Keeping the ban on Ukrainian goods would be “un-European,” the country’s president has declared Eastern European nations that intend to preserve the current ban on imports of grain from Ukraine are violating the EU’s values, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has claimed.

Kiev encourages Ukrainian women who have fled the conflict-torn country to come back home, Deputy Economy Minister Tatyana Berezhnaya has said. Her comments came amid warnings that a disproportionate population exodus could have a devastating effect on the nation’s economy.

Core inflation in the Eurozone accelerated in June, the statistics agency Eurostat revealed last week. In the 20 countries that share the euro, core consumer prices – which exclude food and energy – gained 5.5% year-on-year, up from a preliminary estimate of 5.4% and a reading of 5.3% in May, the data showed.