Barcelona, Cambrils, Turku. Once again, EU cities have been hit by terror and flags are flying half-masted in the main institutional buildings.
The European Fisheries Control Agency staff would like to express their strong condemnation to these criminal attacks and their support to the work being carried out by all EU national authorities to fight the scourge of violence.
Today, in EFCA's premises in Vigo, control authorities of GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean) Contracting Parties participated in a technical meeting regarding the pilot project.
The meeting's agenda included finalising an operational plan, exploring an operational Memorandum of Understanding, as well as discussing the availability and modalities for information exchange.
EFCA mourns today the victims of the forest fires that occurred in Portugal and would like to express its great sadness and solidarity with the Portuguese people. Our thoughts go out to the families and friends of all those affected by these tragic events.
The Closing Workshop of the pilot project "Creation of a European coastguard function" gathered more than 110 participants from various European and national entities at the premises of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) in Lisbon. During the event the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex), the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) and EMSA jointly presented the project results.
Last week (23-26/05/2017), representatives from 20 European countries with sea borders joined Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, along with officials from the European Fisheries Control Agen
Today, EFCA mourns the victims of yesterday's tragic attack in Manchester.
We would like to express our great sadness and solidarity with the relatives and friends of everyone affected by this brutal act and extend it to the people of United Kingdom.
EFCA´s flags will be at half-mast today and a minute of silence will be held at 15h00.
This week (16-18 May 2017), Frontex held operational activities with EMSA and EFCA in the Black Sea, with the aim of supporting national authorities with coast guard functions.
More details in the Press Release.
