On 1 July Cyprus took over the presidency of the Council of the European Union from Denmark. The country takes up the presidency of the EU amid o...

“Today I would like to reaffirm the EU's commitment to the prevention and eradication of torture and other cruel, inhu...

The Foreign Affairs Council adopted today a Strategic Framework on Human Rights and Democracy with an Action Plan for putting it into practice...

3179th FOREIGN AFFAIRS Council meeting - Luxembourg, 25 June 2012: The Council adopted the following conclusions:

"Today, on the World Refugee Day, our thoughts are, more than ever, with the millions of women,children and men, around ...

We welcome the appointment of Mr Goran Svilanovic as the new Secretary-General of the Regional Cooperation Council... ...

In just over a week, world leaders will gather in Brazil for the Rio +20 Summit to decide what kind of future we want. T...

Public support for humanitarian aid has gone up in the European Union in spite of the economic crisis. This is one of the key findings of the lat...

The Special Eurobarometer 384 on Humanitarian Aid was conducted in face-to-face interviews among some 26.751 respondents in the 27 EU Member Stat...

Today sees the launch of a new Transparency web portal, making the Commission's decision-making processes more open and accessible to citizens th...