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Photo: RBC New rules for drivers who require specially adapted vehicles for health reasons took effect in Ukraine on November 1. Under the changes, doctors will determine whether a person needs a ve

Photo: RBC Residents evacuated from the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky in Kherson region arrived in Ukraine on the afternoon of October 31. The evacuation route ran through Belarus. How the evac

Photo: Getty Images Some residents of Kyiv may remain without electricity for most of Saturday, October 31. Certain outage groups are scheduled to receive as little as two hours of power during the

Photo: facebook.com_serhii.kropiva Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has reduced bail amounts while keeping three suspects in custody in the case involving the alleged protection of fraudulent ca

Photo: t.me/David_Arakhamia A convoy carrying humanitarian aid entered Russian-occupied Oleshky in Ukraine’s Kherson region on Friday, October 30. The evacuation of residents wishing to leave the ci

Photo: Getty Images Spain has begun three days of national mourning after a collision between two trains killed at least 69 people and injured dozens. As investigators work to establish the cause of

Photo: EPA Gen Z-led protests are spreading across Europe, including France, Italy, Belgium and Albania, as young people voice anger over the rising cost of living, deteriorating school conditions an

Photo: RBC Ukraine’s new law on internally displaced persons (IDPs) establishes the circumstances under which displaced people can be removed from the official register, including cases where no app

Photo: Getty Images Ukraine’s parliamentary human rights commissioner is preparing a humanitarian mission to occupied Oleshky in Kherson region to assist local residents, Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets s

Photo: freepik Clocks were turned back one hour early Sunday, giving people an extra hour overnight. Ukraine switched to winter time overnight from Saturday to Sunday, October 25. At 4 a.m., cloc

Photo: Getty Images Nationwide demonstrations against the rising cost of living continued across France on October 24, with police detaining 135 people, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said, accordi

Photo: wikipedia.org Thousands of people took to the streets of Madrid on October 24 to defend Spain’s public pension system, El País reported. The annual October march drew an estimated 50,000 par

Photo: Getty Images Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has finalized changes to the employee reservation system, ending unconditional 100% exemptions from mobilization, including for companies in the en

Photo: Getty Images Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed laws introducing taxation on international parcels and requiring online platforms to report users’ income to tax authorities, a

Photo: Getty Images At least 550,000 people took to the streets across France on October 17 to protest rising living costs, with organizers estimating turnout at 800,000. Demonstrations escalated in

Photo: facebook.com KabminUA Ukraine is considering changes to its system for reserving employees from mobilization amid widespread abuse, although no major changes are expected for critically impor

Photo: RBC A draft Ukrainian government resolution on military reservation could create a risk of discrimination against employees who already have legal grounds for deferment from mobilization, MP

Photo: freepik Kyiv could face a major public health crisis if continued Russian attacks and power outages disrupt water supply and sewage services, Serhii Horkutsenko, deputy director general of Ky

Photo: Getty Images Differences between the people registered at a property and those who actually live there do not automatically mean that a household will lose its benefits for utility bills, acc

Photo: Getty Images Hourly electricity outages will be introduced in some regions of Ukraine on Saturday, October 10, alongside power consumption restrictions for industrial and business customers,

Photo: Vitalii Klitschko / Telegram Emergency power outages were introduced on the right bank of Kyiv and in the Bucha and Vyshhorod districts of Kyiv region on the morning of October 9 following Ru

Photo: RBC Ukrainian drivers can now complete a European Accident Statement, or Europrotocol, online through the Diia app after a minor road accident, Ukraine’s Interior Ministry announced on Octobe

Photo: Getty Images Water supply problems were reported in several districts of Kyiv on October 8, with reduced pressure in the water network on the capital’s right bank, the Kyiv City State Adminis

Photo: Pixabay Emergency power outages have been introduced in Kyiv and several districts of the Kyiv region on October 8, while scheduled hourly outage timetables are not currently in effect, DTEK

Photo: EPA Power outages caused by Russian drone strikes have disrupted water supplies on Kyiv’s right bank, Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said on October 7. Emergency power cuts were introduced in Kyiv

Photo: Nova Poshta Nova Poshta has reduced the free storage period for parcels and other shipments from seven days to five, the company said. The new rule took effect on October 1. The company said

Photo: Suspilne The Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Lviv sentenced Vyacheslav Zinchenko to life imprisonment on October 1 for the murder of Ukrainian linguist and former lawmaker Iryna Farion. Th

Photo: Getty Images Hourly electricity outage schedules will be introduced in some regions of Ukraine on October 1 because of the difficult situation in the power system following Russian attacks on

Photo: Getty Images Emergency power outages were introduced in Kyiv and the Kyiv, Chernihiv and Zhytomyr regions on September 30 following Russian strikes on energy infrastructure, Ukraine’s Energy

Photo: depositphotos Ukraine’s State Migration Service has temporarily suspended the processing and issuance of passport documents from September 28 through September 30 because of a technical failu

Photo: depositphotos British fintech company Revolut has confirmed that sensitive personal data belonging to a limited number of customers was compromised after attackers used an impersonation sch

Photo: Getty Images Ukraine has approved new standards for the rational use of antimicrobial medicines, covering antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals and antiparasitic drugs , the Ministry of Healt

Photo: Getty Images A series of new rules linked to air-raid alerts and public safety will take effect in Kyiv on September 10 , after being approved by the capital’s Defense Council. Curfew shor

Photo: depositphotos Ukraine’s Pension Fund has explained when internally displaced persons (IDPs) can have their monthly housing assistance suspended. The rules are set out in Cabinet Resolution N

Photo: Getty Images Ukraine is discussing possible changes to the age limits for military mobilization, while abandoning mandatory mobilization is not currently being considered, Roman Kostenko, sec

Photo: Getty Images Ukraine’s government will continue its program supporting residents of frontline regions as they prepare for the winter, Deputy Prime Minister and Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal s

Photo: Getty Images Ukrainians traveling abroad are being advised to obtain a passport stamp confirming their departure from Ukraine, as the document may help avoid difficulties when applying for te

Photo: freepik Ukraine’s parliament has approved draft law No. 14191, increasing state social assistance for children with disabilities and people who have had disabilities since childhood. The law

Photo: EPA Ukraine has cancelled 6,500 allegedly unlawful decisions by military medical commissions (VLK) since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, while more than 25,600 decisions reviewed by

Photo: depositphotos Poland’s average gross salary rose to nearly PLN 10,000 at the beginning of this year, equivalent to more than UAH 120,000 at the August 17 exchange rate. However, most workers

Photo: depositphotos Ukraine’s combat veterans are entitled to a 75% discount on a range of housing and utility services, according to the Pension Fund of Ukraine (PFU). The benefits are provided

Photo: facebook.com/vereshchuk.ukraine Ukraine has brought back the ashes of Yevhen Konovalets, one of the key figures of the Ukrainian independence movement of the early 20th century. His return is

Photo: freepik Two people with identical insurance records can receive significantly different pensions. The amount depends not only on the length of service but also on other factors, including off

Photo: Getty Images A major package of currency liberalization measures will take effect in Ukraine on August 11, introducing a series of relaxations for individuals, businesses and the financial se

Photo: Getty Images Ukraine's parliamentary defense committee is not planning to review the current mobilization exemption for fathers of three or more children in the near future, despite a pet