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Virtual aid trip and a policy quiz: the European Commission tourist experience

Brussels exhibition is latest EU effort to appeal to the public by seeking to explain its work

The Guardian - UK

Zelenskiy vows to defend 'fortress' Bakhmut, hosts EU leaders in Kyiv

Ukrainians will fight "for as long as we can" to hold the eastern city of Bakhmut, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowed on Friday, as he hosted European Union leaders to discuss further sanctions on Russia and Kyiv's prospects for joining the EU.

Reuters

Ukraine recap: Kyiv keeps its friends close, but will they send the latest warplanes?

The latest dispatches from the Institute for the Study of War make for sobering reading. After a few months in which the initiative on the battlefield was generally considered to be firmly with Ukraine, the pendulum appears as if it could be swinging gradually back Russia’s way.

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EU pledges to double military aid programme for Ukraine

EU to train an extra 15,000 soldiers and prepare new sanctions against Russia

The Guardian - UK

EU: Centre for prosecution of 'aggression' crimes in Ukraine to be set up in The Hague

European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday that an international centre for the prosecution of the crime of aggression in Ukraine would be set up in The Hague.

Reuters

EU’s top brass prepares for summit with Zelenskyy in Kyiv

Ukrainian and EU officials will hold talks in Kyiv on Friday over the war-torn country’s push to join the bloc.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine's Zelenskiy calls for more EU sanctions on Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Thursday for more punitive measures against Russia by the European Union, but new sanctions the bloc is preparing for the one-year anniversary of the war are set to fall short of Kyiv's expectations.

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EU'S von der Leyen arrives in Kyiv for talks

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrived in Kyiv on Thursday for meetings intended to highlight support for Ukraine as the first anniversary of Russia's invasion nears.

Reuters

EU to loosen state aid rules in response to US green tech subsidies

Leaked European Union proposals reveal the bloc is to expand state aid rules in an effort to counter US green energy subsidies and unfair competition from China that are threatening European industry. The EU is to present its proposals on Wednesday.

Radio France Internationale

Can the EU keep up with the US on green subsidies?

The huge incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act are provoking a debate in Europe with ramifications for the entire single market

Financial Times

EU President Says Ukraine Has Unconditional Support Ahead of Summit

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said ahead of an EU-Ukraine summit next week that Ukraine had unconditional support from the bloc and that the country needed to prevail against Russian attacks to defend European values. "We stand by Ukraine's side without any ifs and buts," von der Leyen…

Asharq Al-Awsat

EU president says Ukraine has unconditional support ahead of summit

Reuters

Davos 2023: Ukraine front and centre as Zelensky expected to make speech

The Ukrainian president is set to speak at the World Economic Forum by videolink this Wednesday, as our Business Editor Kate Moody explains. This comes amid the ongoing energy crisis in Europe sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Speaking to FRANCE 24 in Davos earlier, EU chief Ursula Von der…

France 24

Davos 2023: EU's von der Leyen on her Green Deal Industrial Plan

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen outlined the bloc's Green Deal subsidy plan at the World Economic Forum on Tuesday, as the US and China push ahead with their own industrial subsidies for clean tech. FRANCE 24's Business Editor Kate Moody spoke with von der Leyen in Davos about…

France 24

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Asharq Al-Awsat

EU's Von der Leyen Backs Listing Iran’s Guards as Terrorist Group

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday she backed listing Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as a terrorist organization to respond to the "trampling" of "fundamental human rights" in the country. Ties between the EU member states and Tehran have deteriorated in recent months as efforts to revive…

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Rocks ahead! Leaders struggle at the helm of the world economy

As food prices soar a near record 11.3 percent today, there's a new outcrop of inflation looming, Jonathan Milne reports. NZ and the world now face a hard landing in which millions may lose their livelihoods.

Al Jazeera

Calls for special tribunal for Russia’s ‘war crimes’ in Ukraine

European Commission chief von der Leyen says the war in Ukraine is ‘a fight of democracy against autocracy’.

Radio France Internationale

EU readies sovereignty fund to fight off US, Chinese competition

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday announced the preparation of a "sovereignty fund" and a Net Zero Industry Act, both intended to defend Europe's industrial base from subsidised US and Chinese competitors.

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Reuters

DAVOS 2023: EU's Von der Leyen backs listing Iran's Guards as terrorist group

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday she backed listing Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation to respond to the "trampling" of "fundamental human rights" in the country.

Reuters

Davos 2023: EU to counter U.S. climate game changer with own green deal

The European Union responded on Tuesday to U.S. moves to boost its energy transition with its own plans to make life easier for green industry, saying it would mobilize state aid and a sovereignty fund to keep firms from moving to the United States.

Reuters

EU must seek to de-risk rather than decouple from China - von der Leyen

The European Union needs to work and trade with China on clean tech and push for a level playing field rather than seek to decouple from the world's second-largest economy, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

EU Outlines Plan for Clean Tech Future Boosted by Subsidies

The European Union pushed forward on Tuesday with a massive clean tech industrial plan which not only should keep the continent in the vanguard of plotting a greener future but also guarantee its economic survival as it faces challenges from China and the United States. EU Commission President Ursula von…

France 24

Davos 2023: Ukraine's first lady takes centre stage

The World Economic Forum has officially kicked off in Davos. Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He are among the expected speakers this Tuesday. Our Business Editor Kate Moody brings us an update from Davos, with insights on the…

Reuters

Swedish PM Kristersson says EU needs to discuss competitiveness, not just state-aid

The European Union needs to improve long-term competitiveness and not just provide support for companies in the green tech sector where nations like China and the United States are providing subsidies, Sweden's prime minister said on Friday.

Reuters

EU needs to keep increasing pressure on Russia - von der Leyen

The European Union needs to keep increasing pressure on Russia and supporting Ukraine, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday.

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