Ukrainian-Polish relations are experiencing their deepest crisis in many years.

The NATO defence ministers' meeting held in Brussels on 18 June 2026 can confidently be considered another turning point in US-NATO relations.

American withdrawal demands effective replacement of their strategic enablers on European continent. German experts just recently calculated that it will cost around 500 billion euro.

On Monday in Luxembourg, the European Union officially opened accession negotiations with both countries under the first, Fundamentals cluster.

Already now, a portion of Ukrainian exporters are being exposed to Europe’s climate regime, with the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism entering its paid phase this year.

On 9 June 2026, Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada [Ukrainian parliament] adopted Draft Law No. 13165-2 on improving judges' integrity declarations and declarations of judges' family ties.

This is not just about an investment project – it is about who owns the country. That, briefly, captures the mood behind the protests that have swept across Albania.

It happened. 15 June 2026 has entered the history of Ukraine–EU relations as a turning point in the process of joining the European Union – not only for Ukraine, but also for Moldova.

Ukraine has significantly accelerated the development of Integrated Border Management (IBM) following its receipt of EU candidate status and the launch of accession negotiations.

The controversy sparked by President Zelenskyy’s decree honoring the "heroes of the UPA" is evolving in Poland into a broader anti-Ukrainian discourse marked by hostility.

On 5 June, the latest EU-Western Balkans summit took place in the Montenegrin city of Tivat.

Ukraine's EU accession negotiations are gradually shifting from major political decisions to less visible but far more complex technical work: fulfilling the commitments undertaken as part of the negotiation process.

Lithuania is preparing for a coalition reshuffle and the appointment of a new government.

The deterioration of relations between Ukraine and Poland has now continued for a second week. However, developments in recent days reveal an important shift.

Although the final decision on admitting new members to the European Union always rests with the member states, the European Commission’s "technical" role in the process cannot be overstated.