
EU Advances Ukraine Membership Bid After Hungary Lifts Veto
A deal between Budapest and Kyiv on the rights of ethnic Hungarians in western Ukraine has cleared a key obstacle to the opening of the first negotiating cluster.

A deal between Budapest and Kyiv on the rights of ethnic Hungarians in western Ukraine has cleared a key obstacle to the opening of the first negotiating cluster.

Brussels is expected to propose opening the first cluster of EU membership negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova on June 16th.

The small Balkan state has been waiting to be allowed into the European Union for over 15 years, whereas a country currently at war claims it could join in 2027.

EU leaders and ministers plan to visit Ukraine to back its EU membership bid despite objections from some member states.