Portal:Current events/2022 May 27

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Donbas offensive, Eastern Ukraine offensive
      • Battle of Lyman
        • Russian forces announce they have captured the city of Lyman. (AP)

Business and economy

• Enlargement of the eurozone
  • Bulgaria and the euro
    • The Bulgarian government approves adopting the euro as the country's currency on January 1, 2024, replacing the lev. (Reuters)
• The Iranian IRGC Navy boards and seizes two Greek ships after the Supreme National Security Council condemned the US seizure of a Russo-Iranian ship. (VOA) (AP)
• The Mexican energy regulatory commission fines Spanish electric utility Iberdrola for US$467 million for violating local regulations that prohibit selling electricity to third parties. (Al Mayadeen)

Disasters and accidents

• A vehicle carrying 26 soldiers crashes in the Shyok River in Ladakh, India, killing seven soldiers. (The Hindu)
• An icefall kills two mountain climbers and injures nine others in the Alps of Valais, Switzerland. (AP)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    • COVID-19 pandemic in North Dakota
      • North Dakota reports 960 cases of COVID-19 and confirms their first case of the Omicron BA.4 variant. (Bismarck Tribune)
• 2022 monkeypox outbreak
  • Canada reports 10 new cases of monkeypox, thereby bringing the total number of cases in the country to 26. (Reuters)
  • Finland and Argentina confirm their first cases of monkeypox. (Reuters) (AP)
  • Bolivia and Ecuador report suspected cases of monkeypox. (247 News Agency) (Big News Network)

International relations

• Croatia–Russia relations
  • Russia expels five Croatian diplomats. (Reuters)
• Foreign relations of Fiji
  • Fiji announces that it will become the 14th member of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity in order to counter Chinese influence in the Pacific. This comes amid a visit by Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi to Kiribati. (Al Jazeera)

Politics and elections

• Following the resignation of the Prime Minister of Transnistria Aleksandr Martynov, Deputy Prime Minister Stanislav Kasap becomes acting head of government. (rulers.org) (Interfax)
• 2023 Nigerian presidential election
  • The Federal High Court in Yenagoa rules that former President Goodluck Jonathan is allowed to run in the next presidential election, stating that a 2018 amendment prohibiting vice presidents from serving more than one full-term upon succession did not apply to Jonathan. (Reuters) (BBC News)