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The problem with civil society’s involvement in EU integration: Experts discuss interaction with authorities
Representatives of NGOs and think tanks participate in working groups on the development of European integration measures across various fields, according to their expertise. Experts point out that interactions with government authorities regarding work on changes often leave much to be desired.
Trust issues regarding Ukraine remain unresolved following attacks on NABU and SAPO, EU Commissioner Marta Kos says
Kos elaborated that even after the controversial laws were repealed, trust is difficult to restore and does not return automatically: when a partner loses it, any subsequent actions raise doubts about the correctness of their decisions and motivations
EU outlines Ukraine accession criteria: focus on anti-corruption and rule of law
In the area of corruption prevention, Ukraine must develop and implement legal and policy frameworks for electronic declarations, whistleblower protection, the resolution of conflicts of interest, lobbying, and the funding of political parties and election campaigns, and ensure effective, proportionate, and dissuasive sanctions for violations
Greece urges Russia to immediately return forcibly “transferred Ukrainian children”
Greece joined international calls for Russia to immediately return over 20,000 Ukrainian children forcibly transferred or deported since the invasion, with officials warning the practice represents "a blatant assault on our humanity"
Russians kill three, injure 26 in four regions over past day
Three people were killed and 26 others injured in Russian shelling over the past day in the Donetsk, Kherson, Sumy, and Chernihiv regions
Ukraine establishes working group to reform legal profession to align with EU standards
The Rule of Law roadmap, approved by the Cabinet of Ministers on May 14, 2025, mandates the development and adoption of a bill to improve the legal regulation of attorney activities
Russia needs soldiers. The Global South has desperate people. The rest is exploitation.
After mobilization in September 2022 sent over 261,000 Russians fleeing the country, Putin found a third option: build a global trafficking infrastructure that spans from North Korea to Cuba, Nepal to Kenya, exploiting economic desperation to fuel a war that distant populations have no stake in, explained Munira Mustaffa, Senior Fellow at Verve Research
Russia strikes civilian ship at Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk, wounds crew member
Kuleba emphasized that this is yet another act of Russian terror against civilian port infrastructure, international trade, and maritime security
Ukraine’s EU accession timeline can be politically shortened – Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Taras Kachka
Taras Kachka clarified that 2027 could be a theoretical and exceptionally record-breaking possible date
Columns
The lesson of Crimea: Rewarding aggression only invites more war
Not just Ukraine — Russia is preparing Ukrainian children for future wars elsewhere
Why “good Russians” in exile repeat Russian and Soviet colonial narratives
Reconciliation never ends: on the challenges of decolonization in South Africa
