Ukraine says EU set to open next accession stages after Kyiv passes minority rights law

October 12, 2026 8:18 AM EDT

British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and Interior Minister Ivan Vyhivskyi visit a makeshift memorial at the site of an apartment building where 22 residents were killed yesterday by

KYIV, Oct ‌12 (Reuters) - Ukraine ​expects ​the European Union to approve opening the second and ‌third stages of its accession ⁠talks on Tuesday, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha ‌said on Monday.

Earlier ‌on Monday, Ukraine's parliament passed legislation expanding the rights of Hungarian ​speakers and other minorities to receive education in their native ⁠language, part of an agreement with Hungary's new ​government to drop objections that had blocked Kyiv's EU membership bid.

Sybiha ​said he met ‌his Hungarian counterpart Anita Orban on the sidelines of ⁠a Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Luxembourg on Monday and they welcomed ⁠the implementation of bilateral agreements between the ​two countries.

"We welcome today's important step by the Ukrainian Parliament on minority education ‌rights," Orban said on X.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed the ‌bill into law later on ⁠Monday, the Ukrainian ‌parliament's website ​showed.

(Reporting by Max Hunder; Editing by Kirsten Donovan and Ros ‌Russell)



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