The European Union and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ukraine have opened a new youth space, based at the Centre for Culture and Leisure in Poltava. The centre will be a place where local youth can offer their own ideas and communicate …
In light of the severe environmental impact of Russia’s war, Young European Ambassadors (YEAs) from Ukraine organised a three-day ‘Green REstoration Academy’ between 14-16 March for young people in the Sumy region. During the academy, participants learnt …
The U-LEARN Educational Platform, part of the EU-funded U-LEAD programme, has launched the ‘Development and Implementation of the Public Budget’ support programme. Teams from 16 municipalities of ten Ukrainian oblasts (Vinnytsia, Zaporizhzhia, Chernihiv, …
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced the shortlist for this year’s EBRD Literature Prize. Among ten selected works is ‘Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv’, a book written in Russian by Ukrainian writer Andrey Kurkov, and …
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), with funds from the European Union in Georgia, has announced a grant competition for Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to promote participatory and people-centred municipal service delivery. The grant …
The European Union and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have launched the ‘School of the physical therapist of the future’ initiative. The tailored-made educational course is designed to equip health care professionals to address the growing …
On 18 March, the Council of the European Union decided to increase the financial ceiling of the European Peace Facility (EPF) by €5 billion at current prices. This amount will be reserved for Ukraine in the form of a special Ukraine Assistance Fund (UAF) …
The EU considers the Russian so-called “presidential elections” polling stations opened in occupied breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia without consent of the Georgian Government illegal, says a Facebook post by the EU Delegation to Georgia. “ …
The third call for residency hosts under the Culture Moves Europe mobility scheme is open. The call provides financial support to organisations and individual artists registered as legal entities in Armenia, Georgia and Ukraine that want to host …
The EU Delegation to Armenia invites young graduates interested in international relations and curious to learn more about the work of diplomatic missions to apply for a funded traineeship. The Delegation offers traineeships of six months within its …
Pankisi Valley, a region in northeast Georgia, sticks strong to traditions. For several hundred years it has been home to the Kist community, an ethnic group of Chechen roots, which makes up 70% of the population in the area. Small mountainous villages of …
On 15 March, the Action Plan implementing the Overarching Strategic Plan for the Reform of the Entire Law Enforcement Sector between 2023-2027 (OAS/AP) was endorsed in Ukraine, at the Inter-Agency Working Group (IAWG) meeting. The event was chaired by …
The closing conference of the EU-funded Twinning project, ‘Support in Establishment of Comprehensive Road Safety Database and Further Improvement of Road Safety Management in Georgia’, took place on 16 March in Tbilisi. With a budget of €1.3 million, the …
“My name is Aytan, and I am one of the first women deminers in Azerbaijan,” says Aytan Ismayilova, a young woman originally from the Gazakh Region in north-western Azerbaijan. Aytan is one of 18 newly-trained women deminers who were accredited in November …
The European Union strongly condemned the illegitimate so-called “presidential elections” due to take place in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the City of Sevastopol and in parts of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions of Ukraine that …
16 March marked the second anniversary of the successful emergency synchronisation of Ukraine’s and Moldova’s electricity grid to the Continental European Network. This synchronisation has been key to maintaining the operation of the Ukrainian network …
The EU has published a report summarising the Union’s performance in 2023. ‘The EU in 2023’ describes the main political developments and how they have benefited citizens in the EU and abroad. The first chapter of the report is devoted to the EU’s support …
The TUMO Centre for Creative Technologies, a free-of-charge educational programme in Armenia, will reconstruct the historic Gyumri market to establish an international culinary school and implement a project aimed at long-term economic development. The …
Today, European Commissioner for Transport Adina Valean participated online at the ‘Railway Forum’ in Chisinau, invited by Minister Andrei Spinu. The Forum is organised by the Moldovan Railways together with the Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional …
On 13 March, the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced that it had expanded its cooperation with Privatbank, Ukraine’s largest systemically important bank, by making available a US$25 million trade finance limit. This will …
