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This is not the time to ease pressure on Russia, and Europe won’t, Kaja Kallas saidBRUSSELS, October 10. /TASS/. The European Union is unhappy with Washington's decision to allow Russian diesel imports and plans to adopt the 22nd package of sanctions on Moscow, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said. "Suspending sanctions on Russian diesel provides Moscow with more revenues," she wrote on X. "This is not the time to ease pressure on Russia, and Europe won’t," Kallas stressed. "On Monday, EU Foreign Ministers intend to approve the biggest set of sanctions listings," she added. On October 8, EU ambassadors...

European lawmakers threatened on Tuesday to unpick data-sharing agreements with the United States, reacting furiously to reports that U.S. authorities have accessed emails and other personal data from leading Internet companies. The news has forced European governments to explain whether they let Washington spy on their citizens or benefited from snooping that would be illegal at home. In a heated debate in the European Parliament, lawmakers complained that for a decade they had yielded to U.S. demands for access to European financial and travel data and said it was now time to re-examine the deals and to limit data access....