The European Union's top diplomat said on Sunday cutting funds to UNRWA would put hundreds of thousands of lives at risk, amid allegations some of the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency's staff were involved in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. UNRWA on Thursday said its entire operations in the Middle East, not only in Gaza, will likely be forced to shut down by the end of February if its funding remains suspended. "Defunding UNRWA would be both disproportionate and dangerous," EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell wrote in a blog post.
The European Union on Saturday expressed deep concern over reports that the Israeli military intends to take its battle against Hamas to the town of Rafah at Gaza’s border with Egypt where more than a million people have escaped the fighting. The EU’s top diplomat warned that conflict is likely to spread throughout the region unless a cease-fire is agreed between Israel and Hamas, after U.S. airstrikes hit dozens of sites in Iraq and Syria used by Iranian-backed militias and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
The European Union on Monday announced a review of its funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and that payments would be stopped until the end of February. The EU demanded an “urgent audit” following the allegations by the Israeli authorities that some UNRWA staff participated in Hamas’s October 7 attack. “What is absolutely clear is that these actions are urgent. They are important and they should be launched without any delay," European Commi
The European Union on Thursday called on Kosovo to postpone an effort to force ethnic Serbian-dominated areas to adopt the same currency as the rest of the country, as rules that would block use of the Serbian dinar went into effect. Most of Kosovo uses the Euro, even though the country is not part of the EU, but parts of its north populated mostly by ethnic Serbs continue to use the dinar. Many rely on the government of Serbia for financial support, often delivered in dinars in cash.
The European Union on Thursday agreed to a $54 billion package for embattled Ukraine after overcoming a significant hurdle from Hungary that had for weeks delayed the deal, which will provide much-needed relief for Ukrainians as the U.S. struggles to send new money to Kyiv. European Council President Charles Michel announced that all 27 member…