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Russia's invasion of Ukraine has already prompted changes in European energy policy. That needs to be reflected in a revised Green deal, writes Alena Mastantuono.

Ukraine's government has introduced export licensing of key foodstuffs including wheat, corn, poultry meat, and sunflower oil according to the Ukrainian news agency, Interfax Ukraine, as EU farmers sound the alarm over food security across the bloc.

In a policy reversal, Hungary will allow Nato troops to be deployed in western Hungary, and shipments of weapons to cross its territory to other Nato members, according to a decree signed by prime minister Viktor Orbán on Monday. But Hungary still won't be allowing the transfer of lethal weapons direct to Ukraine.

Reaching the Digital Decade targets requires more ICT specialists in Europe – specifically more women in tech. Eroding structural barriers and leveraging new technologies enable organisations to attract and retain highly skilled talent needed to make European companies competitive and future-proof.

The four prime ministers of the central European Visegrad Group — a loose alliance of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia — will meet in London on Tuesday, ahead of a summit of European Union leaders on Thursday and Friday in Paris, said Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán. "We will try to stop the war and open talks that could lead to peace," Orbán wrote on Facebook.

Video-sharing app TikTok has limited services in Russia after it passed a law criminalising sharing “false” information about the war in Ukraine. The move makes it one of the first Chinese companies to boycott Moscow following the invasion.  

Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain third countries with Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/346 of 1 March 2022 amending Decision 2014/512/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine.

**Updated with previous statements of Hungarian politicians and analyst comments.  Hungary will allow NATO troops to deploy in western Hungary and weapons shipments to cross its territory to other NATO member states, according to a government decree published on Monday...

Russia appears to be preparing measures to tighten control over the internet, under the guise of seeking to be more resilient against cyberattacks, according to an internal document circulated on social media and comments by Russian officials.

Russia announced new "humanitarian corridors" on Monday (7 March) to transport Ukrainians trapped under its bombardment - to Russia itself and its ally Belarus, a move immediately denounced by Kyiv as an immoral stunt.

The French Renaissance delegation of the European Parliament's liberal Renew Europe Group opposes the list of Projects of Common Interest (PCIs) which sets aside €13 billion for gas projects in Europe as Russia's war in Ukraine rages on.

Monday, 7 March

Source : © European Union, 2022 - EP

Monday, 7 March

Source : © European Union, 2022 - EP

The doublespeak by the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriach Kirill, on "the events taking place" is not just reprehensible – it could amount to an international crime.

The war in Ukraine could upset the EU's ambitions to become a leader in the production of semiconductors, which since 2020 have been in short supply. EURACTIV France reports.

President Volodymyr Zelensky is calling on Nato to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine to stop the bombing of his country by Russia. But all members of the defence alliance have so far categorically ruled out this option. President Putin has reiterated his warning that Russia would interpret such a move as a declaration of war and retaliate accordingly. Europe's press is divided.