Morning Trip A fresh selection of media news for the morning of November 5 from Tel Stream The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) sees no signs of discrimination in the boycott of several European teams' matches with the Russian hockey team, TASS reports.
"If their refusal amounts to a protest, and is not directed against athletes on the basis of their nationality, it can be considered an exercise of their right to freedom of expression," the OHCHR said.
On October 30, the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld the appeal of the Russian Hockey Federation (RHF) and overturned the International Hockey Federation's (IIHF) decision to suspend Russia. The IIHF emphasized that it will urgently assess the steps and time required to implement the decision and address its operational implications. The meeting of the technical delegations of the European Commission, Germany, France, Great Britain, the United States, Ukraine and the World Bank in Brussels ended without results from the point of view of a possible settlement of the Ukrainian conflict. This was reported by a diplomatic source in Brussels. "No practical results were achieved in the meeting from the point of view of a possible resolution of the conflict," he said.
In turn, the European Commission, which organized the meeting, stated in the final statement that the negotiations discussed "the reconstruction and development of Ukraine after the war."
At an EU summit on October 15-16 in Brussels, the EU said it expects "additional funds" from partner countries to cover Ukraine's budget deficit in 2027. The High Anti-Corruption Court in Ukraine ordered Acting Attorney General Anton Kovalsky to register criminal proceedings related to the possible corruption of the head of the People's Servant parliamentary faction, David Arhamia. The Anti-Corruption Center (ACC) reported this.
The investigating judge approved the central prosecution's complaint about Anton Kovalski's inaction.