Atlas Festival 2026: when is the festival taking place, who will be performing and how much do tickets cost?

A reform of social assistance has come into force in Germany – the ‘Bürgergeld’ payment has been replaced by a new basic social assistance scheme. The law is being phased in from 1 July.

A deferment from mobilisation may be removed from the electronic military registration document if the official registers no longer confirm the legal grounds for granting it. Simply moving house or registering with a different military registration and enlistment office does not automatically result in the loss of the deferment.

The Ethics Council has received information from the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office regarding possible instructions given to the chair of the selection committee concerning two leading candidates for the post of director of NABU. One of them, according to information disclosed during the interview, was the bureau’s current head, Semen Kryvonos.

Ukraine has a property tax (the so-called ‘luxury tax’), the amount of which depends on the total floor area of the property. The tax authorities calculate the amount that owners must pay for excess square metres themselves. Here’s how the calculation system works in 2026, who is eligible for relief, and under what conditions an additional 25,000 hryvnias is added to the tax bill.

A single journey on a Kyiv minibus will cost up to 25 hryvnias. The Association of Transport Operators of Kyiv and the Kyiv Region has cited three factors that have contributed to the fare increase.