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Brussels, 10 May 2020 Weekly digest Press material 04/05/2020 12:07 | Media advisory | Employment Media advisory - video conference of employment and social affairs ministers, 5 May 2020 A press conference held following the video conference of employment and social affairs ministers, 5 May 2020. Read the full item Council of the European Union 04/05/2020 14:08 | Media advisory | Telecommunications Media advisory - video conference of telecommunications ministers, 5 May 2020 Press conference following a video conference of telecommunications ministers, 5 May 2020. Read the full item 08/05/2020 16:58 | Press release | Single market COVID-19: Council agrees its positions on transport relief measures The EU is working to ease the administrative burden and reduce financial costs for transport businesses to better face the coronavirus crisis. Read the full item Council of the European Union 04/05/2020 15:37 | Statements and remarks | Health Opening remarks by President Charles Michel at the Global Response Pledging Event against Coronavirus At the coronavirus pledging event, European Council President Charles Michel pledged for an acceleration of the development, manufacture and delivery of vaccines, tests and treatments to everyone, everywhere, at an affordable price. Read the full item 04/05/2020 16:04 | Media advisory | Foreign affairs & international relations Media advisory - Press briefing ahead of the EU-Western Balkans Zagreb Summit Media advisory - Press briefing ahead of the EU-Western Balkans Zagreb Summit Read the full item 06/05/2020 09:45 | Media advisory | Foreign affairs & international relations Media advisory - EU-Western Balkans Zagreb summit, 6 May 2020 EU leaders and the leaders from the six Western Balkans partners will participate in the EU-Western Balkans Zagreb summit Read the full item 06/05/2020 20:07 | Statements and remarks | Economy & finance Zagreb Declaration, 6 May 2020 The EU-Western Balkans Zagreb summit took place via video conference on 6 May 2020. EU leaders agreed on the Zagreb declaration, with which the Western Balkans partners have aligned themselves. Read the full item 06/05/2020 20:11 | Δηλώσεις και παρατηρήσεις | Economy & finance Δήλωση του Ζάγκρεμπ, 6 Μαΐου 2020 Δήλωση του Ζάγκρεμπ, 6 Μαΐου 2020 Read the full item 08/05/2020 10:41 | Speech | Institutional affairs A caring society is the blueprint for ensuring our Union emerges from the current crisis stronger, more united and with greater solidarity than ever Message from President Charles Michel for ‘The State of the Union Conference Europe’ at the European University Institute. Read the full item European Council 05/05/2020 15:23 | Press release | Foreign affairs & international relations Declaration by the High Representative Josep Borrell, on behalf of the European Union, on human rights in the times of the coronavirus pandemic The EU issued a declaration stating the importance of respecting all human rights, which must remain at the heart of fighting the coronavirus pandemic and supporting the global recovery. Read the full item 05/05/2020 15:23 | Δελτίο τύπου | Foreign affairs & international relations Δήλωση του Ύπατου Εκπροσώπου κ. Josep Borrell, εξ ονόματος της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης, για τα ανθρώπινα δικαιώματα τον καιρό της πανδημίας του κορωνοϊού Δήλωση του Ύπατου Εκπροσώπου κ. Josep Borrell, εξ ονόματος της ΕΕ των 27, για τα ανθρώπινα δικαιώματα τον καιρό της πανδημίας του κορωνοϊού. Read the full item 08/05/2020 17:39 | Media advisory | Security & defence Media advisory - Press briefing ahead of the video conference of defence ministers of 12 May 2020 Press briefing ahead of the video conference of defence ministers of 12 May 2020. Read the full item Council of the European Union 05/05/2020 11:34 | Media advisory | Euro area Update: Press briefing - Eurogroup, 8 May 2020 Press briefing ahead of video conference of Eurogroup, 8 May 2020. Read the full item 08/05/2020 09:34 | Media advisory | Euro area Media advisory - Eurogroup, 8 May 2020 Programme of the Eurogroup of 8 May 2020, followed by a press conference. Read the full item 08/05/2020 18:04 | Press release | Euro area Eurogroup Statement on the Pandemic Crisis Support Eurogroup Statement on the Pandemic Crisis Support. Read the full item 08/05/2020 19:21 | Statements and remarks | Euro area Remarks by Mário Centeno following the Eurogroup videoconference of 8 May 2020 Remarks by Mário Centeno following the Eurogroup videoconference of 8 May 2020 on the comprehensive economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the full item Eurogroup 05/05/2020 15:40 | Press release | Economy & finance COVID-19: Council greenlights €3 billion assistance package to support neighbouring countries EU ambassadors endorsed a Commission proposal to provide up to €3 billion of macro-financial assistance to neighboring countries to help them cope with the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the full item