The administration of Donald Trump proposed that Europe resume large-scale purchases of Russian gas as part of a possible peace agreement on Ukraine. The New York Times writes, citing sources, that the idea was discussed by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner with Ukrainian and European officials, including Volodymyr Zelensky, during a visit to Kyiv last month.

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Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy agreed on October 16 in Brussels to resume work at different levels and exchange official visits. The talks took place after Budapest withdrew its objections to Ukraine’s further progress toward EU membership.

#Brussels #Hungary #VerhovnajaRada #ViktorOrban #EuropeanUnion #Ukraine

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Presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that the transfer of European companies’ assets into external administration by decree of Vladimir Putin is a continuation of the course toward «unfriendly» countries. On October 15, the assets of five legal entities linked to Sweden, France, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands were transferred under the management of the company «Center Capital».

#reuters #VladimirPutin #EuropeanUnion #Kremlin #Russia #CentrKapital

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17 EU governments sent a letter opposing cuts to agricultural and regional payments in the next seven-year budget. This stance has increased pressure on the Irish presidency of the EU Council ahead of the publication of the draft budget next week.

#DzhordzhaMeloni #EuropeanCommission #EuropeanCouncil #EuropeanUnion #Multiannualfinancialframeworkbudget #nikushordan

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Marine Le Pen said in an interview with the British publication Financial Times that if she wins the elections in France, she will stop financial aid to Ukraine within six months. According to her, France can «no longer afford it».

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The European Commission has begun work on the 23rd package of sanctions against Russia. According to Politico, it is supposed to further reduce Moscow’s income from oil sales, and the draft document is planned to be presented to EU countries by the end of 2026.

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever have proposed giving EU countries an «emergency brake» mechanism to stop new laws from Brussels if they are deemed too burdensome. They made this proposal in a letter to European Council President António Costa.

#AntoniuKoshta #BartdeWever #DzhordzhaMeloni #EuropeanCouncil #EuropeanUnion #FriedrichMerz

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From April 1 to August 31, Ukrainian strikes damaged at least two-thirds of Russia’s 36 largest oil refineries, The Washington Post writes. According to the publication, some refineries were attacked up to five times.

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The EU Council on October 12 finally approved the largest expansion of the sanctions list since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine: 1,646 natural and legal persons were hit by restrictions. The list includes 826 enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex, their executives, and 77 people whom Brussels linked to elections to the State Duma in the occupied territories of Ukraine.

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The Irish presidency of the EU Council proposed cutting the bloc’s next seven-year budget for 2028–2034 by about 8% and reducing it by €159 billion in current prices compared with the European Commission’s nearly €2 trillion proposal. Germany and its allies in the «frugal» group said that this is not enough for an agreement.

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At the EU leaders’ summit in Brussels on October 15–16, Finland will propose stopping the issuance of tourist visas to Russian citizens. Prime Minister Petteri Orpo linked this initiative to concerns that Russia may try to organize sabotage in Europe.

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The European Union plans to approve its largest sanctions package against Russia next week. This was stated by EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas after the conversation between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.

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Montenegrin authorities will expel from the country the founder of the Telegram channel «Rybar», Mikhail Zvinchuk, his wife, and three employees. Zvinchuk’s detention became known on the morning of October 9; Montenegrin law enforcement said they had prevented potentially dangerous activity by these people on the country’s territory.

#EuropeanUnion #MihailZvinchuk #Fisherman #sanctions #Montenegro

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Analyst of the Danish Police Intelligence Service Josephine Christensen said at a security conference in Copenhagen that Russia has begun sabotage operations against Danish defense companies supplying goods to Ukraine. The Russian Embassy in Copenhagen rejected the allegations and called the Danish authorities’ claims unfounded.

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At the Latvian-Belarusian border, armed masked men attempted to bring a group of at least 20 illegal migrants into Latvia. Latvia’s National Armed Forces said the military thwarted the crossing and that the people accompanying the migrants threatened the soldiers.

#Belarus #EuropeanUnion #Latvia #NATO #NationalArmedForcesofLatvia #JanisDombrava

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American OpenAI will begin watermarking texts created with ChatGPT and programs written with Codex in the next few weeks. By default, the changes will affect only users in EU countries.

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On October 6, the European Commission proposed introducing a 15-year probation period for new EU members, during which a country could be stripped of voting rights or access to funds from the EU budget for violating basic democratic values. The EC presented the five-step package after a meeting in Strasbourg, France.

#Albania #EuropeanCommission #EuropeanUnion #MartaKos #Ukraine #Montenegro

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The German non-profit organization Agora Digitale Transformation calculated that 50 Members of the European Parliament became victims of deepfake pornography, including 46 women. According to its estimate, that is every sixth female member of the current convocation.

#AgoraDigitaleTransformation #Grok #MembersoftheEuropeanParliament #deepfakepornography #EuropeanParliament #EuropeanUnion

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Germany’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office is investigating the operations of the «Russian House of Science and Culture» in Berlin and checking its tenants for possible sanctions violations. A month ago, the German government closed the building and expelled its employees to Russia.

#Berlin #Germany #EuropeanParliament #EuropeanUnion #Rossotrudnichestvo #RussianHouse

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122 members of the European Parliament proposed reopening the discussion on using Russian assets frozen in Europe to finance Ukraine. According to the French newspaper Les Échos, this concerns about 210 billion euros, which they want to transfer into a pan-European mechanism under the control of the European Commission.

#Euroclear #Belgium #EuropeanCommission #EuropeanUnion #Russia #Ukraine

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