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The Portuguese government has agreed to take the lead in reconstruction in the Zhytomyr region and to help develop the education system.
Feb. 6
Ukraine
Borrell admitted last week that the bloc would supply Ukraine with just over half of the one million artillery shells it promised to send by March.
Feb. 6
Ukraine
Ivanna Volochii said it was a “great honour,” adding: “I’m thrilled because in Latvia the people can understand us, without the need to explain to them what we are going through.”
Feb. 6
Ukraine
Spanish authorities have reached a provisional agreement with the EU to finance new infrastructure set to extend the current TEN-T rail network to Lviv in western Ukraine.
Feb. 6
War in Ukraine
The package of restrictions that the EU is preparing to coincide with the anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion will be limited in scope and number of individuals and legal entities targeted.
Feb. 5
War in Ukraine
Senate to talk Kyiv aid next week but Trump supporters vow block; Zelensky thanks EU for $54Bn in aid; Russian troops make gains around Donetsk region, while Ukraine succeeds in western Zaporizhzhia.
Feb. 2
War in Ukraine
Hungary’s prime minister got what he wanted from Brussels, and now ‘Orban fatigue’ has set in.
Feb. 2
Ukraine
As doubts swirl over future support from Ukraine's other major ally the United States, the EU deal is a major boost for Kyiv as Russia's war nears the start of its third year.
Feb. 1
War in Ukraine
The EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell admitted Wednesday that the EU will supply Ukraine with just over half of the one million artillery shells it promised to send by March.
Feb. 1
Ukraine
Death threats, €50 billion in aid, a minority rights argument, and a showdown between Hungary and the EU mean a lot is at stake on Thursday in Brussels.
Feb. 1
EU
A weekend report by journalists from Latvia, Estonia and Sweden accused a Latvian member of the European Parliament of being a long-term Russian intelligence asset.
Jan. 31
War in Ukraine
EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels taking stock of who is doing what to support Ukraine and what more is needed.
Jan. 31
EU
A group of respected experts has expressed concern about the likelihood of a turn to the right in the European parliamentary elections this year and highlighted the implications.
Jan. 31
Ukraine
Donald Tusk also said ahead of the summit he would speak to Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who has also angered Kyiv.
Jan. 30
War in Ukraine
The EU has frozen some 200 billion euros of Russian central bank assets, with about 90 percent of those funds held by the international deposit organisation Euroclear.
Jan. 30
As AFU gains in Kursk, Russia deploys troops from Kaliningrad; EU sends €4.2B more in non-lethal aid; Decorated Ukrainian pilot KIA; US State Dept. official in Kyiv discusses possible F-16 expansion.
Aug. 14