TIRANA: The European Union is working on a new package of sanctions to increase pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin over the war in Ukraine , EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday (May 16) as leaders from across Europe met in Albania. The European Political Community Summit, which includes non-EU countries, convened in the Albanian capital Tirana as Russian and Ukrainian negotiators met in Istanbul for their first direct peace talks in more than three years, under