Ahead of the European Council meeting on 14-15 December, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba spoke about four key decisions to be made by the European Union on Ukraine: opening negotiations, approving the Ukraine Facility macro-financial stability plan, co…
France and the UK will support Ukraine in its fight against the Russian invasion “for as long as it takes”, and it is important that President Vladimir Putin is defeated.
Source: AFP citing UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron after talks in Paris with h…
In November, ICUV’s team conducted several visits to France, the USA, Canada, and Germany, culminating in a significant high-level conference at the European Parliament in Brussels. Our primary objectives centered around the pressing need to ensure sus…
Thomas Bach, head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has defended the decision of the organisation’s executive board to allow athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris as neutrals.
Source: a statement by …
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico confirmed his foreign minister’s statement that Bratislava would not oppose the launch of Ukraine’s accession talks during the upcoming EU summit, the Slovak news outlet Pravda reported on Dec. 13.The statement comes s…
Having assessed the progress of Ukraine’s reforms, Slovakia is “ready to support the opening of accession negotiations,” Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar said in Brussels on Dec. 12. The statement comes days before a European Council summit on Dec….
Almost 30 European football clubs have made deals with Russian clubs since February 2022 that may have violated Western sanctions against Russia, the Dutch investigative outlet Follow the Money reported on Dec. 12. Major clubs, such as PSV in the Nethe…
Three Presidents of the Baltic countries have stated on 11 December that they are waiting for the decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes compete at the 2024 Olympics as neutral participants to be …
On Friday 11 November, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will hold a special meeting on the situation of Ukrainian children, including those taken deep into the occupied territories or to Russia.
Source: PACE press service, rep…
Budapest has remained intent on blocking all decisions on Ukraine to be considered at the EU leaders’ summit as of Sunday, 10 December.
Source: Rikard Jozwiak, Radio Liberty’s Brussels correspondent
EU ambassadors met all day today (Sun) in Brussels. …