Denmark announces new military aid package for Ukraine worth EUR 750M

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen announced on Thursday a new package of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of EUR 750 million, Ukrinform reports.

Polish Prime Minister Reveals Threats After Slovak Counterpart's Assassination Attempt

Donald Tusk, the Prime Minister of Poland, has disclosed that he received threats subsequent to the attempted assassination of his Slovak counterpart, Robert Fico.

Slovak PM Survives Assassination Bid: Updates on Fico's Recovery

The Slovak Prime Minister, Robert Fico, has emerged from a harrowing ordeal following an assassination attempt, according to Reuters. ](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/shooting-after-slovak-government-meeting-tasr-agency-reports-2024-05-15/)

71-Year-Old Writer Detained: Suspected in Slovak Prime Minister Shooting

The individual detained and suspected of shooting Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is a 71-year-old man from the central region of the country.

Governor Radev's Warning: Bulgaria's Eurozone Bid Imperilled by Political Crisis

Bulgaria still fails to meet the criteria for entering the eurozone, as acknowledged by the National Bank on Tuesday.

US Warning: Georgia Cautioned Against Kremlin Alignment

Georgia has been cautioned by the United States against becoming an adversary of the West if it realigns with Moscow, following the defiance of massive protests by the parliament in Tbilisi, which adopted a law inspired by the Kremlin, as reported by The Guardian.

Georgia approves controversial law that sparked mass protests

Georgia's parliament has voted through a divisive "foreign agent" law that has sparked weeks of mass street protests, BBC reports.

Four Ukrainians tried to illegally cross the Moldovan-Ukrainian border

Four Ukrainians are being documented by the police after they tried to illegally cross the Moldovan-Ukrainian border. The incident happened last weekend, in the area of responsibility of the Larga Border Police Sector.

Zelensky to Blinken: Ukraine needs 2 Patriots to protect Kharkiv Oblast

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky met U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken during the latter's visit to Kyiv on May 14, The Kyiv Independent reports.

Antony Blinken is in Kiev on a surprise visit

US secretary of state Antony Blinken visited Kyiv in a show of support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s government amid renewed Russian advances in the north-eastern Kharkiv region, Financial Times reports.

Ukraine says Russia’s new defence minister will focus economy on war

Russia’s choice of an economist as its new defence minister shows how far Moscow is preparing to go to overhaul its economy to serve its war needs, Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said on Monday, Reuters reports.

Russia says troops enter border town near Kharkiv

Russia has said its forces have entered the north-eastern border town of Vovchansk, near Ukraine's second largest city Kharkiv, BBC reports.