Kos - Marchenko, - Image © European Union 2026

The European Commission has adopted a package on pre-EU-enlargement policy reviews, setting out policy orientations and actions needed to prepare the EU for future enlargements to Montenegro, Albania, Moldova and Ukraine.

Volodymyr Zelensky - Photo © European Union 2025

EU leaders at their final summit of the year agreed to provide a loan to Ukraine of EUR 90 billion for the next two years instead of through Russia’s frozen assets, in view objection from the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia.