The Ukrainian parliament has passed a law allowing the banning of a church with links to Russia. The new law should give judges more opportunities to act against religious organisations with links to Russia.

Ukraine has a dilemma. The country must decide about the future of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which belongs to the Moscow Patriarchate. Columnist Oleksii Blyzniuk writes that banning it would risk the much-needed foreign support, but keeping it means keeping a pro-Kremlin organisation in the country.

The weeks before the European elections were an avalanche for Valeriia Petrechkiv. From her student apartment in Paris, France, she follows the EU integration of her home country, Ukraine.

Love is the greatest of all, the apostle Paul says. But Christian love cannot be regulated by laws. So, why should I vote for the European Parliament then? Well, there are at least four reasons.

In the next column, Oleksii will write from the front. But now, he still wears civilian clothes. He is disappointed that the revised recruitment law did not end the space for corruption.