IFC may allocate Flyer One Ventures Fund V EUR5 mln for projects in Ukraine and CEE

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) from the World Bank Group may allocate EUR5 million to Flyer One Ventures Fund V, which will be created to invest in technology companies in Ukraine and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). As …

Australian man fighting Russia for Ukraine's foreign legion feared dead

Ukraine's deputy PM for EU integration outlines next steps for opening first EU negotiation cluster

Stock Photo: Getty Images Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, has outlined the next steps on Kyiv's path to EU membership after the country completed internal procedures needed to open the …

Have the elections brought Albania closer to EU and why it matters for Ukraine?

On Sunday, 11 May, parliamentary elections were held in the Republic of Albania – the eleventh since the fall of Enver Hoxha’s communist regime. The elections themselves held little intrigue. Opinion polls indicated that Prime Minister Edi Rama’s Socialist …

Uncertainty hangs over planned Ukraine peace talks

US President Donald Trump, who has said he might turn up himself if the circumstances are right, said he did not know if Russian President Vladimir Putin would turn up to Thursday's planned talks in Istanbul, something that Ukrainian President …

Germany and Switzerland arrest 3 over suspected plans to send explosive parcels to Ukraine

BERLIN (AP) — Three Ukrainian nationals have been arrested in Germany and Switzerland on suspicion of agreeing to send parcels containing explosive or incendiary devices from Germany to Ukraine, apparently at the behest of people acting for Russia, German …

Ukraine gas reserves are at lowest level in 11 years, analyst ExPro says

KYIV (Reuters) -Gas volumes in Ukrainian storage facilities are at the lowest level in at least 11 years, standing at 6 billion cubic metres (bcm) as of May 11, analytical company ExPro said on Wednesday. Ukraine has been forced to ramp up gas withdrawals …

Uncertainty hangs over planned Ukraine peace talks as Moscow stays silent on who it is sending

By Dmitry Antonov and Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) -Uncertainty swirled around what could be the first direct peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv in years after the Kremlin on Wednesday held off disclosing who would represent Russia, and Ukraine demanded …

Germany's Merz calls for western unity on Ukraine on eve of peace talks

By Sarah Marsh and Matthias Williams BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Wednesday urged the West not to be divided on Ukraine and said he was working to ensure unity between allies in Europe and the United States on how to end the war. …

Trump says he’s still open to attending talks on Ukraine, unsure about Putin

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he was still considering whether to attend talks on the war in Ukraine planned for Thursday in Turkey but he does not know whether Russian President Vladimir Putin will go. “He’d like me to be there, and that’s …