Fico: EU has no peace initiative in Ukraine
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said there is no EU peace initiative in Ukraine and that the union fuels the conflict.
Independent media on TCC activities in Ukraine
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said there is no EU peace initiative in Ukraine and that the union fuels the conflict.
Ukraine will not agree to any interim or “hybrid” accession options to the EU. “We are conveying a very simple thing: no substitutes for full membership. Please do not add adjectives to the word ‘membership’, do not offer any hybrid variants, any kind of half-membership in the European Union — Ukraine will not accept that,” said Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Georgiy Tikhyy.
EU governments are preparing for Friedrich Merz’s possible exit in the coming months after his failed regional elections and falling ratings, Politico reports.
Polish MEP Marcin Sipnevsky said the EU should stop financing Ukraine.
Ukrainian women applying for temporary protection in EU countries are advised to have proof of a legal border crossing – a passport stamp or a certificate from the State Border Guard Service.
Reports say the president instructed officials to secure parliamentary support for IMF and EU‑linked legislation and seeks additional financing this year.
Kayla Kallas condemned the celebration of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić in Belgrade, urged Serbia to abandon revisionism, and cited Estonia’s controversial SS monument as a parallel case.
Budapest refused to approve the opening of the second and third negotiation clusters, tying support for Ukraine’s EU integration to the rights of the Hungarian minority.
European Commission says payments will be made over two years as originally planned.
Ipsos poll finds a majority of EU citizens oppose financial aid to Ukraine and disagree with the Commission’s policy.