The decision of the United Kingdom to leave the European Union after the national referendum provoked a lot of discussions not only about the future of Europe and its Union but also about possible ways of civilized divorce between Brussels and London. There are different views how to deal with Brexit as from the legal point of view as well as from the economic and political prospective.

«Верховный суд» Крыма 11 сентября 2017 года приговорил к 8 годам колонии общего режима одного из лидеров крымскотатарского народа, гражданина Украины Ахтема Чийгоза.
Приговор Ахтему Чийгозу является закономерным продолжением репрессивной политики, которой следовали оккупационные власти в «деле 26 февраля».

Парламентська Асамблея ОБСЄ нарешті переобрала керівництво цієї впливової міжнародної організації.
Під час останньої сесії Парламентської Асамблеї ОБСЄ нарешті було вирішено питання про заповнення ключових керівних посад.

G-20 Summit in Hamburg is devoted to debating a numerous global issues such as encouraging of global trade, fighting with climate changes in the framework of Paris Agreement, common responsibilities for migration crisis and further development of the African continent. The issue of Ukraine and Russian military aggression against this country is planned to be raises on the bilateral levels.

Further expansion of the European Union towards the Balkan region is still going on, even despite of the tremendous geopolitical shits in the light of the Russian military aggression against Ukraine. As it was anticipated long time ago, the official Brussels is stuck to the position that Balkans should be definitely covered by the EU flag. It undoubtedly means that short-term European perspective for other Eastern European countries seems as far away.

The latest developments in the USA – Russia bilateral relations have shown that no visible breakthrough have been reached during the first visit to Moscow the newly appointed the US State Secretary. Both sides particularly mentioned their previous political position regarding the Russia- Ukraine crisis.

The long expectation for the visa-free regime for the citizens of Ukraine to come to the European Union countries will be shortly finalized. But the first period of this regime bears concreate threats and challenges for citizens that could negatively affect the whole idea of the free movement in the framework of European continent. What are the ways to avoid negative consequences of this process?

На початку 2017 року Україна подала позов до Міжнародного суду ООН з метою притягнення Російської Федерації до відповідальності за вчинення актів тероризму та дискримінації протягом її незаконної агресії проти України. Багато що залежить від того, чи наважиться Росія вступити у процес, чи розуміючи свою неправоту, спробує загальмувати розгляд.

Bulgaria as a member of the European Union is moving slowly towards the implementation of the requirements which are prerequisites for further joining to the Schengen visa regime. But preliminary conclusions made by the EU indicated that Bulgaria is still far away from the mentioned perspective. One of the reasons is the lack of the progress on the path of internal reforms.

The newly appointed Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the European Union Tim Barrow will lead the process of withdrawal the country for the EU, has a reach diplomatic experience related to Ukraine and Russia issues. It is expected that those knowledges will assist Ukraine on the path of the completing the process of visa-free regime and finalization of the ratification of the Association agreement.