Solidarity with Ukraine refugees, but there may be limits
EU states are - for the moment - showing solidarity with Ukraine and its refugees. But how long that will last depends on the duration of the conflict and the numbers in need.
Tusk turns on former partners over Ukraine 'disgrace'
Donald Tusk, the Polish president of the EU Council until 2019 and current chair of the European People's Party broke with normal diplomatic niceties to lambast Germany, Hungary and Italy as having "disgraced themselves."
Does Draghi have a Russia problem?
While much of the infatuation with Russia among some Italians may be hard to explain, it's still a factor that its leaders, like prime minister Mario Draghi, must contend with.
News in Brief
- Poland closes airspace to Russian airlines
- EU calls snap summit on Ukraine crisis
- Commission: Poland should adopt rule-of-law bill 'soon'
- Ukraine foreign minister asks for future EU membership
- UK: 'Inconceivable' to hold football final in Russia
- UNHCR: Greek pushbacks 'legally and morally unacceptable'
- African Union wants 'transition period' on climate
- Bulgarian MEP faces sanctions procedure over Nazi salute
Ex-ambassador in Kyiv: EU leaders should be 'ashamed'
Europe should be throwing everything it has at Vladimir Putin, says former Ukrainian ambassador to the EU, Kostiantyn Yelisieiev, now in Kyiv.
Russian banks, oil refineries to face EU freeze
Russian banks and oil refineries to be hobbled by new EU sanctions, as civilian deaths mount in Ukraine. US wanted to exclude Russia from SWIFT, but Germany and France favoured incremental approach.
Opinion
Has the EU gone far enough on sanctions?
This is how sanctions work: to be credible, those who put these measures in place must be willing to accept negative effects on both sides. To make a difference, EU countries will have to be ready to bear the costs.
EU plan to make supply chains greener, less abusive
A new proposal to hold EU businesses to account for human rights abuses and environmental gaps may have serious loopholes itself.
Weapons to Ukraine? It may be too late
Weapons shipments may not be much of a quick fix for Ukraine in the face of an integrated and well equipped invasion force like Russia's.
Ukrainians fleeing as aid groups scramble to offer support
Filippo Grandi, the UN high commissioner for refugees, warned that "humanitarian consequences on civilian populations will be devastating."
Analysis
What the Russia conflict might mean for gas prices
In the worst-case scenario gas suppliers wouldn't be able to rebuild their inventories over the summer, industries would have to shut down, and energy rationing may be inevitable.
Nato troops moving east to avert 'spillover' from Ukraine war
Nato sending troops east to prevent Ukraine war spillover, but military "deconfliction channels" between West and Moscow remain open, secretary general Jens Stoltenberg said.
Belarus seen stepping-up use of migrants as a weapon
Tragedies continue: a 26-year old man from Yemen has been found dead, apparently of hypothermia, in a swampy area near the Polish town of Tolipo.
'Massive' EU sanctions to target Putin's war chest
The EU will block technology transfers to Russia, lock out its banks from Europe's markets, and seize Russian assets in reaction to its invasion of Ukraine - if leaders agree.
Russia launches full-scale attack on Ukraine
EU leaders immediately condemned the invasion, with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen calling on Russia to withdraw its forces and vowing further sanctions.
Russian media darlings hit by EU sanctions
"Ban the liars", Polish MEP Radek Sikorski said, as the EU slapped sanctions on some of Russia's most prominent TV broadcasters in response to their warmongering against Ukraine.
Analysis
Orbán will be closely-watched at EU's Russia summit
Viktor Orbán has often proved to be more bark than bite when it comes to his sympathies with Russia, and Vladimir Putin himself.
EU seeks to capture the value of the Internet of Things
Amazon, Microsoft, Google, IBM and others would need to put in place technical and legal safeguards. The EU commission estimated the new rules could generate €270bn of additional GDP by 2028.
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Latest News
- Cyberattacks loom as EU stiffens sanctions on Russia
- Solidarity with Ukraine refugees, but there may be limits
- Has the EU gone far enough on sanctions?
- Does Draghi have a Russia problem?
- Ex-ambassador in Kyiv: EU leaders should be 'ashamed'
- Tusk turns on former partners over Ukraine 'disgrace'
- EU plan to make supply chains greener, less abusive
- Russian banks, oil refineries to face EU freeze
Opinion
Who's looking out for the civilian casualties of a Ukraine war?
If war breaks out, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) needs to ensure good practices and policies in civilian harm mitigation developed over the past few years are directly integrated into any military response.
EU and US strike at Russian state bonds
"Who in the Lord's name does Putin think gives him the right to declare what he called new countries on the territories of his neighbour?", US president Joe Biden said.
EU 'assured' by Poland's preparation on Ukraine
The European Commission says it is working with EU states as part of a Blueprint Network to prepare contingency plans for a refugee influx.
Analysis
Nord Stream 2 may be 'dead' after Putin's push into Ukraine
German chancellor Olaf Scholz said Tuesday that the Baltic Sea pipeline to deliver Russian gas couldn't be certified under "present circumstances."
EU prepares Russia blacklist after hesitation by Hungary
Some of the individuals to be blacklisted are Russian officials, but not Russian president Vladimir Putin himself or his foreign minister Sergei Lavrov.
Opinion
Today's the day to declare Ukraine an EU candidate country
A silly idea, when Russia has just amputated parts of Ukraine's territory? On the contrary — it would be a historic chance for the EU become again an agenda-setter rather than following a playbook set by others.
Putin pledges to carve up Ukraine as EU mulls sanctions
Russian president Putin pledged to recognise two Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine as sovereign states — a move that could trigger a first round of EU sanctions.
EU hopes sanctions threat will stop Bosnia breakup
Republika Srpska's Mirolad Dodik is a close ally of Russia and a flare-up in the Western Balkans risks playing into Moscow's hands.
Last-minute calls to delay EU deforestation law
Some EU member states are calling for extra time to implement new due-diligence obligations under the new deforestation law.
EU anti-fraud watchdog has completed Frontex probe
The EU's anti-fraud office findings will go before the Frontex management board this week.
Petition seeks EU ban on Israeli settler products
Even if the petition were to win sufficient backing, any commission moves toward fulfilling its demands would meet with fierce opposition from pro-Israeli EU countries.
Opinion
The pandemic EU billions? Follow the money (or don't)
This is the first time the EU has raised money collectively – some called it Europe's New Marshall Plan – and if the process is seen to fail, it could shatter the frail trust in the European project.
Murky plans for Ukraine refugees may soon face test
The very porousness of the border poses questions about EU states' contingency plans, which for the most part have remained confidential.
Analysis
African push to invest in gas met with caution by EU
Unsurprisingly, given the sensitivities surrounding energy issues in Africa and Europe, leaders did not appear to be in a hurry to announce big, new financing deals for fossil fuels at the summit.
Agenda
EU's retaliatory Russia sanctions in focus This WEEK
The EU has been busy drawing up a list of sanctions against Moscow in retaliation for any aggression. But the threshold for their imposition still needs to be determined.
China backs shutting Ukraine out of Nato
In Munich, Volodymyr Zelensky voiced his concerns that the chances of Nato membership for his country may already have been diminished, because of the pressure from Russia.
