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The European Parliament’s spokesperson will hold a last-minute briefing on the 7-10 March plenary session today at 16.30.

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Reports that the largest nuclear power plant in Europe is under Russian control were a source of "grave concern," Rafael Mariano Grossi, the chief of UN atomic watchdog, said Sunday. The plant, Zaporizhzhya, in eastern Ukraine, was hit by a Russian projectile last week. Ukrainian regulators say radiation levels are normal at Zaporizhzhya but they remain concerned by restrictions on communication with the plant since it fell under Russian control.

Amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Parliament will vote on a report with recommendations on how to stop dangerous foreign attacks on democracy.

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Amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Parliament will vote on a report with recommendations on how to stop dangerous foreign attacks on democracy.

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Ideas on EU in the world and migration, economy, social justice and jobs as well as culture, youth, sport and digital transformation will be assessed on 11-12 March.

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Ideas on EU in the world and migration, economy, social justice and jobs as well as culture, youth, sport and digital transformation will be assessed on 11-12 March.

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Russia's new, controversial media law is pushing several international media outlets to suspend their operations in the country. EURACTIV Germany reports.

The German government will funnel an extra €200 billion into climate protection, Finance Minister Christian Lindner said in a move widely considered a bid to pacify their Green coalition partners

As Russia’s war in Ukraine enters its second week, Turkey finds itself in an unenviable position, entangled geographically, economically, politically, and militarily with the war’s protagonists, writes Henri J Barkey.  

Experts are sceptical on the success of the EU's Conference on the Future of Europe, but there is still time and many ways to make it count, writes Maria Koomen.

This week, Ukrainian President Zelensky signed an official application for membership of the European Union on behalf of his citizens. We wholeheartedly endorse this.

Russia's military will hold fire and open humanitarian corridors in several Ukrainian cities on Monday (7 March), the Defence Ministry said, after fighting halted weekend evacuation efforts and civilian casualties from Russia's invasion mounted.

The United States is considering sending planes to Poland if Warsaw decided to send fighter jets to Ukraine, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on a visit to Moldova on Sunday (6 March).

Both the European Parliament and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have reiterated the need to update the regulations on medicines for children and orphan drugs, in order to better address unmet needs of children and adolescents in cancer care.

The EU’s 5th list of Projects of Common Interest (PCI), which will be voted on this week in the European Parliament, must be reviewed to include a “Russian check” making sure that energy projects that receive priority EU status increase our independence from Russian gas, write a group of MEPs.

Germany's finance and foreign ministers cautioned Sunday (6 March) against banning Russian energy imports as the West searches for ways to tighten the screws on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.

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