Michael O'Flaherty, the new Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, has commenced his six-year mandate on 1 April with a promise to put human rights at the heart of the member states' agenda.

The Romanian government has not allocated any financial assistance to Ukrainian refugees in 2024 so far.

Investigative journalists have revealed new evidence of how over a hundred American officials have mysteriously developed serious health problems – the so-called Havana Syndrome may have been caused by Russian military intelligence (GRU).

Mike Johnson, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, has said that the US aid package for Ukraine will include "some important innovations", including the possibility of extending a US loan to Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced the opening of an office of the Register of Damage Caused by the Aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine in the city of Kyiv by the Council of Europe.