A Commission high-level delegation, headed by President Ursula von der Leyen, attends the 79th session of the UN General Assembly in New York. The focus of the EU participation will be tackling the unprecedented set of conflicts and crises across the world.

The Commission has proposed a comprehensive financial assistance package, consisting of a Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism of up to €45 billion, and an exceptional macro-financial assistance loan of up to €35 billion. It leverages extraordinary profits from immobilised Russian assets.

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President von der Leyen has presented a list of Commissioners-designate and their portfolios, reflecting the ambitions set out in the Political Guidelines for the next mandate of the European Commission.

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Every year in the EU, 700,000 persons lose their lives due to tobacco consumption, among which tens of thousands are due to second-hand smoke.

Read about the EU's annual sustainable urban mobility awareness-raising campaign, which takes place every September and find out how participants get involved

Learn about an EU initiative, which celebrates the richness and diversity of cultures in Europe by each year naming different cities the European Capitals of Culture

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The EU has withstood critical risks to its security of energy supply, regained control over the energy market and prices, and accelerated the transition towards climate neutrality.

Read how the European Commission's College of Commissioners contributes to the EU legislative process by adopting proposals on the occasion of their 2,500th meeting

The findings of the report will contribute to the Commission’s work on a new plan for Europe’s sustainable prosperity and competitiveness.

Today, close to 100,000 mpox vaccine doses will arrive in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), making these the first delivery of the vaccine to the country. A second delivery amounting to around 100,000 vaccines is expected to arrive in the coming days.

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen received today the final report of the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture, handed over by the group's chair, Professor Peter Strohschneider.

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Today, the Commission adopted the 2024 Annual Action Programme for the Turkish Cypriot community, allocating €39.5 million in new EU funding to facilitate Cyprus' reunification and to support the socio-economic development of the community.

During a keynote speech yesterday, President von der Leyen reviewed the remarkable turnaround and the progress achieved in EU enlargement policy during her current term as Commission President.

President Ursula von der Leyen was in Prague on Friday, where she participated to the GLOBSEC Forum 2024 where she addressed EU's energy security and defence spending. She also received the Czech and Slovak Transatlantic Award granted by GLOBSEC.

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