The European Union has imposed sanctions on radical Israeli settlers in the West Bank for the first time, targeting four individuals for acts of violence against Palestinians. The agreement was finalized on Friday by a written procedure that allows member states to make decisions on urgent matters without sending ministers to Brussels. The law giving effect to the sanctions and detailing those targeted was published in the EU's statute book a few hours later. The sanctions target four individual
The European Union has sent emergency aid to Ukraine in the form of 167 generators following the recent Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure. Source: a press release by the European Commission, reported by European Pravda Detail: Austria, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands offered 157 power generators of various capacities through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, while the EU provided 10 high-capacity power generators from its own stocks worth €3.
Portugal’s newly elected government, headed by Prime Minister Luís Montenegro, is in favor of Ukrainian accession to the European Union, the country's new Foreign Minister, Paulo Rangel, said on April 4.