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EU asks member states to start rationing gas due to Russia "blackmail"

“Russia is using energy as a weapon."

Axios

Brussels asks EU member states to slash gas use by 15%

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warns a full cutoff of Russian gas flows to Europe is ‘a likely scenario’.

Al Jazeera

EU draws up energy plan in case of Russian gas cutoff

European Union Commissioners are putting the finishing touches to a drastic plan to make sure that any Russian cutoff of natural gas supplies to the bloc will not disrupt industries and send an additional chill through homes next winter

The Independent UK

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EU signs COVID-19 drug procurement deal with Gilead

The European Commission has signed a joint procurement contract for an antiviral treatment for patients with COVID-19 with Gilead Sciences Inc, it said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Hungary aims to reach deal with EU to unblock cash by end-August

Hungary is aiming to reach a deal with the European Commission to unblock billions of euros in EU funds by the end of August, Hungarian State Secretary for EU Affairs Janos Boka said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Albania, North Macedonia finally start EU membership talks

Albania and North Macedonia began membership talks with the European Union on Tuesday, overcoming a series of obstacles thrown up by EU governments despite an original promise to begin negotiations in mid-2018.

Reuters

EU agrees gas deal with Azerbaijan as Italian PM travels to Algeria

Italy is increasingly looking to diversity its network beyond the EU as nations look to hamper Russia

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EU to tighten Moscow sanctions; Zelensky sacks security chiefs

The European Union will on Monday discuss tightening sanctions against Russia because of the invasion of Ukraine. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has sacked his top two law enforcement officials in a major shakeup.

Radio France Internationale

Russian independent broadcaster TV Rain relaunches from abroad

Russian independent TV station Dozhd (TV Rain) resumed broadcasting on Monday evening from abroad after being forced to shut its Moscow studio due to the Ukraine war. The European Union and Azerbaijan signed a memorandum of understanding Monday to double gas imports from the energy-rich Caspian nation to Europe, which…

France 24

EU's chief executive heads to Azerbaijan in search of gas deal

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will travel to Baku on Monday to seek more natural gas from Azerbaijan, the EU's executive said, as the European Union seeks to reduce its reliance on Russian energy.

Reuters

EU proposes new sanctions on Russian gold exports

The move follows a decision taken by the world’s most industrialised nations at a G7 meeting in late June.

Al Jazeera

Talking Europe’s summer look back: European decision-makers and debates from 2021-22

France 24’s Europe team invites you to look back on the most recent parliamentary season (which started in September 2021) and some of the key European decision-makers we’ve been scrutinising, including European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

France 24

EU to target Russian gold exports in latest Ukraine invasion sanctions

The European Union will target Russian gold exports in an upgrade of the bloc's sanctions against Moscow, due to be announced on Friday.

Radio France Internationale

EU executive proposes new gold import ban on Russia - statement

The European Union's executive, the European Commission, formally proposed on Friday new sanctions on Russia, including a new import ban on Russian gold.

Reuters

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EU Commission takes Hungary to court in effort to overturn LGBTQ law

The European Commission took Hungary to court on Friday to contest a Hungarian law banning the provision of LGBTQ content to minors.

The Independent UK

EU takes Hungary to highest court over LGBT, media rules

The European Union’s executive has intensified its legal standoff with Hungary by taking Budapest to the EU’s highest court over a restrictive law on LGBT issues and media freedom

The Independent UK

European Commission to sue Orban’s Hungary over anti-LGBT laws

Hungary will also be taken to court over a refusal to renew the licence of a radio station that is critical of the government

AFP

EU to seek cuts in heating, cooling of buildings to save gas

Prague (AFP) - The European Commission is expected next week to ask EU countries to reduce heating and cooling of public buildings and offices to cut demand for gas, according to a document seen by AFP.

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The Independent UK

Von der Leyen: EU wants North Macedonia

North Macedonia got a boost from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for the country’s hopes of eventually joining the European Union amid a dispute with Bulgaria

Reuters

Thousands protest as North Macedonia readies to vote on EU deal with Bulgaria

Thousands of people protested in North Macedonia on Thursday as parliament prepared to vote on a French compromise deal for settling the country's disputes with Bulgaria, which would enable its long-due European Union membership talks to start.

Reuters

Lithuania to keep Kaliningrad trade restrictions while working out new rules

European Union member Lithuania will keep restrictions on trade flows to the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad while it works out new rules, Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte said on Thursday.

The Guardian - UK

Russian war slowing growth and hiking inflation, European Commission warns

Body revises economic forecast and says outlook for EU and eurozone heavily dependent on course of war

AFP

Russian strikes kill 17 in central Ukraine

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russian missiles struck Vinnytsia in central Ukraine Thursday, killing at least 17 people including a child, in what President Volodymyr Zelensky called "an open act of terrorism".

Reuters

EU seeks to upgrade safety rules for blood, tissue, cell donations

The European Commission proposed on Thursday updated rules on blood, tissue and cells to provide greater protection to donors and recipients and to increase access to innovative transfusion and transplant therapies.

Reuters

Ombudswoman says missing EU Pfizer vaccine deal texts are "wake-up call"

The European Union's ombudswoman criticised the European Commission for failing to find and publish text messages between the executive's president, Ursula von der Leyen, and the head of Pfizer negotiating a massive COVID-19 vaccine deal.

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