General Affairs Council

Romania's Prime Minister Viorica Dancila had a meeting in Brussels on Thursday with European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn to discuss current EU foreign affairs at the end of Romania's six-month rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union.

European Union leaders expressed their solidarity with and full support for Cyprus on Thursday over Turkey's illegal drilling activities by its Fatih vessel within the island's exclusive economic zone (EEZ), and called for measures to be taken against Ankara, which however remained defiant. 

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras heads to Brussels on Thursday confident that the two-day summit of European Union leaders will agree to take specific measures against Turkey if it continues its "provocative" behavior within Cyprus' exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

The EU General Affairs Council's harsh warning to Ankara and its decision to ask the European Commission to review possible sanctions against Turkey in response to its violation of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Republic of Cyprus was in part shaped by the implied threat by Cyprus' Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulidis that he would not sign on to the Council's conclusions on EU enla

Ahead of Thursday's summit in Brussels, the European Union is considering the imposition of sanctions on Turkey over its illegal drilling activities within Cyprus' exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

A decision by the European Union on Tuesday to consider taking measures against Turkey over its gas drilling activities in Cyprus' offshore maritime zone is the first time action has been decided to deter Ankara, according to diplomatic sources cited by state-run news agency ANA-MPA.

Romania's Minister-delegate for European Affairs George Ciamba on Tuesday chaired the last General Affairs Council (GAC) meeting under the Romanian Presidency of the EU Council.

The European Union will consider taking "appropriate" measures against Turkey over its gas drilling activities in Cyprus' offshore maritime zone, according to a press release by the General Affairs Council (GAC) Tuesday.

Romania's Minister-delegate for European Affairs George Ciamba chaired a new meeting of the General Affairs Council (GAC) in Luxembourg on Tuesday under the Romanian presidency of the EU Council that dealt with the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027, the adoption of the Council Conclusions on the Agenda 2030 on Sustainable Development, reviewing the status of work within the procedures u

Minister-delegate for European Affairs George Ciamba chaired on Tuesday in Luxembourg a new meeting of the General Affairs Council (Art. 50), organised under the aegis of Romania's Presidency at the EU Council, context in which he tackled several scenarios regarding Brexit.