European Council

EU Resists Kiev's Calls to Send Military Mission to Eastern Ukraine

The European Union won't send armed peacekeepers to conflict-torn eastern Ukraine despite reports of ceasefire violations there, European Council President Donald Tusk said on Monday.

"We can only talk about a civilian mission, not military," Tusk told a news conference in Kiev following talks with Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko, according to the BBC.

President Iohannis offers Romanian experts for EU's Frontex border guards agency

Romania could send upon request experts to Frontex, the European Union agency that manages the cooperation between national border guards, President Klaus Iohannis declared on Thursday evening, after the extraordinary meeting of the European Council; he said solidarity was needed with the states around the Mediterranean Sea facing immigration problems.

European Council tackling the tide of illegal immigration

The extraordinary meeting of the European Council on Thursday was attended by EU leaders who  agreed that the situation in the Mediterranean is a tragedy. For this reason, they agreed to mobilize all efforts at their disposal to prevent the further loss of life at sea and tackle the root casue of the human emergency being faced.

Iohannis: Credible measures are needed to solve prevent long-term migration

Credible measures are needed in support to the economic development of the countries of origin as solution to prevent long-term migration, president Klaus Iohannis said on Thursday, before taking off to the EU extraordinary summit in Brussels summoned in the context of the aggravation of the crisis represented by the North Africa immigrants flow.

EU Leaders to Discuss Response to Crisis in Mediterranean Sea at Emergency Summit

EU heads of state or government meet in Brussels to discuss ways to alleviate migration pressures and prevent new Mediterranean migrant tragedies.

The summit follows the European Union (EU) Foreign and Home Affairs ministers' meeting on Monday after which a 10-point plan was announced envisaging measures such as enhancing search and rescue operations.

Iohannis before attending extraordinary meeting of the European Council: Refugees issue was never so urgent

Romania's President Klaus Iohannis said that the refugees and migration issue was never so urgent as today, while announcing that he was to attend the extraordinary meeting of the European Council to focus on finding solutions to the migration crisis.

Photo credit: (c) Alex MICSIK / AGERPRES PHOTO

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