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EU Pact For The Mediterranean - Brussels

Eu Commission spokesperson Arianna Podesta (L) the Eu Commissioner for Mediterranean Dubravka Suica (C) and the Eu Commission vice-president, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas (R) arrive for a media briefing in the Berlaymont, the Eu Commission headquarter on October 16, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. Today, the Commission and the High Representative have proposed to Eu Member States the ‘Preserving Peace - Defence Readiness Roadmap 2030’, a comprehensive plan to strengthen European defence capabilities. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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EU Pact For The Mediterranean - Brussels

Eu Commission vice-president, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas (C) and the Eu Commissioner for Mediterranean Dubravka Suica (R) talk to media in the Berlaymont, the Eu Commission headquarter on October 16, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. Today, the Commission and the High Representative have proposed to Eu Member States the ‘Preserving Peace - Defence Readiness Roadmap 2030’, a comprehensive plan to strengthen European defence capabilities. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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EU Pact For The Mediterranean - Brussels

Eu Commission spokesperson Arianna Podesta (L) the Eu Commissioner for Mediterranean Dubravka Suica (C) and the Eu Commission vice-president, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas (R) arrive for a media briefing in the Berlaymont, the Eu Commission headquarter on October 16, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. Today, the Commission and the High Representative have proposed to Eu Member States the ‘Preserving Peace - Defence Readiness Roadmap 2030’, a comprehensive plan to strengthen European defence capabilities. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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EU Pact For The Mediterranean - Brussels

Eu Commissioner for Mediterranean Dubravka Suica in the Berlaymont, the Eu Commission headquarter on October 16, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. Today, the Commission and the High Representative have proposed to Eu Member States the ‘Preserving Peace - Defence Readiness Roadmap 2030’, a comprehensive plan to strengthen European defence capabilities. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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EU Pact For The Mediterranean - Brussels

Eu Commissioner for Mediterranean Dubravka Suica in the Berlaymont, the Eu Commission headquarter on October 16, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. Today, the Commission and the High Representative have proposed to Eu Member States the ‘Preserving Peace - Defence Readiness Roadmap 2030’, a comprehensive plan to strengthen European defence capabilities. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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EU Pact For The Mediterranean - Brussels

Eu Commission spokesperson Arianna Podesta (L) the Eu Commissioner for Mediterranean Dubravka Suica (C) and the Eu Commission vice-president, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas (R) arrive for a media briefing in the Berlaymont, the Eu Commission headquarter on October 16, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. Today, the Commission and the High Representative have proposed to Eu Member States the ‘Preserving Peace - Defence Readiness Roadmap 2030’, a comprehensive plan to strengthen European defence capabilities. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Global Gateway ForumBrussels

Ajaypal Singh Banga and Dubravka Suica au forum Global Gateway sur les investissements europeens en Afrique, in Brussels, Belgium, on October 9, 2025. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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EU Commission Weekly Meeting - Brussels

EU Commission President’s head of cabinet Alexandre Adam (L) talks with the EU Commissioner for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy Stephane Sejourne (C) and the EU Commissioner for Mediterranean Dubravka Suica (R) prior the weekly meeting of the EU Commission in the Berlaymont, the EU Commission headquarter on April 9, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. During the meeting, EU Commissioners will talk about trade, US tariff strategy with industries, vehicles, steel, aluminium, pharmaceuticals, copper, semiconductors, lumber, energy products, and certain minerals. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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EU-Israel Association Council - Brussels

EU Commission vice-president, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas (L) pose with the Israel Minister of Foreign Affairs Gideon Moshe Saar (C) and the EU Commissioner for Mediterranean Dubravka Suica (R) prior the start of an EU-Israel Association Council meeting in the Europa building on February 24, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. Gideon Sa'ar is member of the Knesset for the party New Hope. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Felipe receives in audience the European Commissioner - Madrid

King Felipe VI receives in audience the European Commissioner for the Mediterranean, Dubravka Suica, on the occasion of her visit to Spain, at the Zarzuela Palace, on February 10, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). Felipe receives the European Commissioner for the Mediterranean in charge of creating a common agenda focused on people and developing partnerships with the Mediterranean region and the countries of our southern neighborhood, based on common values and dialogue, she is also the Commissioner in charge of demography. Photo by Diego Radamés / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Felipe receives in audience the European Commissioner - Madrid

King Felipe VI receives in audience the European Commissioner for the Mediterranean, Dubravka Suica, on the occasion of her visit to Spain, at the Zarzuela Palace, on February 10, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). Felipe receives the European Commissioner for the Mediterranean in charge of creating a common agenda focused on people and developing partnerships with the Mediterranean region and the countries of our southern neighborhood, based on common values and dialogue, she is also the Commissioner in charge of demography. Photo by Diego Radamés / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Felipe receives in audience the European Commissioner - Madrid

