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Georgia will 'immediately' apply for fast-track EU membership, the country's ruling party said Wednesday (2 March), a day after the European Parliament backed war-torn Ukraine's bid to apply for fast-track EU membership.

The foreigners and borders service (SEF) is offering service counters dedicated exclusively to Ukrainian citizens as of Thursday, the SEF announced on Wednesday. In a statement, the SEF said that these counters will be operating in SEF delegations across the...

Galp announced Wednesday that it has suspended the purchase of Russian oil products and regretted the “acts of aggression against the Ukrainian people”, according to a statement sent to the Portuguese Securities Market Commission (CMVM). CUT “Galp’s Board of Directors...

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Wednesday confirmed that Spain would soon send lethal weapons to help Ukraine’s resistance against the Russian invasion. Still, his tougher position in the crisis has encountered criticism from left-wing coalition partner United We Can (Unidas...

Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson slammed Russia’s attack on Ukraine using rhetoric experts say the country has not witnessed “since the Cold War”. “Russia’s armed aggression is more than an attack on Ukraine, it is an attack on the right of...

As the EU has banned Russian flights from its airspace, the three and a half-hour train journey between St Petersburg and Helsinki is now the only direct passenger link from Russia to the bloc. The EU, together with Finnish authorities,...

Protesters gathered on Wednesday outside the headquarters of Meta in Dublin before marching to those of Google in a call for action to combat the spread of disinformation linked to the war in Ukraine by Russian state media. The two...

The war in Ukraine signals a “change of an era” for Europe, which must now become a more sovereign force and build a common defence, President Emmanuel Macron said in a speech to the nation on Wednesday. In an address on...

Vice-Chancellor Werner Kogler has spoken in favour of sanctioning oligarchs as Russia sanctions threaten the Austrian banking sector. Sanctions targeting “oligarchs” would be “worthwhile,” Kogler told Puls24 show host Corinna Milborn, adding that their wealth in Austria would “need to...

The Maltese government has suspended its cash-for-passports scheme for Russian and Belarusian citizens following pressure from the EU and civil society over fears oligarchs linked to the Kremlin were buying their way into the bloc. Malta and Bulgaria are the...

Sixty-four per cent of German businesses say they are affected in some way by sanctions the EU has issued against Russia for invading Ukraine and by counter-sanctions Russia announced in response, a recent poll shows. Around half of the group...

Ukrainians fleeing Russian invasion and have arrived in Lithuania can start work immediately “if there will be a wish for that”, Social Security and Labour Minister Monika Navickienė said on Wednesday. Ukrainians with biometric passports, a Schengen visa or a...

The Czech government has declared a state of emergency as it awaits a massive influx of Ukrainian refugees. Around 30,000 Ukrainians have already entered the Czech Republic since Russia waged a military attack on Ukraine. The state of emergency will...

European airlines face higher fuel prices, longer journey times, and cancelled eastbound flights as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the latest crisis to afflict an industry still reeling from the global pandemic.

A key component of the strategy, which is being carried out in coordination with the US and UK, is a freeze on the Russian central bank's foreign assets.

Nato countries still were delivering anti-tank, anti-aircraft missiles and drones to Ukraine on Wednesday, but experts now see a window of opportunity closing.

Belarus will not be able to import dual-use goods and certain advanced technology from the EU that might contribute to its military, technological, defence and security systems.

By pursuing Putin as a close ally in the weeks leading up to the invasion of Ukraine, Orbán alienated himself from all other European leaders. Now, he should continue to distance itself from Putin and those linked to him.

With insecurity for the European economy increasing due to Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine, the EU executive calls on countries to keep investing in economic growth and remains open about an eventual prolongation of the suspension of fiscal rules.

All indications are that Emmanuel Macron will be re-elected as France's leader in April. The situation at home was already very favourable, and his recent posturing as a strongman of the EU and mediator with Russia confirms that the rather dull (so far) presidential campaign is unlikely to have any plot twists.