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We are pleased to announce the publication of  Recommendations for improving Ukraine’s labor and social legislation in accordance with European Union standards. Edited by Associate Professor Alla L. Fedorova from the Chair of Comparative and European Law, these Recommendations were developed following the International Roundtable “Legislative Reforms in Ukraine and European Labor and Social Standards in the Context of Ukraine’s Integration into the EU,” held on May 22–23, 2025

On 9 October 2025, a lecture was given by Dmytro Dovhopolyi, diplomat, candidate of historical sciences, and employee of the UN Secretariat (1987-2019)

Congratulations to the winners and participants of the All-Ukrainian competition of scientific articles in English on the topic "Lessons from Cyprus for Ukraine's Path to the European Union". On 7 October 2025, the Educational and Scientific Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv held a ceremony to award the winners and participants of the competition

Alla Fedorova, Associate Professor of the Department of Comparative and European Law at the Educational and Scientific Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, is the co-author of a unique publication entitled "Commentary on the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU, the Treaty on European Union and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU" in Ukrainian

On 6 October, representatives of the Department of International Organisations and Diplomatic Service of the Educational and Scientific Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv - Head of the Department, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Viktor Matvienko, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor Vyacheslav Tsivaty, and Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor Natalia Rylach - took part in the sixth annual professional conference "International Relations and Diplomacy: Problems and Prospects of Development"

At the invitation of Lilia Orel, Doctor of Law, Professor, Head of the Department of Private Law at the Faculty of Law and International Relations of Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan University, Oleksandr Biryukov gave on October 6, 2025 a lecture to second-year students on Bankruptcy of Legal Persons within the “Civil Law” course

From 7 to 15 January 2026, the French NGO Ukraine in Europe is honoured to invite students of the Institute of International Relations, in particular first-year students of all specialities, to participate in the traditional winter educational trip to European institutions in Frankfurt, Brussels/Luxembourg and Paris (three full days)

The Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv will host a public discussion with leading experts on the possibilities and mechanisms of security guarantees for Ukraine

On 30 September 2025, on the occasion of International Translation Day, a presentation of the book by Ukrainian career diplomat and translator Viktor VOITOVICH, "About the Official Unofficially. Behind the Scenes of High-Level Visits (Translation Notes of a Diplomat), organised by the Department of International Organisations in the Diplomatic Service and the Centre for Public and Cultural Diplomacy of the Institute of International Relations and Diplomacy