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Serbia under pressure to shift stance on Russia, president says

Serbia is coming under "huge pressure" as it resists joining the European Union, the United States and other countries in imposing sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday.

Reuters · Mar 2, 2022

2022 Fiat E-Ulysse Debuts As An Electric Minivan For Europe

It becomes the brand’s second pure-electric passenger vehicle after the new 500 and also the second not to be sold in the US.

InsideEVs · Mar 2, 2022

Ukrainian governor says Russian air strike that hit two schools killed 22 people — as it happened

At least 22 people have been killed as a Russian air strike hits two schools and private houses in Chernihiv, in Ukraine's north. Look back on our blog as it happened.

ABC News · Mar 2, 2022

Arab Refugees See Double Standards in Europe’s Embrace of Ukrainians

Syrian refugee Ahmad al-Hariri, who fled the war in his country for neighboring Lebanon 10 years ago, spent the last decade hoping in vain to escape to a new life in Europe. Watching European nations open their arms to hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians in less than a week, the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 2, 2022

EU Bars 7 Russian Banks from SWIFT, but Spares Those in Energy

The European Union said on Wednesday it was excluding seven Russian banks from the SWIFT messaging system, but stopped short of including those handling energy payments, in the latest sanctions imposed on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. Russia's second-largest bank VTB, Bank Otrkitie, Novikombank, Promsvyazbank, Bank Rossiya, Sovcombank and…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 2, 2022

Ukrainian refugees at ‘acute risk of exploitation by human traffickers’, charities warn

Campaigners ‘hugely alarmed’ people fleeing Russian conflict will fall prey to criminal gangs that are ‘waiting to traffic people across Europe and into the hands of exploitative industries’

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2022

Taoiseach Micheal Martin rejects calls to expel Russian ambassador

'I would readily acknowledge that when that happens, there is a reciprocal response. And you end up with nobody on the ground in Moscow, where we do have Irish citizens'

Irish Mirror · Mar 2, 2022

Brit dad who travelled to Kyiv to be with family would '100% bear arms to fight Russia'

Ian Umney, a 28-year-old teacher, had an emotional reunion with Nelia, 26 and two-and-a-half-month-old Jonathan this week. He dashed across Europe to be by their side and sobbed when he saw his little boy

Daily Mirror · Mar 2, 2022

GOP wants to end Russian oil imports to US, boost production

Republican elected officials across the U.S. are criticizing President Joe Biden over his energy policies and want to ramp up domestic production as a way to help wean the nation and its allies off oil from Russia

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2022

Sanctions and boycotts: how the west has responded to the invasion of Ukraine

Governments are imposing sanctions against Russia while European and US companies have severed ties

The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2022