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Kiev has become one of the strongest Bentley markets in Europe, according to Richard Leopold, Bentley regional director for Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa.
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News Special: Are Ukrainian intelligence services involved in Hungarian election?
Spy scandals said to be "on the scale of Watergate" have hit the Hungarian election.
Hungarian seizure of Ukrainian cash and gold sparks money laundering allegations
A former Ukrainian anti-corruption prosecutor is alleging that the funds of a seized Ukrainian cash transport may be linked to a sophisticated money laundering scheme.
Who are the mystery men shifting $80m in Ukrainian cash through Hungary?
Hungarian police have detained seven employees of Ukraine's state-owned Oschadbank while they were transporting approximately $80 million in cash and gold through…
Threatening Orbán? Patriots for Europe condemn Zelensky’s ‘unacceptable’ remarks
The right-wing Patriots for Europe group in the European Parliament has condemned remarks by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that Hungarian officials say…
Polish Parliament Speaker pledges country’s support for Ukraine’s EU accession bid
The Speaker of Poland's Parliament has promised to support Ukraine on its path to European Union membership.
Hungary accuses Kyiv of election meddling via Ukraine’s Druzhba pipeline strike
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has accused Ukraine of deliberately targeting the Druzhba oil pipeline to interfere in Hungary's upcoming April elections
Slovakia threatens Ukraine with reprisals over blocked pipeline
Slovakia's prime minister today threatened to cut emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine if its neighbour does not reopen a pipeline that brings Russian oil to…
History tells us: Ukraine into the EU will be Europe’s self-destruction
In her seminal work, The March of Folly, American historian Barbara Tuchman provided four historical examples, from the Trojan War to the Vietnam War, of absurd…
Hungary PM Orbán accuses Ukraine of election interference, summons ambassador
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has accused Ukraine of attempting to interfere in his country's upcoming parliamentary elections and has summoned Kyiv's ambassador.
Italian minister says Zelensky acts ‘ungenerous’ towards Europe
Italian foreign minister Antonio Tajani has described Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's recent remarks at the World Economic Forum in Davos as "ungenerous".
Zelensky’s former top aide charged on multi-million euro ‘green’ embezzlement allegations
Ukraine's anti-corruption authorities have charged a former senior aide to President Volodymyr Zelensky with embezzlement and money laundering in a scheme tied to…
Russia jails schoolgirl for four years for posters of pro-Kyiv fighters
A Russian court Thursday upheld a four-year prison term for a 17-year-old girl who hung posters of pro-Ukraine Russian fighters in her school, Russian independent…
Poland to end preferential treatment of Ukrainian refugees
The Polish Government has prepared legislation to end special support for Ukrainian refugees put in place in 2022 following the onset of war with Russia.
Neither alive, nor dead, but collateral damage of the Ukraine war: The seafarer
The crews on board the world’s merchant fleet are the ghosts of world trade: Unseen, largely unloved and inhabiting a homeless netherworld the rest of us will…
UK union leader caught fraternising with ‘anti-fascist’ Russians in occupied Ukraine
The leader of Britain’s biggest railway trade union joined pro-Russian chants and posed with a Communist Party flag during a visit to occupied parts of Ukraine…
Head of Ukraine’s Security Service ousted after corruption scandal
Vasyl Maliuk, the former head of Ukraine's Security Service (SBU), has been removed from his position amid a widening corruption scandal that has rocked President…
‘Massive’ Russian strikes hit Ukraine energy sites in pre-Christmas attack
Large-scale Russian strikes killed at least three people and cut power to thousands in freezing winter temperatures across Ukraine on Tuesday, officials said, as…
‘Stop taking Poland for granted,’ President Nawrocki tells Zelensky
Polish President Karol Nawrocki said he believes Ukraine has taken his country for granted and failed to treat it as a partner.
International Chess Federation allows Russian and Belarusian youth to play under national flags
Young Russian and Belarusian chess players will now be able to compete under their national flags.
Poland offers Ukraine MiG fighters, wants drone and missile technology in return
Poland has entered into talks on donating more MiG-29 fighter aircraft to Ukraine, with Warsaw expecting in return to receive access to drone and missile technologies…
Zelensky’s chief of staff hit with anti-corruption property raid and resigns
Anti-corruption investigators have stormed the Kyiv residence and offices of Andriy Yermak, President Volodymyr Zelensky's longtime chief of staff.
‘Who lost Ukraine?’: Preview of a political crisis
No one knows exactly how or when the Ukraine war will end. But all realistic scenarios are now unfavourable to Kyiv.
Realpolitik not rhetoric: Witkoff’s Ukraine peace plan is generous to Kiev
It didn’t take long for the predictable chorus of indignation to make itself heard.
Brussels must not let the ‘deeply, deeply corrupt’ Ukraine join the EU
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has had a brutal few weeks.
EC Enlargement chief pushes Ukraine’s EU membership, despite corruption concerns
European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos is pushing for Ukraine's accession to the European Union - despite a number of corruption scandals that have hit…
Ukraine justice minister suspended over corruption case
Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said today that justice minister German Galushchenko had been suspended amid a corruption scandal in the country's energy…
Ukraine anti-graft agency raids energy sector as standoff escalates
Ukraine's anti-corruption agency said today it was conducting large-scale raids targeting the country's energy sector -- an operation that comes after months of…
EU ignores persecution of Hungarians and Poles who are not Ukrainian
There are times when moral blindness and political shamelessness become an art form.
Ukraine detains ex-powergrid chief on fraud suspicion
A former Ukrainian state energy operator chief suspected of embezzlement was ordered to be kept in detention by a Kyiv court today, stoking fears of political interference…