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TikTok is taking measures to combat misinformation about the upcoming European Union elections, including setting up fact-checking hubs inside the app, the video-sharing platform said Wednesday in a blog post. TikTok plans to launch local language in-app “election centers” next month for each of the 27 EU countries so that “people can easily separate fact from fiction." With more than 50 countries due to hold national elections in 2024, tech companies are stepping up ...

Ukraine is ready to consider the possibility of rejecting agrarian subsidies of the EU in exchange for mitigation of the requirements of the EU green deal during the EU accession talks. Source: an anonymous Ukrainian top official cited by Reuters, as reported by European Pravda Details: The integration of a huge Ukrainian agricultural sector into the EU will likely be quite sensitive from both the political and the economic points of view.

The Ukrainian military currently needs more than 2 million artillery rounds annually, and German domestic production cannot meet the demand, Armin Papperger, CEO of German defense contractor Rheinmetall, said in a comment to Bild on Feb. 12.

Ukraine wants the trade regime with the EU with the complete abolition of duties to be enshrined in the Association Agreement with the European Union. Source: Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal on Wednesday at a briefing with EU chief diplomat Josep Borrell in Kyiv Details: "We certainly welcome the European Commission's decision to extend the complete cancellation of duties on Ukrainian products until June 2025.

The introduction of restrictions on sugar exports to the EU will negatively affect Ukraine’s sugar industry as a whole and could lead to the closure of several sugar factories, Nazar Mykhailovin, acting chairman of the National Sugar Producers Association (Ukrtsukor), said on Feb. 7.

Concerns are growing in the EU about Moscow's possible retaliation for the confiscation of its frozen assets. Source: Politico, reported by European Pravda Details: The G7 group of industrialised nations is considering a proposal to use these assets as collateral for bank loans that could finance Ukraine's recovery, according to officials involved in the talks.

Josep Borrell, the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, arrived in Kyiv, MP Oleksiy Honcharenko from the European Solidarity party said on Telegram on Feb. 6.

The EU is preparing a new tranche of sanctions against Russia, which names over 200 individuals and entities, to mark the second anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February. Source: DPA, as reported by European Pravda, citing ntv Details: The new measures encompass significant additions to the list of individuals and entities whose assets in the EU should be frozen.

The announcement appears to be a concession to farmers who have been protesting tighter regulations.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced during a speech in the European Parliament that the European Union has engaged Ukraine in developing the future industrial strategy for the defence industry of EU countries.