European Commission wants Ukraine to join bloc’s defence industry support scheme, which would also help use the country’s expertise and bring Kyiv closer to EU membership (www.euractiv.com)
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European action plan to acquire ammunition for Ukraine takes shape (www.euractiv.com)
Several separate and parallel initiatives — the EU-led ammunition plan, a Czech-led bulk ammunition purchase and a series of bilateral security deals between Ukraine and individual Western countries — should ship at least 700,000 shells over the next couple of months....
European action plan to acquire ammunition for Ukraine takes shape (www.euractiv.com)
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"The time for half-measures has passed": EU lawmaker alliance calls for ban on all Russian energy, including gas (www.euractiv.com)
We “call on the European Commission to initiate and on member states to adopt without delay a total ban on Russian energy commodities in the EU market,” says the letter, initiated by the green lawmaker Ville Niinistö from Finland....
"The time for half-measures has passed": EU lawmaker alliance calls for ban on all Russian energy, including gas (www.euractiv.com)
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"The time for half-measures has passed": EU lawmaker alliance calls for ban on all Russian energy, including gas (www.euractiv.com)
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Moldova dismisses Transnistria's request for Russian help (www.euractiv.com)
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Moldova dismisses Transnistria's request for Russian help (www.euractiv.com)
A "congress of deputies of all levels” in Moldova’s breakaway Transnistria region asked Russia on Wednesday (28 February) to help its economy withstand Moldovan “pressure”, at a meeting of hundreds of officials dismissed by the pro-European Chisinau government as a propaganda stunt to gain headlines....
U.S. cautions after Hawaii neighbor Kiribati gets Chinese police (www.euractiv.com)
Kiribati is considered strategic not only given its relatively proximity to Hawaii, but because it has one of world’s biggest exclusive economic zones, covering more than 3.5 million square km (1.35 million square miles) of the Pacific....
U.S. cautions after Hawaii neighbor Kiribati gets Chinese police (www.euractiv.com)
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Latvia approves ban on Russian agricultural products (www.euractiv.com)
Latvia is the EU’s second-largest importer of Russian agricultural and animal feed products behind Italy, with the Latvian Agriculture Ministry pointing to imports worth €280 million or 12% of the EU’s total imports over the first 10 months of last year.
Germany’s Scholz pressed by own coalition to provide long-range missiles for Ukraine (www.euractiv.com)
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Germany’s Scholz pressed by own coalition to provide long-range missiles for Ukraine (www.euractiv.com)
While France and Britain have passed on their own long-range SCALP/Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine, Chancellor Scholz (SPD, S&D) has mystified allies with his persistent reluctance to deliver equivalent German Taurus missiles....
Bulgarian pro-Putin party announces joining EU far right group after Moscow visit (www.euractiv.com)
Far-right pro-Russian party Vazrazhdane has joined the far-right Identity and Democracy group in the European Parliament, deputies from the Eurosceptic Bulgarian party announced on Wednesday after visiting Moscow at the invitation of Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party....
Latvia approves ban on Russian agricultural products (www.euractiv.com)
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Ukraine's defeat would put European values at risk, which is why there is no alternative but for Europe’s support to continue, European Council President Charles Michel says (www.euractiv.com)
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Ukraine's defeat would put European values at risk, which is why there is no alternative but for Europe’s support to continue, European Council President Charles Michel says (www.euractiv.com)
With Russia’s war raging nearby and the threat that a second Trump administration could pull the US out of NATO, Europe has increased its military spending. At the same time, the EU’s defence programmes and funds have multiplied....
EU targets Chinese firms, North Korea in new Ukraine war anniversary sanctions package (www.euractiv.com)
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EU targets Chinese firms, North Korea in new Ukraine war anniversary sanctions package (www.euractiv.com)
EU ambassadors approved the package very quickly, without discussion, except for one statement from Hungary, who last week had requested more time to consider the contents, EU diplomats said....
West holds Putin responsible for Navalny’s death (www.euractiv.com)
"It’s not ‘Navalny died’, but ‘Putin killed Navalny’,” Leonid Volkov, Navalny’s chief of staff, said....
Russia's opposition in exile calls on EU not to recognise Putin's election (www.euractiv.com)
A month before Russia’s presidential election, certain to be won again by Vladimir Putin, the country’s anti-war opposition in exile admits that it is unable to influence the results but hopes the West will “do the right thing”.
Political momentum is swaying in favour of European solar panel manufacturers, as planned new EU law banning forced labour practices would effectively block Chinese imports (www.euractiv.com)
“There is no country around the globe where this crime [of state-sponsored forced labour] is committed so forcefully as in the People’s Republic of China and in the Xinjang autonomous region in particular,” said Reinhard Bütikofer, a green EU lawmaker who spoke at a conference convened by the European Solar Manufacturers...
Political momentum is swaying in favour of European solar panel manufacturers, as planned new EU law banning forced labour practices would effectively block Chinese imports (www.euractiv.com)
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Legge UE sulla banda larga: raggiunto un accordo sull'abolizione delle chiamate intra-UE nel 2029, tacita approvazione volontaria (www.euractiv.com)
I rappresentanti del Consiglio, della Commissione e del Parlamento dell’UE hanno concordato un testo di compromesso del Gigabit Infrastructure Act: l’approvazione tacita rimane un principio volontario mentre l’abolizione dei “supplementi” di comunicazione intra-UE è prevista per il 2029-2032.
Le spie cinesi hanno violato la rete di difesa olandese l’anno scorso (www.euractiv.com)
Le spie informatiche cinesi sostenute dallo Stato hanno avuto accesso a una rete militare olandese lo scorso anno, hanno detto martedì (6 febbraio) le agenzie di intelligence olandesi, definendole parte di una tendenza di spionaggio politico cinese contro i Paesi Bassi e i suoi alleati.
