrisis #JamesCleverley #NATOsummit #UkraineRecovery #UrsulavonderLeyen #WarinUkraine
EU sent the third €1.5B tranche of microfinance aid, increasing the total aid to €6B in 2023. Previously, Ukraine received the first tranche of €3B in January 2023, and the state budget received the second tranche of €1.5B in March. Thus, the volume of direct 2023 budget support from the EU ha... #EUfinancialAid #SerhiyMarchenko #UrsulavonderLeyen
The EU will introduce external restrictions on grain imports from Ukraine under pressure from Eastern European countries. According to the FT, EU members are discussing banning imports of wheat, corn, oilseeds, and sunflower seeds to the bloc’s four countries bordering Ukraine and Bulgaria by June, except for re-ex... #agroexportukraine #GrainCrisis #UrsulavonderLeyen
Brussels plans to discuss the 11th package of sanctions against Russia. The EU has planned the terms of discussion for the next package of Russian sanctions in connection with the aggression against Ukraine. According to three European diplomats, Brussels is planning a ne... #SanctionsAgainstRussia #UrsulavonderLeyen
Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria are asking for relief of the problem of the Ukrainian agricultural product surplus. The leaders of these five EU member states declared an oversaturation of their domestic agricultural product markets because Ukrainian goods do not reach their destinations. The prime ministers of Pol... #agroexportukraine #UrsulavonderLeyen
The EU, the UK, and NATO all support expanding the supply of weapons to Ukraine. The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, voiced a corresponding position at the Munich Security Conference. “Now is the time to speed up the production of standardized weapons ... #MunichSecurityConference #SupportUkraine #UrsulavonderLeyen #WeaponsforUkraine
The EU is working on joint procurement of ammunition for Ukraine. The countries of the European Union are looking for ways to unite in order to jointly purchase ammunition for Ukraine, which is defending itself against a Russian invasion. According to Reuters, it is... #155mmgunsForUkraine #UrsulavonderLeyen #WeaponsforUkraine
Ukraine will join key European Union programs. Ukraine now joins the EU’s single market program, justice program, and civil program. Soon, Ukrainians will be able to apply for funding and to support various investment projects. This means more sup... #EUsummit #UkraineEU #UrsulavonderLeyen
The European Commission will hold a meeting with the Ukrainian government in Kyiv on February 2. According to the official representative of the EC, Eric Mamer, this meeting is a powerful symbol of the solidarity of the European Commission and the EU with Ukraine during these challenging times fo... #EuropeanCommission #UrsulavonderLeyen #ValdisDombrovskis
Ursula von der Leyen calls on the world to provide Ukraine with all necessary assistance to rebuild their country. Speaking at the World Economic Forum, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, praised the moral and physical courage of the Ukrainian people in the face of the Russian invasion... #SupportUkraine #UrsulavonderLeyen #worldeconomicforum
Ukraine and the EU have signed a memorandum on €18B in macro-financial aid; the first €3B will arrive on January 17. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that the first €3B of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine will arrive on January 17. Preferential loan funds will be transferred to Ukrai... #EUassistance #EUfinancialAid #UrsulavonderLeyen
The head of the European Commission and more than 10 European commissioners will come to Ukraine for intergovernmental consultations. Ukraine is completing the implementation of the seven recommendations from the European Commission, which will allow the launch of the next integration steps, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said. He als... #DenysShmyhal #UkraineAccessionToEU #UrsulavonderLeyen
The EU and NATO have created a special group focused on critical infrastructure security. The EU and NATO have created a working group to respond to various critical infrastructure threats, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said. According to her, the sabotage of the Nord ... #InfrastructureSecurity #NATOandEU #UrsulavonderLeyen
NATO and the EU signed their third declaration on cooperation, which provides for further strengthening of the relationship because of the Russian Federation’s war against Ukraine, which threatens European security. The document was signed by NATO Secretar... #CharlesMichel #JensStoltenberg #NATOandEU #UrsulavonderLeyen #WarinUkraine
President Zelenskyy and Ursula von der Leyen discuss the Ukraine-EU summit. The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, held the first telephone conversation of the new year with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. The leaders discussed the expe... #UkraineEU #UkraineEUsummit #UrsulavonderLeyen #Zelenskyy
An energy cable will be laid across the Black Sea. The EU supports a project to lay an energy cable in the Black Sea, said the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. Romania, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Hungary will participate in th... #EnergyCableInBlackSea #EUenergyMarket #UrsulavonderLeyen
The EU agrees on an €18B Ukraine aid package after Hungary drops its opposition. EU member states have approved plans to provide an €18B aid package for Ukraine in 2023 after Hungary dropped its opposition in return for funding from the EU, reported CNN. Hungary had initially bloc... #EUfinancialAid #HungaryVeto #UrsulavonderLeyen
