Zelensky to join EU leaders in Cyprus after 90-bn-euro loan unblocked • FRANCE 24 English (opens in new tab)

EU leaders will welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday in Cyprus to celebrate the release of a 90-billion-euro \($105 billion\) loan for Kyiv after a prolonged deadlock\. Preliminary approval for the badly needed money came on Wednesday but a definitive sign-off is expected by Thursday, before European Union leaders hold talks with Zelensky in Cyprus's Ayia Napa marina\. The funds were blocked after a bitter row broke out between Hungary's nationalist premier Viktor Orban ...