Olena Kondratiuk
Olena Kondratiuk is a Ukrainian politician who serves as Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament). She is a member of the Batkivshchyna party and has been elected to parliament in multiple convocations. In her role as Deputy Speaker she participates in legislative work and inter-parliamentary relations.
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Ukraine's parliament adopts minority-education law demanded by Hungary, clearing path to two more EU accession clusters
On 12 October 2026, Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada adopted and President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law expanding educational rights for national minorities and indigenous peoples — the change Hungary had demanded in exchange for unblocking two EU accession negotiation clusters. Hungary's foreign minister confirmed Budapest will agree to opening clusters 2 "Internal Market" and 3 "Competitiveness and Inclusive Growth" at a Ukraine–EU intergovernmental conference planned for 13 October in Luxembourg, where the EU's Coreper had already signalled readiness to approve the negotiation positions.