The European Commission presents the 9th package of sanctions against Russia. The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, presented the ninth package of sanctions against Russia, which the EU countries must approve. About 200 individuals and legal entities were a... #EUsanctions #SanctionsAgainstRussia #UrsulavonderLeyen
Ursula von der Leyen and President Zelenskyy both honored at the Business & Finance Awards 2022. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen accepted the 2022 Sutherland Leadership Award at the 48th annual Business & Finance Awards, in association with KPMG, on behalf of the European U... #48th annual Business&FinanceAwards #IrishAward #UrsulavonderLeyen #Zelenskyy
The EU Commission is working on directing Russian assets to restore Ukraine. The European Commission proposes the creation of a special court to prosecute Russian crimes in Ukraine and determine the conditions for using frozen Russian assets for Ukraine’s benefit, Ursula von d... #ReparationsForUkraine #RussianAssetsArrested #UkraineRecovery #UrsulavonderLeyen
The EU Commission is preparing urgent aid for Ukraine’s energy sector. The European Commission has stepped up its efforts and is working with its partners to provide emergency support for Ukraine to restore and maintain electricity and heat supplies. The head of the Euro... #ElectricGeneratorsForUkraine #EnergyEquipment #EnergysectorUkraine #UrsulavonderLeyen
The European Union announces $2.57B in funding for Ukraine. The European Union will provide another €2.5B ($2.57B) in financial aid for Ukraine, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Tuesday. The EU Commission is planning to aid Ukrai... #DenysShmyhal #EUaidforUkraine #UrsulavonderLeyen
Hungary refuses to contribute to €18B macro-finance aid to Ukraine. Hungary will not make a financial contribution to the EU’s long-term joint credit to support Ukraine’s state budget in 2023, said the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary, Peter Szijjártó. “We... #EUfinancialAid #PeterSzijjártó #UrsulavonderLeyen
The European Commission will provide €18B in financial assistance to Ukraine. The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, informed President Zelenskyy that this week she will propose a substantial financial package from the EU of up to €1.5B a month, totali... #EUfinancialAid #UrsulavonderLeyen #Zelenskyy
The European Commission will be the center for managing aid to Ukraine. The European Commission is ready to become the secretariat for managing all international assistance for Ukraine’s reconstruction, said the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in Be... #EUaidforUkraine #ReconstructionofUkraine #UrsulavonderLeyen
The EU will provide Ukraine €1B in emergency aid to restore its energy infrastructure. The target of Russia’s attacks on Ukraine is civilian infrastructure, particularly energy infrastructure. Therefore, the EU is working with Ukraine to repair this infrastructure by providing eme... #ElectricGeneratorsForUkraine #EnergyInfrastructure #UrsulavonderLeyen
Scholz and von der Leyen propose the creation of a new Marshall Plan for Ukraine. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have proposed launching a new Marshall Plan for the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine, reported Frankfurter Allgem... #OlafScholz #ReconstructionofUkraine #UrsulavonderLeyen
The European Commission has promised to pay €9B in microfinance assistance by the end of the year. At the EU summit, the finance ministers from the participating countries were instructed to develop a mechanism to allocate at least €18B to Ukraine in 2023, said the President of the European Commiss... #EUfinancialAid #UrsulavonderLeyen
The EU has already replaced two-thirds of its imported gas from the Russian Federation. The EU is ridding itself of its dependence on Russian gas faster than expected. In just eight months, European countries have found replacement options for two-thirds of the gas previously imported fr... #liquefiedgas #RussianGas #UrsulavonderLeyen
The EU has officially announced secondary sanctions against the Russian Federation. In the new package of sanctions against Russia, the European Commission has developed measures that exclude the possibility of circumventing both the newly introduced and existing restrictions, said t... #anti_Russiansanctions #SecondarySanctions #UrsulavonderLeyen
The EU will provide Ukraine with €2B in macro-financial assistance. The EU will provide Ukraine with €2B in macro-financial assistance soon, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said at a press conference following the informal EU summit on October 7. Th... #AidforUkraine #EUaid #UrsulavonderLeyen
The EU has presented the eighth package of sanctions against the Russian Federation. The European Commission presented its eighth package of sanctions against Russia, which will include a ban on importing Russian products, worth €7B per year, and introducing a legal basis for limiting... #anti_Russiansanctions #EUsanctionsforRussia #UrsulavonderLeyen
Gas prices in Europe have increased by 12%. During trading on September 15 the price of gas in Europe rose by 12% – to almost €245 per 1 MWh, according to data from the ICE exchange. The contract price for gas supply with execution in Oct... #EUgasPrices #UrsulavonderLeyen
