According to data from the Permanent Immigration Monitoring Center (OPI) under the Spanish Ministry of Social Policy and Migration, as of September 30, 2025, 7,426,481 foreign citizens had valid residence permits in the country. This is 4.5% more than a year earlier.
Of this number, 54% (about 4 million people) are citizens of EU, EFTA, and UK countries who have an EU citizen registration certificate or a TIE foreigner card under the UK’s withdrawal agreement from the EU. The most numerous nationalities in this group are Romanians, Italians, and British: they account for 51% of all European residents.
The Ukrainian community stands out as a separate block in the statistics. According to data based on official statistics from the Spanish Ministry of Social Policy and Migration, as of September 2025, more than 326,000 Ukrainian citizens have a valid residence permit in the country. A significant portion of this number are people who received protection under the EU Temporary Protection Directive, introduced after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation in February 2022.
The growth of the Ukrainian diaspora was particularly sharp in 2022–2023, but slowed significantly in 2024–2025: while the annual increase at the height of the war was measured in triple digits, by the fall of 2025 it had fallen to single digits.
After Brexit, the British remain one of the three largest European communities in Spain, alongside the Romanians and Italians. The official OPI report does not provide the exact number of British citizens in its public summary, but emphasizes that these three nationalities account for more than half of all residents from the EU/EFTA and the UK.
A characteristic detail is the age profile of the British diaspora. The average age of British residents is significantly higher than the average among foreigners and is around 57, reflecting Spain’s popularity as a country for retirees and a “second home” for British citizens.
Thus, by the end of 2025, Spain will remain one of the key EU countries in terms of the number of permanent foreign residents, and the structure of migration will gradually shift: European communities will continue to dominate, but citizens of Ukraine and Latin American countries will play an increasingly important role.
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Agrofirma Troyan (Kyiv) has announced that it will hold an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders remotely (by poll).
According to a statement in the regulated information disclosure system, voting will take place by submitting ballots to the depositary institution: the start of ballot acceptance is December 22, 2025 (11:00 a.m.), and the end of registration and voting is December 30, 2025 (6:00 p.m.).
The agenda of the meeting includes, in particular, the election of a counting commission, amendments to the charter and approval of the new version of the charter, as well as approval of the property rights purchase and sale agreement (taking into account the amendments) concluded by the company with Akroninvest LLC.
The company also reported that the previously submitted notice of the meeting, posted on December 11, was withdrawn due to technical errors, after which a corrected notice was published in the information disclosure system.
PJSC Agrofirma Troyan (EGRPOU code 03359658) was registered on September 20, 2001, in Kyiv, with a charter capital of UAH 53.03 million. The head of the company is Petro Vakulchuk. The main activity according to the Classification of Economic Activities is the organization of building construction; other activities include real estate transactions and construction. According to the registers, the ultimate beneficial owner is Vasyl Khmelnytsky.
Cherkasy Chemical Fiber PJSC (Cherkasy) will hold a remote extraordinary general meeting of shareholders on December 24, 2025, according to a statement from the company.
According to the notice, voting will take place by sending ballots to the depositary institution, with a deadline for submission of 6:00 p.m. on December 24.
The agenda includes, in particular, the election of a counting commission, the approval of a package of additional agreements with Sens Bank JSC to the credit line agreement and security agreements, as well as the granting of powers to conclude further additional agreements on these documents. In addition, the shareholders plan to terminate the powers of the current members of the supervisory board ahead of schedule and elect a new supervisory board through cumulative voting.
Cherkasy Chemical Fiber is the only manufacturer of viscose textile yarns in Ukraine. The key operating unit of Cherkasy Chemical Fiber is the Cherkasy Thermal Power Plant, which heats and supplies hot water to most of the city.
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On Monday, December 22, there will be no precipitation in Ukraine, with only light rain and wet snow in some parts of the northeast during the day, according to the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center. Most western, central, and southern regions will experience fog at night and in the morning. The wind will be predominantly northwesterly, 3-8 m/s.
The temperature at night will range from 2°C to 3°C below zero, and during the day from 0°C to 5°C; in Zakarpattia and the south of the country, the temperature at night will range from 0°C to 5°C, and during the day from 3°C to 8°C.
There will be no precipitation in Kyiv on Monday. The wind will be northwesterly, 3-8 m/s. Temperature at night around 0°C, during the day 1-3°C.
According to data from the Boris Sreznevsky Central Geophysical Observatory, the highest daytime temperature in Kyiv on December 22 was 10.0°C in 1989, and the lowest nighttime temperature was -20.2°C in 1967.
On Tuesday, December 23, there will be no precipitation in Ukraine, with only light wet snow in the south-west of the country during the day (with rain in Zakarpattia and Odesa regions) and icy roads in some places. The wind will be mainly from the north, 3-8 m/s.
Temperatures at night and during the day will range from -3°C to +2°C (during the day in Zakarpattia and the south of the country, +1-6°C).
