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Extraordinary meeting of EU Ministers of energy in Brussels. They meet in the context of Russian gas supply issue amid the country's conflict with Ukraine. IMAGES
European interior ministers gather for crisis talks in Brussels called by Paris as an ugly row between France and Italy over how to handle would-be refugees forces EU migration reform back onto their agenda. New arrival numbers haven't yet hit the levels of 2015 and 2016, but European capitals are concerned about new pressure on sea routes from North Africa and overland through the western Balkans. IMAGES
Imags released by the Armenian foreign ministry show Armenian, Azerbaijani and Russian foreign ministers holding trilateral talks in Kazakh caapital Astana. According to the Armenian foreign ministry, "views on various directions of normalization between Azerbaijan and Armenia were exchanged at the meeting". IMAGES
Eurozone finance ministers meet in Luxembourg to discuss the surge in energy prices. Europe is struggling with historically high prices as it faces an early autumn cold snap and a coming winter almost certainly to be endured without crucial Russian gas supplies because of the war in Ukraine. IMAGES
The European Commission urges EU countries to reduce their demand for natural gas by 15 percent over the coming winter months to overcome Russia's energy supply "blackmail". SOUNDBITE
In Luxembourg, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner says it is not yet possible for the EU to cut Russian gas imports as a sanction against Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. SOUNDBITE
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