A movie from Gaza to London: Awatif’s mission impossible

A girl from a refugee camp in Gaza who wants to become an international movie director: it sounds like mission impossible, but it’s becoming reality for Awatif Aljedaili, from el Bourej refugee camp, whose film “Waiting for Heaven&r...

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Launch of the EU Neighbourhood Post: Aggregating voices from the Neighbourhood

We are happy to inform you that our newly produced digital platform aggregating the best web posts about the EU Neighbourhood is now online here. Unlike our main website, the EU Neighbourhood Post (N-Post) will relaunch mainly blogs, ...

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ENP Country Progress Report 2012 – Israel

(A Memo released by the European Commission on 20/03/2013) The European Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy published on 20 March 2013 the annual “neighbourhood package”, consisting...

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ENVIRONMENT: EU Cooperation with Neighbours

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Israel: EU Twinning project to boost process of green licensing
An EU-funded Twinning project, aiming to advance the establishment in Israel of a system of integrated environmental licensing for industry, was officially launched yesterday in Jaffa Port. A new Israeli law,...

EU and Israel sign aviation agreement – expect more direct flights and lower prices
The European Union and Israel today signed a comprehensive air transport agreement, in the margins of the EU Transport Council in Luxembourg, which will gradually open up and integrate their respective...

Euromed Audiovisual: 17 documentary films selected for the Greenhouse programme
Seventeen documentary film projects from Palestine, Egypt, Israel, Morocco, Lebanon, Algeria and Tunisia have been selected to take part in the 2013 session of the Greenhouse documentary development...

World Environment Day – a package of resources on EU Neighbourhood cooperation
Environmental problems know no borders, making cooperation between the EU and its neighbours essential in meeting the challenges of preserving the natural environment. On the eve of World Environment Day, 5...

Settlements are illegal, says Ashton on plans for Israeli settlements in and around East Jerusalem
EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton has reiterated the EU's long-standing position about settlements, in the light of recent media reports about renewed plans for Israeli settlements in and around East...

European Commission launches upgraded Export Helpdesk: Your one-stop-shop on how to export to the EU
The European Commission yesterday launched the new version of its Export Helpdesk. This free online service is the one-stop-shop explains to business in developing countries on how to export to the EU....

European Commission and CERN support major research facility in the Middle East
The European Commission and CERN (European Council for Nuclear Research) have today agreed to support the construction of SESAME, one of the most ambitious research facilities in the Middle East. SESAME is a...

Israel: EU twinning project to enhance statistics quality to be launched
The Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics (ICBS) and its partner Statistics Denmark are launching a European Union Twinning project today 28 May at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem. The overall objective...