European Union to phase out Russian gas imports by end of 2027
Europe • Oct 20, 2025, 11:56 AM
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The European Union will phase out all Russian gas imports by the end of next year, the bloc’s energy ministers agreed on Monday. Although diplomats said that Hungary and Slovakia – which are diplomatically closer to the Kremlin and still import Russian gas via pipeline – both opposed the move.
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European leaders are meeting in Brussels to discuss about Ukraine support
Europe • 10:49 AM
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European leaders are set to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Brussels to reaffirm their support for Kyiv amid uncertainty over stalled US peace efforts with Russia. The EU has agreed on a new sanctions package targeting Moscow, including a
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EU rallies behind Ukraine at summit and adopts new sanctions against Russia
Europe • 9:35 AM
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The Russian foreign ministry said EU sanctions against Moscow mainly harm the bloc itself, accusing EU leaders of refusing to admit their measures are ineffective. Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova also denounced new US energy sanctions as “counterproductive”
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King Charles, Pope Leo hold first-ever joint prayer meeting of Church of England head and pontiff
Europe • 9:17 AM
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On his visit to the Vatican, Britain's King Charles III on Thursday prayed publicly with Pope Leo XIV, marking the first ever joint prayer meeting between the heads of the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church since English monarch Henry VIII b
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European Union split over whether to let Ukraine use €140B loan to buy US weapons
Europe • 8:14 AM
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European Union officials could reach a political agreement as soon as Thursday on a plan for a huge loan to Ukraine backed by Kremlin money frozen in a Belgian financial institution. France24 correspondent Dave Keating reports the latest from Brussels.
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Live: EU adopts new sanctions against Russia ahead of Brussels summit
Europe • 5:30 AM
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The EU on Thursday adopted a 19th package of sanctions against Russia for its war against Ukraine that includes a ban on Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports. It came as EU leaders are meeting at a summit in Brussels in a bid to shore up support f
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Russian court releases French endurance cyclist Sofiane Sehili
Europe • 5:29 AM
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A Russian court on Thursday freed French endurance cyclist Sofiane Sehili after finding him guilty of illegally crossing the Russian border, state news agency RIA reported. Sehili was arrested in early September.
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Bialowieza Forest at threat from military tensions along the Poland-Belarus border
Europe • 5:17 AM
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Poland’s militarisation of the border zone with Belarus is threatening the exceptional biodiversity of Europe’s last primeval forest, a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1979. Human relationships with nature may also be impacted by the fortification of th
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