The future adequacy of pensions remains under pressure in the EU. Women continue to receive significantly lower pensions than men. Large disparities in pension levels persist across countries.
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Russian Drone Attacks In Ukraine’s Kherson Amount To War Crimes, Says UN
Russia’s military has committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in its drone attacks on civilian targets in the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson, a new United Nations report has found.
The report by Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, issued on May 28, was the…
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Ukraine joins DSEI Japan exhibition in Tokyo for the first time
For the first time, a delegation from Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense and representatives from six Ukrainian defense industry enterprises participated in the DSEI Japan 2025, an international arms and defense equipment exhibition in Tokyo.
The Ukrainian delegation, led by…
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Drones attack Moscow. Strategic defense plant burns in Saint Petersburg
Russia experienced another consecutive night of drone attacks on 29 May, with explosions in Moscow Oblast and a major fire breaking out at the Avangard plant in Saint Petersburg, according to officials and Telegram sources.
Ukraine has been conducting an air campaign against Russian strategic…Continue Reading
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Embassy of Ukraine in Germany denies info about premature end of Zelenskyy’s visit to Berlin
The Embassy of Ukraine in Germany denied media reports about the alleged premature end of the visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to this country. The text of the corresponding statement was posted by the embassy on the X…
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Celebrated Kenyan author and dissident Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o dies aged 87
Widely regarded as east Africa’s most influential writer, Ngũgĩ’s fiction and nonfiction books traced his country’s history from British imperialism to home-ruled tyranny and challenged not only the stories told but the language used to tell them.
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Ukraine returns 11 more children from Russian-occupied territories
As part of the Bring Kids Back UA initiative led by the President of Ukraine, 11 more Ukrainian children have been returned from territories temporarily occupied by Russia.
Daria Zarivna, Chief Operating Officer of Bring Kids Back UA, shared the news on Telegram, as…
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Russian war veteran killed in Stavropol explosion; governor cites possible ‘Ukrainian terrorist attack’ — Meduza
A veteran of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Zaur Gurtsiev, was killed in an explosion in Stavropol, Russia. After returning from the front, Gurtsiev joined the “Time of Heroes” program — a Kremlin initiative aimed at placing war veterans in…
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Russian army resumes offensive on Starytsia
On May 28, Russian troops resumed their offensive on Starytsia in the Kharkiv sector.
The Khortytsia Operational and Strategic Group of Forces reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform.
Russian troops resumed their offensive on Starytsia but failed to achieve any…
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€3.5M Awarded to 117 Ukrainian Startups via Seeds of Bravery Program
117 Ukrainian startups — from bionic prosthetics manufacturers to AI platforms — received funding to advance innovation. This grant round saw the highest number of tech companies participating across all funding…
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