Ukraine: solidarity lanes, current and future challenges; Conference: Crimean Tatars after February 2022; Photo Exhibition: Stories from occupied Crimea;

Ukraine: solidarity lanes, current and future challenges

On Tuesday, Members of the Committee on Agriculture will exchange views with representatives of the Commission. According to the ECR Group, the EU could quickly help Ukraine and developing countries in need of Ukrainian grain by buying it and giving it to developing countries as humanitarian aid and by providing the necessary transport.

When: Tuesday @ 15:00

Where: SPAAK 3C050

Conference: Crimean Tatars after February 2022

On Tuesday, ECR Foreign Affairs Coordinator Anna Fotyga will host a conference dedicated to drawing attention to the situation of Crimean Tatars in Crimea and the increased persecution, discrimination and stigmatisation that they face since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The conference brings together human rights experts, academics, Ukrainian officials and ethnic Crimean Tatars to discuss the serious human rights violations committed by the occupying forces against the indigenous people of Crimea. The event will be live streamed.

When: Tuesday @ 15:00 - 16:30

Where: ASP 1H1

Photo Exhibition: Stories from occupied Crimea

On Tuesday, ECR MEP Anna Fotyga together with Ambassador Vsevolod Chentsov, Head of the Mission of Ukraine to the European Union, will host a photo exhibition focusing on the stories of the people of Crimea. The photos belong to Ukrainian journalists who not only reported on human rights violations in occupied Crimea but also documented the lives of the families of political prisoners from 2014 - 2019. In response to their reporting, Alina Smutko, Taras Ibragimov and Aliona Savchuk were banned from entering Crimea and the Russian Federation for 10 - 35 years.

When: Tuesday @ 17:30

Where: Ukrainian Civil Society Hub, Place Luxembourg