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Negotiators led by the EU commission may be tasked to secure better gas prices and enough supplies for all member states ahead of next winter.

Poland, followed by Austria, Cyprus, Czech Republic and Estonia, are under greatest pressure from the influx of Ukrainian refugees, according to an EU commission burden-sharing index.

Leaders seen agreeing joint gas purchases at EU summit but they won't limit or ban purchases of Russian energy amid a split between member states.

The European Commission on Tuesday defended labelling natural gas as a sustainable investment during a session at the European Parliament. Sceptical lawmakers said demand for gas is strong enough.

Ahead of a visit to Brussels by Justin Trudeau, it looks likely Canada will offer to take unlimited numbers of Ukrainian refugees displaced by the Russian invasion.

There's growing unease that farming lobbies may be using the war in Ukraine as a pretext to slow down environmental policy.

Diversifying gas purchases will only keep us locked in to dirty fossil fuels, and shifting EU payouts from Putin to the bin Salman family is hardly heartening.

Latvia has assured citizens their nationality won't be revoked for fighting in Ukraine. But it's an exception that proves the rule. States should cease stripping citizenship in the first place.

The dust of war hasn't settled. But the larger strategic challenge for Europe still lies in a rising China.

It's now emerging that the exodus from Ukraine brings heightened risks that criminal gangs will take advantage of vulnerable people crossing at the borders.

EU foreign affairs ministers consider oil embargo against Russia ahead of summit with US president Joe Biden.

EU heads of state and government were set to meet with US president Biden as the EU wrangles over a fifth round of sanctions against Russia and grapples with skyrocketing food prices.

Blocking access to humanitarian aid in Ukraine is yet another example of the Age of Impunity that has defined the past decade of conflict worldwide.

Prolonging the use of coal is likely to increase emissions in the short term — but it also could accelerate the rollout of renewables.

Campaigners say pesticides lobbyists are trying to rollback green farming rules but Europe "can't just drop everything we've already tried to develop for sustainable development of farming in the future," says EU agriculture commissioner.

Right-wing music festivals and mixed martial arts events have become key venues for funding extremism. A plan from Germany's interior minister Nancy Faeser can help tackle that.

Was Bush right, to want to offer Ukraine immediate Nato membership? Or was Europe right, to offer it as a distant prospect? There were certainly no answers on offer in that hall of mirrors in Bucharest.

Russia's EU ambassador is the Kremlin's top asset in Brussels. So if the West is serious about cleaning house, it's time for Vladimir Chizhov to go.

Russia's EU ambassador is the Kremlin's top asset in Brussels. So if the West is serious about cleaning house, it's time for Vladimir Chizhov to go.

In this episode Thomas and his unit arrive in Kyiv, as part of efforts to try to stop Putin's army from taking the capital.