King Felipe VI (c), receives in audience the European Commissioner for the Mediterranean, Dubravka Suica (2r), on the occasion of her visit to Spain, at the Zarzuela Palace, February 10, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). Felipe receives the European Commissioner for the Mediterranean in charge of creating a common agenda focused on people and developing partnerships with the Mediterranean region and the countries of our southern neighborhood, based on common values and dialogue, she is also the Commissioner in charge of demography. Photo by Diego Radamés / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Felipe receives in audience the European Commissioner - Madrid

King Felipe VI receives in audience the European Commissioner for the Mediterranean, Dubravka Suica, on the occasion of her visit to Spain, at the Zarzuela Palace, on February 10, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). Felipe receives the European Commissioner for the Mediterranean in charge of creating a common agenda focused on people and developing partnerships with the Mediterranean region and the countries of our southern neighborhood, based on common values and dialogue, she is also the Commissioner in charge of demography. Photo by Diego Radamés / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Felipe receives in audience the European Commissioner - Madrid

King Felipe VI receives in audience the European Commissioner for the Mediterranean, Dubravka Suica, on the occasion of her visit to Spain, at the Zarzuela Palace, on February 10, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). Felipe receives the European Commissioner for the Mediterranean in charge of creating a common agenda focused on people and developing partnerships with the Mediterranean region and the countries of our southern neighborhood, based on common values and dialogue, she is also the Commissioner in charge of demography. Photo by Diego Radamés / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Weekly Meeting Of The EU Commission - Brussels

EU Commissioner for International Partnerships Jozef Sikela (L) is talking with the EU Commissioner for Mediterranean Dubravka Suica (R) prior the weekly college meeting in the Berlaymont, the EU Commission headquarter on January 15, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. The Commission meets every week, on Wednesday, to discuss politically sensitive issues and adopt proposals that need to be agreed on by oral procedure. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Meeting Of Future European Commissioners - Brussels

Group photo with Raffaele Fitto, Maria Luis Albuquerque, Christophe Hansen, Jessika Roswall, Dubravka Suica, Andrius Kubilius, Roxana Minzatu, Wopke Hoekstra, aldis Dombrovskis, Teresa Ribera Rodríguez, Henna Virkkunen, Ursula von der Leyen, Maros Sefcovic, Apostolos Tzitzikostas, Kaja Kallas, Ekaterina Zaharieva, Hadja Lahbib, Costas Kadis, Dan Jorgensen, Michael McGrath, Oliver Varhelyi, Glenn Micallef, Piotr Serafin et Stéphane Séjourné at the meeting of the future European Commissioners of Ursula Von der leyen's new European Commission, in Brussels, Belgium on September 18, 2024. Each Commissioner-designate will undergo a public hearing before parliamentary committees before a vote of approval by the European Parliament. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mobile Suica glitch in eastern Japan

A notice is posted on a ticket machine at JR Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on June 24, 2023, after a glitch in East Japan Railway Co.'s Mobile Suica electronic train fare system prevented passengers from charging their travel cards.

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Mobile Suica glitch in eastern Japan

Notices are posted on ticket machines at JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on June 24, 2023, after a glitch in East Japan Railway Co.'s Mobile Suica electronic train fare system prevented passengers from charging their travel cards.

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Mobile Suica glitch in eastern Japan

A passenger passes a notice near ticket gates at JR Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on June 24, 2023, after a glitch in East Japan Railway Co.'s Mobile Suica electronic train fare system prevented passengers from charging their travel cards.

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Mobile Suica glitch in eastern Japan

Photo taken on June 24, 2023, at JR Shinjuku Station in Tokyo shows a notice on a smartphone screen after a glitch in East Japan Railway Co.'s Mobile Suica electronic train fare system prevented passengers from charging their travel cards.

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Suica cards marking 100th yr of Tokyo Station

TOKYO, Japan - People demand an explanation from a staff worker (C) of JR Tokyo Station on Dec. 20, 2014, after East Japan Railway Co. decided to terminate sales of Suica train fare cards commemorating the 100th anniversary of the opening of the station due to safety concerns. More than 9,000 people had lined up before the start of the planned sales of 15,000 Suica cards, but the railway operator known as JR East halted the sales after selling 8,090 cards because the situation became chaotic at the station.

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Posters for memorial Suica cards at Tokyo Station

TOKYO, Japan - Posters announcing the sales of the special Suica prepaid e-money cards in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the opening of Tokyo Station are hung at the station in the Japanese capital on Dec. 20, 2014.

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9 smart cards to be used for ANA's in-flight sales in Oct.

TOKYO, Japan - The penguin mascot character for the rechargeable Suica smart card of East Japan Railway Co. demonstrates how to use the card for ANA's domestic in-flight sales on Sept. 22, 2014. Nine kinds of traffic system smart cards will become usable for in-flight sales from October.

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Railway fare cards to become mutually usable

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives of railway and bus operators pose with their respective electronic fare cards in a gathering at the East Japan Railway Co. head office in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2012. A total of 10 regional railway and bus fare cards such as Suica and Pasmo in Tokyo and Icoca in Osaka will become mutually usable in all their operating areas in Japan, starting March 23, 2013.

