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Rzeszow signs partnership agreement with Chernihiv

Ukraine's Chernihiv and Poland's Rzeszow have become sister cities as a respective agreement was signed by the president of the Polish city, Konrad Fijolek, and Chernihiv Mayor Vladyslav Atroshenko will sign the document in the coming days.


Zelensky signs off law ratifying Istanbul Convention

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on June 21 signed into law a bill ratifying the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention).

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19 June 2022


Ukraine bans book imports from Russia, Belarus

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has endorsed a draft bill on the termination of the agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of the Russian Federation on scientific and technical cooperation, which was submitted by Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal on May 11, 2022. In addition, book imports from Russia and Belarus were banned.

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