The European Commission on Tuesday proposed tariffs on additional farm imports from Russia and its ally Belarus, in a new effort to choke off revenues to fund Moscow’s war on Ukraine. The 27-nation EU has hit Russia with multiple rounds of sanctions in response to its all-out invasion of its neighbor in 2022.

The European Union (EU) faces a critical challenge as Hungary signals it may veto the extension of sanctions against Russia. These sanctions, introduced in response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022,

Energy ministers from Belgium, France and Spain, whose ports receive shipments from Russian LNG tankers, have insisted that very little of the gas arriving is used domestically and that most is piped on to other EU countries. In November, Germany ordered its state-operated import terminals to reject any Russian LNG cargoes.

The European Union on Monday sanctioned three officers of a Russian military intelligence unit accused of being behind a series of cyberattacks targeting Estonia in 2020.

Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo shared insights at the World Economic Forum, suggesting that Russia could maintain its conflict against Ukraine for another year. He emphasized the importance of sanction packages targeting Russia's key sectors such as gas,

European Commissioner for Economy Valdis Dombrovskis said Moscow must be made to “pay” for its nearly three-year-long war in Ukraine.

Belgium has asked the Netherlands and Spain to extradite two suspects in connection with an Islamist militant attack in Brussels in 2023 that killed two Swedish citizens and injured a third person.

"The agricultural products affected by the new tariffs constitute 15 per cent of agricultural imports from Russia in 2023 that had not yet been subject to increased tariffs," the Commission said in a press release on Tuesday. "Once adopted by the Council, all agricultural imports from Russia will be subject to European Union (EU) tariffs."

The Coral Nordic tanker with a batch of LNG from the Cryogaz Vysotsk plant indicated the German port as the final point of arrival, but left for Belgium. The Russian project has come under US sanctions,

The EU is reportedly considering using a wartime, signed by the king, to block the potential transfer of €190 billion worth of Russian assets.

The EU considers emergency options, including a 1944 Belgian law, to uphold sanctions against Russia as Hungary threatens to veto their renewal.

No. 2 seed Elise Mertens of Belgium needed just 55 minutes to beat Taylor Townsend 6-1, 6-0 in first-round action at the Singapore Tennis Open on Tuesday.