In the New York City mayoral election, 34-year-old Zoran Mamdani scored a decisive victory. He became the first Muslim mayor in the city’s history, a self-proclaimed "democratic socialist" and one of the youngest mayors in modern US history.

Ukraine will inevitably request transitional periods during accession negotiations with the European Union.

On 4 November 2025, the European Commission published its 2025 Enlargement Package Report on Ukraine’s progress and this report turned out to be the most complimentary for Ukraine to date.

The EU Enlargement Report for 2025, which was unexpectedly favourable towards Ukraine, has been enthusiastically received by Ukrainian politicians and officials.

The EU is approaching a historic decision to ban imports of Russian gas.

Yesterday, the European Commission presented its latest annual assessment of Ukraine’s progress – the so-called "Enlargement Package" report on the EU-related reforms of candidate countries.

On 4 November, Brussels published this year’s European Commission report on the implementation of the enlargement policy – the so-called Enlargement Package.

The European Commission’s conclusions on Ukraine turned out to be unexpectedly optimistic.

On 29 October, new agreements between Ukraine and the EU on additional liberalisation of import duties and tariff quotas under the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement came into effect.

On 1 November, mass gatherings were held across Serbia to mark the anniversary of the Novi Sad tragedy, where in 2024, the collapse of a railway station canopy killed 16 people.

A growing crisis is unfolding within Hungary’s ruling party, Fidesz.

The EU’s current enlargement policy is increasingly balancing between legal formalities and political blackmail.

The parliamentary elections in the Netherlands on 29 October brought a major and pleasant surprise to liberal Europe and to Ukraine as well.

On 21 October 2025, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy entered La Santé prison to begin a five-year sentence in the "Libya financing" case.

Authoritarian regimes consolidated power by sharpening their methods of control, from electoral engineering and digital surveillance to legal and institutional manipulation.