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EU chief Ursula von der Leyen and Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni visit Lampedusa following a recent surge in migrant arrivals to the small Italian island. During her visit, von der Leyen said irregular migration was a "European challenge" needing a "European answer", offering a 10-point plan to help Rome deal with the crisis. This week a record of around 8,500 people -- more than the island's entire local population -- have arrived in around 200 boats, according to the UN migration agency. IMAGES
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announces that the EU chiefs will visit the Greek border on Tuesday the 3rd of March over the migrant crisis. IMAGES
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen recommends the bloc drop a plan to cut pesticide use in agriculture as a concession to protesting European farmers. The original proposal, put forward by her European Commission as part of the European Union's green transition, "has become a symbol of polarisation," she tells the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. SOUNDBITE
European Commission chief, Ursula von der Leyen, arrives in London to hold "final talks" with UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, in a bid to end more than a year of negotiations over the so-called Northern Ireland protocol. IMAGES
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky holds talks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the bloc's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell in Kyiv. IMAGES
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen Ursula von der Leyen and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell visit a mass grave in Bucha, a town outside Kyiv where Russian forces are accused by Ukraine's allies of carrying out atrocities against civilians. Upon visiting the graves, von der Leyen observes that "here in Bucha we saw our Humanity being shattered". IMAGES
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