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Europe needs to build up its renewable energy capacity and diversify its gas supply to end its dependency on Russian gas, according to a leaked draft of the EU’s communication on energy prices seen by EURACTIV.

With much of Moscow's $640 billion reserves under lock and key in the West and sanctions crippling cross-border capital flows, investors fear Russia may be heading for its first ever default on sovereign hard currency debt.

When Russia launched its large-scale military invasion of Ukraine, the international scene drastically changed. And pushed Ukraine into a new humanitarian crisis.

As the war in Ukraine continues, Russia has stepped up efforts to restrict the availability of information, targeting independent reporting on both sides of the border. 

With its G20 Presidency starting on 1 December 2022, India hopes to play a pivotal role in what it sees as a “Decade of Action”, in view of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, writes Gauri Khandekar.

The European Commission has proposed that those fleeing the war in Ukraine should be granted “temporary protection” in the EU, while border checks should be simplified. EU interior ministers will decide on the matter on Thursday.

A stay in the areas occupied for eight years by pro-Russian armed groups allows us to grasp the perspective of a future Ukraine that is under Russian occupation and the careful look we must take at this conflict, writes Olivier Baumard.

Estonians know what it is like when Russia came to "liberate" us - the way it now claims to be "liberating" Ukraine.

Ukrainians said they were fighting on Wednesday (2 March) on the first sizeable city Russia claimed to have seized, while Moscow stepped up its lethal bombardment of major population centres that its invasion force has so far failed to tame.

Two months after the deadline set by the European Commission, Romania submitted its Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) national strategic plan, its agriculture ministry said on Tuesday (1 March). This brings the grand total of national submissions to 26, with only Belgium missing.

The European Union on Wednesday officially banned Russian-state-controlled media outlets Russia Today and Sputnik. Market operators such as Google and EU member state national authorities now fall under an EU obligation to enforce the decision across cable, satellite, internet TV, platforms, websites and apps. Russia Today and Sputnik have been identified as sources of Russian disinformation since 2015 by the European External Action Service.

Hungarian foreign minister Péter Szijjártó called Sberbank a 'victim' of the EU's sanction policy after the Russian bank said it was leaving Europe after bloc regulators announced their license would be revoked.

Apple will stop selling its products on Russian soil following calls from Ukraine in response to the war Russia has launched against the country. EURACTIV France reports.

The EU has imposed economic sanctions on Russian state media outlets RT and Sputnik for what officials describe as their “essential and instrumental” role in bringing aggression towards Ukraine and destabilising neighbouring countries. 

Despite tougher sanctions, the war in Ukraine continues to escalate and the situation is becoming increasingly devastating for the country's population. Calls for new rounds of negotiations on an immediate ceasefire are growing louder, and the Vatican has offered to mediate. Europe's press is sceptical about whether new talks between Russia and Ukraine can bring progress.