Ukrainian Parliamentarians decided to rename the major Ukrainian regional center Dnipropetrovsk to “Dnipro” and Dniprodzerzhynsk to “Kamianske” within the adopted law on de-communization. The MPs of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine voted in favor of renaming both cities and a number of others under the said law. According to the 112.ua website, the draft of this resolution was approved by 247 Parliamentarians after much lively debate.

The People’s Deputy from the Opposition Bloc, Oleksandr Vilkul …

Lithuania and Romania are seeking opportunities to strengthen security and increase deterrents against aggression. The President of Lithuania, Dalia Grybauskaitė, and the President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, demand an increased presence of NATO in their countries. The heads of both countries stated this during a joint press conference in Vilnius during President Iohannis’s visit to Lithuania, Deutsche Welle reported.

“We understand the ongoing situation in Romania in the Black Sea that arose …

The Deputy Minister for the Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons of Ukraine, George Tuka, said that Ukraine will have to wait five years for a peaceful end to the occupation of the Donbas. As he stated in an interview on Channel 5, an OSCE police mission should be put in place in the Donbas to ensure the return of the occupied territories.

"We are not talking about a three to five year war, rather a de-occupation time frame. One of the ways the President says we …

For the first time in history the Crimean Tatar flag was raised over the Ontario Parliament. The President of Crimean Tatar Community of Ontario, Rustem Irsay, raised the flag, stating that this event shows significant support from Canada for Crimean Tatars who suffered from genocide, Krym.Realii reports.

According to him, the association requested the former President of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress in Ontario, Yvan Baker, who is currently a member of the legislative assembly, to raise the …

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the July meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission will endeavor to show a “very strong expression of political support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine”.

The meeting will also be a platform to discuss how to provide practical support to Ukraine. This was stated by Stoltenberg at a press conference at the NATO headquarters, after a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of member states.

The NATO-Ukraine Commission will, for the …

The Finnish government plans to deploy 160 guards to its eastern border. This was reported by Yle.

This strengthening of border guard personnel was prompted by Finland’s first report on internal security, which was published on Thursday.

According to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Petteri Orpo, the government also intends to stop the decline in the number of police officers. Their goal is to have at least 7,000 police force members in four years’ time.

According to the Ministry, the new …

The Ukrainian Ministry of Justice is preparing to submit a lawsuit to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) against Russia for banning the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People. According to Interfax-Ukraine, this was said by the Ukrainian Minister of Justice, Pavlo Petrenko, at a press conference in Kiev.

“Based on the events surrounding the Mejlis, we have prepared a draft interstate titled ‘Ukraine against Russia’. It details the unlawfulness of the Mejlis’ prohibition by Russian …

The Estonian government will lift the air travel restrictions that it had with Ukraine.

According to the Estonian daily, Postimees, and with reference to the website of the Estonian government, this issue was discussed at a meeting on Thursday.

An agreement on the organization of air transportation between the two countries was signed in 1993.

Estonian airline Nordica, in cooperation with Adria Airways, will operate direct return flights from Tallinn to Odessa starting from the 27th of May 20 …