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FamilyMart, Itochu plan instant processing at cash registers

TOKYO, Japan - FamilyMart Co., Itochu Corp. and Toshiba Tec Corp. said Dec. 20 that they will jointly test their new system to process a large number of purchase items instantaneously using store cash registers between Jan. 30 and Feb. 24 in a project supported by the government. The trials, which will involve the use of smart tags (shown with arrows) and Suica electronic cash cards, will seek to double the speed at which shopping transactions are currently processed at regular stores.

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KDDI cellphones to be used to pay fares at JR East stations

TOKYO, Japan - A model demonstrates how a mobile phone handset is used to pay train fares at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on July 11. Subscribers to KDDI Corp.'s ''au'' mobile phone service will be able to pay train fares with their handsets at East Japan Railway Co. stations starting in January 2006, the two companies said. JR East will allow its Suica electronic train fare card functions to be installed on Internet-capable mobile phone handsets for use with KDDI's EZ FeliCa service to be launched in September in combination with Sony Corp.'s FeliCa contactless integrated-circuit card technology.

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JR East to allow passengers to pay fares through cellphones

TOKYO, Japan - East Japan Railway Co. said Feb. 22 that starting next January railway passengers will be able to pay fares by using mobile phone handsets equipped with its Suica electronic train fare cards.

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JR East smart card can now be used for shopping, dining

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Keiko Takahashi (R) shows off her Suica rechargeable rail card when shopping at a JR Tokyo Station store on March 22. The card issued by East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) can now be used for shopping and dining at JR stations as well as for traveling on trains.

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JR East to introduce new bus fare payment system

An East Japan Railway Co. employee posing as a bus passenger holds a smartphone over an IC chip-incorporated small panel set up beside the driver's seat to demonstrate a new bus fare payment system to the media in Tokyo's Ota Ward on Sept. 14, 2021. The cashless payment system, less costly than the company's existing payment system using a Suica card, will be introduced on a JR bus in Tokyo from Sept. 16 on a trial basis.

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FamilyMart Co. allows customers to pay with Suica

TOKYO, Japan - Customers are able to pay for goods with Suica electronic train fare cards at convenience stores run by FamilyMart Co. in selected areas such as Saitama city. The photo was taken on Sept. 28, 2004. (Kyodo)

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JR East to allow passengers to pay fares through cellphones

TOKYO, Japan - East Japan Railway Co. said Feb. 22 that starting next January railway passengers will be able to pay fares by using mobile phone handsets equipped with its Suica electronic train fare cards. (Kyodo)

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KDDI cellphones to be used to pay fares at JR East stations

TOKYO, Japan - A model demonstrates how a mobile phone handset is used to pay train fares at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on July 11. Subscribers to KDDI Corp.'s ''au'' mobile phone service will be able to pay train fares with their handsets at East Japan Railway Co. stations starting in January 2006, the two companies said. JR East will allow its Suica electronic train fare card functions to be installed on Internet-capable mobile phone handsets for use with KDDI's EZ FeliCa service to be launched in September in combination with Sony Corp.'s FeliCa contactless integrated-circuit card technology. (Kyodo)

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FamilyMart, Itochu plan instant processing at cash registers

TOKYO, Japan - FamilyMart Co., Itochu Corp. and Toshiba Tec Corp. said Dec. 20 that they will jointly test their new system to process a large number of purchase items instantaneously using store cash registers between Jan. 30 and Feb. 24 in a project supported by the government. The trials, which will involve the use of smart tags (shown with arrows) and Suica electronic cash cards, will seek to double the speed at which shopping transactions are currently processed at regular stores. (Kyodo)

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9 smart cards to be used for ANA's in-flight sales in Oct.

TOKYO, Japan - The penguin mascot character for the rechargeable Suica smart card of East Japan Railway Co. demonstrates how to use the card for ANA's domestic in-flight sales on Sept. 22, 2014. Nine kinds of traffic system smart cards will become usable for in-flight sales from October. (Kyodo)

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JR East tests ticket gates accessible by QR codes

Photo shows East Japan Railway Co.'s test of a new train station ticket gate that can be accessed using QR codes, conducted at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2020. The new ticket gate is equipped with a QR code scanner to read a code downloaded via a smartphone or printed on paper for use by passengers without its Suica IC prepaid travel cards.

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JR East tests ticket gates accessible by QR codes

Photo shows East Japan Railway Co.'s test of a new train station ticket gate that can be accessed using QR codes, conducted at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2020. The new ticket gate is equipped with a QR code scanner to read a code downloaded via a smartphone or printed on paper for use by passengers without its Suica IC prepaid travel cards.

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Suica City seeks stadium naming rights partner

File photo taken in February 2017 shows Suita City Football Stadium, home to J-League soccer team Gamba Osaka. It was reported on Aug. 22 that the municipal government of Suita, western Japan, will seek a company that wishes to take up a naming rights sponsorship deal. The partnership will run for five years from Jan. 1, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JR East smart card can now be used for shopping, dining

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Keiko Takahashi (R) shows off her Suica rechargeable rail card when shopping at a JR Tokyo Station store on March 22. The card issued by East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) can now be used for shopping and dining at JR stations as well as for traveling on trains. (Kyodo)