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Sybiha becomes Ukraine’s new Foreign Minister as ministerial reshuffle continues

Ukraine's Parliament has appointed Andrii Sybiha as new Foreign Minister, replacing Dmytro Kuleba. Sybiha, a career diplomat since 1997, previously served as First Deputy Minister and ambassador to Turkey.

byYuri Zoria

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.

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Ukraine’s Foreign Minister tenders resignation in major government overhaul

Zelenskyy's long-standing diplomat tendered his resignation on a record "day of resignations," expected to shake up half of Ukraine’s ministers.

byOksana Ostapchuk

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“Mom, is it a nuclear bomb?” Ukrainian MP Sovsun on parenting, parliament, and perseverance in Kyiv

"Don't worry, it's a regular bomb" became the strangest sentence of Inna Sovsun's life, uttered to her son during a missile attack on Kyiv. The opposition lawmaker now balances parenting with keeping Ukraine's democracy alive amid Russia's war.

byBohdan Ben

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Ukrainian parliament to consider ban on Russian-aligned church next month

A bill prohibiting the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate will be the first law on the agenda at the next parliamentary session.

byOlena Mukhina

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Ukrainian parliament approves amendments to mobilization law

Being updated… The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, has passed a bill amending the law on mobilization, military registration,…

byOrysia Hrudka

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Ukraine passes law to enhance military readiness and veteran welfare

The Ukrainian parliament approved a law that will create a unified electronic database of persons liable for military service and issue combatant certificates for Ukrainian veterans, as part of the country’s efforts to modernize its defense sector amid the ongoing Russian invasion.

bySerge Havrylets

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Ukrainian Parliament legalizes medical cannabis

Ukraine's parliament adopts draft law No. 7457, legalizing medical cannabis, while retaining penalties for recreational distribution. Production will be closely monitored, with electronic prescriptions for medical use.

byYuri Zoria

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Speaker of Finnish parliament delivers entire speech in Ukrainian before Verkhovna Rada

Yussi Halla-aho equated Russia's aggression against Finland and Ukraine, expressed disappointment post-Soviet Russia didn't change, showed Finland's solidarity with Ukraine including most Finnish MPs calling the Holodomor a Soviet genocide of Ukrainians.

byOrysia Hrudka

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Ukrainian parliament passes anti-money laundering bill, addressing EU recommendations

Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada voted to impose tighter financial monitoring on politically exposed persons, instituting lifelong financial oversight of top officials

byIryna Voichuk

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Ukraine’s Parliament passes national minorities law, addressing EU recommendations

Ukraine's parliament passed a law on protecting national minority rights, meeting one more of the seven recommendation from the EU for candidate status.

byIryna Voichuk

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Zelenskyy vetoes law leaving asset e-declarations closed for a year, says they must be public now

Zelenskyy vetoes a recently adopted bill to maintain transparency in electronic asset declarations, saying that e-declarations should be public now, not in a year as the bill suggested.

byYuri Zoria

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Rustem Umerov becomes Ukraine’s new defense minister

The former State Property Fund chief, Rustem Umerov, replaces Oleksii Reznikov as Ukraine's defense minister after the latter resigned following a string of army procurement scandals in the media.

byYuri Zoria

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Ukrainian Parliament dismisses Defense Minister Reznikov from office

Oleksii Reznikov's resignation as Defense Minister was approved by the Verkhovna Rada after 552 days in office, following a string of army procurement scandals.

byYuri Zoria