Ukraine–European Union relations

Day 629 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

BRUSSELS - In its annual report on Serbia, the European Commission says the country has made progress on judicial and media reforms and on aligning with the EU foreign policy, diplomatic sources have told Tanjug.

The report commends two recently adopted media strategy laws - the Law on Public Information and the Media and the Law on Electronic Media, the sources said.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia, Tanja Fajon, assessed that the countries of the Western Balkans should "at full speed" take advantage of the opportunity related to EU enlargement.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met on Tuesday morning with the President of Moldova, Maia Sandu, with the Greek leader reiterating Greece's support to Moldova's European perspective, government sources said.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis hosted on Monday evening an informal dinner with the leaders of the Western Balkans, Moldova, Ukraine and the EU, during which issues related to the bloc's enlargement and the European future of the region was discussed on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the EU-Western Balkans Summit and the Declaration of Thessaloniki.

Greece and Ukraine confirmed their commitment to the latter's efforts to join NATO, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a Joint Declaration on Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic integration signed in Athens on Monday evening.

Over 4 million non-EU citizens who fled Ukraine as a consequence of the Russian invasion on 24 February 2022 have been given temporary protection in EU countries, the EU's statistical arm has said.

The European Commission stated today that it is possible for Ukraine to use EU funds to buy nuclear reactors from Bulgaria. There is no obstacle to that, said a spokesman for the commission at a press conference in response to a question.

Brussels -- EU leaders broke off migration talks early this morning after Poland and Hungary blocked further talks.

Day 483 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours: