03/06/2022 (Agence Europe) – On Friday 3 June, the European Commission proposed to transfer €26.2 million from the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation instrument, originally earmarked for the 2021-2027 Interreg NEXT programmes with Russia and Belarus, to the same programmes with Ukraine and Moldova. In connection with the war in Ukraine, the European Commission suspended cooperation with Russia and Belarus in March 2022 under the European Neighbourhood Instrument cross-border cooperation programmes (ENI CBC) and the Interreg programme for the Baltic Sea region. As a result, four cross-border Interreg programmes - Ukraine and Moldova, Hungary/Slovakia/Romania/Ukraine, Poland/Ukraine, Romania/Moldova, Romania/Ukraine - and two transnational programmes - the Danube Transnational Programme and Interreg NEXT Black Sea Basin - will benefit from a 68% increase in funding for the year 2022. (CG)