No precipitation in Kyiv on Tuesday. Winds will be mainly from the north at 3-8 m/s. Nighttime temperatures will range from 0 to 2° below zero, and daytime temperatures will range from 0 to 2° above zero.
Passenger traffic across the Ukrainian border in the third week of December, from December 13 to 19, jumped by 26.3% to 562,000 as Christmas approached, and this weekend the increase reached 50%, causing queues at the border with Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia, according to data from the State Border Service.
According to them, the number of border crossings for departure increased to 279,000 from 226,000 a week earlier, while the increase for entry was even more significant – to 283,000 from 219,000.
This Saturday, December 20, the number of border crossings for exit and entry was also similar – 62,000 and 63,000, compared to 41,000 and 39,000, respectively, on the previous Saturday.
The number of vehicles that passed through checkpoints this week also jumped to 140,000 from 123,000 a week earlier, while the flow of vehicles carrying humanitarian cargo remained at around 520.
According to the State Border Service, as of 12:00 on Sunday, there were no queues at the border with Romania and Poland, while at the borders with three other countries, there were queues at all checkpoints.
At the border with Poland, most passenger cars and buses were waiting to cross at the Krakovets checkpoint – 150 and 20, respectively. The queue at the Ustyluh checkpoint consisted of 125 cars and 15 buses, at the Rava-Ruska checkpoint – 110 cars, Smilnytsia checkpoint – 85 cars and 6 buses, Shehyni checkpoint – 80 cars and 19 buses, Hrushev checkpoint – 80 cars and 9 buses, Nizhankovychi checkpoint – 80 cars and 1 bus, Ugrinov checkpoint – 75 cars and 9 buses, Yagodin checkpoint – 30 buses (passage of passenger cars is temporarily suspended).
Forty passenger cars and two buses were waiting to cross the border with Slovakia at the Uzhgorod checkpoint, and 30 cars were waiting at the Maly Berezny checkpoint.
At the border with Hungary, the longest queues were at the Luzhanka and Dzvinovo checkpoints, with 50 and 45 cars, respectively. There were 30 cars at the Kosino and Vilok checkpoints and 5 at the Tisa checkpoint.
The total number of border crossings this week is slightly lower than last year. At that time, 294,000 people left Ukraine and 290,000 entered the country over the same 7 days, although the flow of cars was lower – 134,000.
Last year, a 28.1% jump in passenger traffic was recorded this week, and the following week it increased by another 12.5%.
As reported, from May 10, 2022, the outflow of refugees from Ukraine, which began with the start of the war, was replaced by an influx that continued until September 23, 2022, and amounted to 409,000 people. However, since the end of September, possibly influenced by news of mobilization in Russia and “pseudo-referendums” in the occupied territories, followed by massive shelling of energy infrastructure, the number of people leaving has exceeded the number of people entering. In total, from the end of September 2022 to the first anniversary of the full-scale war, it reached 223,000 people.
During the second year of full-scale war, the number of border crossings to leave Ukraine, according to the State Border Service, exceeded the number of crossings to enter by 25,000, during the third year by 187,000, and since the beginning of the fourth year by 203,000.
As Sergei Sobolev, then Deputy Minister of Economy, noted in early March 2023, the return of every 100,000 Ukrainians home results in a 0.5% increase in GDP.
In its July inflation report, the National Bank worsened its migration forecast: while in April it expected a net inflow of 0.2 million people to Ukraine in 2026, it now forecasts a net outflow of 0.2 million, which corresponds to the estimate of the net outflow this year. “Net return will only begin in 2027 (about 0.1 million people, compared to 0.5 million in the previous forecast),” the NBU added and confirmed this forecast at the end of October. In absolute terms, the National Bank estimates the number of migrants currently remaining abroad at about 5.8 million.
According to updated UNHCR data, the number of Ukrainian refugees in Europe as of December 11, 2025, was estimated at 5.311 million (5.331 million as of November 14), and 5.860 million (5.850 million) worldwide.
In Ukraine itself, according to the latest UN data for July this year, there are 3.340 million internally displaced persons (IDPs), compared to 3.757 million in April.
According to Serbian Economist, the next EU-Western Balkans summit is planned to be held in Montenegro on June 5, 2026, Montenegrin media reported, citing sources close to the country’s president’s office.
European Council President António Costa also said he expects the next meeting to take place in Montenegro in June 2026.
According to the Council of the EU, the EU-Western Balkans summits are attended by leaders of EU countries and EU institutions, as well as leaders of six partners in the region: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia.
Commenting on the plans for 2026, Montenegrin President Jakov Milatović said that there are “high expectations” for the meeting in Montenegro in Brussels and that “it should be a summit of results,” first and foremost for Montenegro itself.
By that date, the European Union intends to begin work on an agreement on Montenegro’s accession to the EU.
Regular EU-Western Balkans summits have been held since 2018; the previous summit took place in Brussels in December 2024.
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