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‘More pressure on Russia. That’s the plan,’ Zelenskyy tells EU leaders

Ukraine’s president called on European partners to increase pressure on Russia on Thursday in a bid to force Moscow into direct peace negotiations with Kyiv. Speaking at an EU summit in Brussels on the same day the bloc adopted a new sanctions package against Moscow, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia is…

EU lawmakers vote to ease corporate due diligence requirements

Businesses across the EU will see certain obligations eased to help them thrive and contribute to Europe’s competitiveness — at least that is the European Parliament’s pledge. The Parliament’s objective is to reduce reporting requirements on sustainability and human rights, as lawmakers voted on Monday to water down the bloc’s…

European Commission delays decision on asylum seeker quotas

The European Commission will not meet the deadline to adopt its report on migration in the EU over the previous year, which will serve as the basis for decisions on the matter at the bloc’s level, Euronews has learned. “The Commission will take more time to fine-tune the report, which…

EBRD chief: Bank ‘even more important’ amid global tensions, aid cuts

The London-headquartered European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has an “even more important” role to play in a global context of geopolitical and economic instability, its president Odile Renaud-Basso has told Euronews in an interview. Established in the aftermath of the Cold War primarily to invest in post-Soviet economies,…

EU lawmakers to maintain the three-hour delay passengers rights

Airlines passengers within the EU will continue receiving financial compensation in case of a three-hour delay or a cancelled flight, as EU lawmakers greenlit on Monday a law meant to review passengers’ rights across the bloc. The vote also sought to end paid cabin luggage, consisting of a free personal…

Defence industry warns EU to ‘urgently’ curb dependence on rare earths

China’s new export restrictions are raising renewed alarm in Europe, with the defence industry warning that the continent urgently needs to make its supply chains more resilient and reduce its dependence on critical raw materials. The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) — which represents over 4,000…

Israel names two of four dead hostages returned by Hamas, how they died

Israel identified two of the four deceased hostages whose coffins it received from Hamas via the Red Cross on Monday and gave their causes of death.”IDF representatives informed the families of Guy Iluz, Bipin Joshi, and two additional deceased hostages, whose names have not yet been cleared for publication by…

Will Ukrainian citizens soon be represented in the Polish parliament?

Far-right politicians in Poland have expressed their outrage at an alleged plan to give Ukrainians with Polish citizenship their own representation in Poland’s parliament. Politicians from different far-right parties decry any notion of Ukrainians having their own representation in the Sejm, the lower house of Poland’s parliament, with some even…