Новости за 18.04.2017

Former Ukrainian Minister of Income and Tax Oleksandr Klymenko suspected of creating a criminal gang and inflicting material damage to the state in the amount of Hr 3.1 billion has been summoned by the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) for questioning on Friday, April 21. “Klymenko shall appear at the second investigation department of the Investigation […]

The U.S. military says it intercepted two Russian bombers in international airspace off Alaska’s coast. Read more here.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan and congratulated him for winning the referendum, Turkish presidential sources said on April 18. Read more here.

Turkey and the European Union have spent three decades trying to unite, but the EU membership talks seem to be moving toward a permafrost that would effectively end a project that was as majestic as it proved elusive. Read more here.

Local authorities in Lviv region are taking “serious measures” to prevent acts of provocation on interethnic grounds, Head of Lviv Regional State Administration Oleh Syniutka has said. “Provocation can happen anywhere – both in areas with few residents like Huta Peniatska (Huta Pieniacka) and in the Lviv-based General Consulate’s building, located almost in the center […]

A nonprofit watchdog expanded a lawsuit accusing U.S. President Donald Trump of violating the Constitution by letting his hotels and restaurants accept payments from foreign governments. Read more here.

France says it arrested two men suspected of planning an “imminent and violent attack” ahead of the country’s presidential election. Read more here.

The man Russian investigators say orchestrated a suicide bombing on the St Petersburg metro told a court on April 18 he was an unwitting accomplice in the attack, in which 14 people were killed and scores injured. Read more here.

Two persons with experience in the prosecution in the United States and Spain have confirmed their participation in a contest for the post of an independent auditor of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) from the Verkhovna Rada’s quota, chairman of the parliament’s anti-corruption committee Yehor Sobolev has said. “As you know, our committee […]

Air Command Skhid (East) of Ukraine’s Armed Forces conducted tactical exercises involving live fire from ZU-23-2 and ZKU-1 anti-aircraft guns, as well as DShK large-caliber machine guns, the press service of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wrote on Facebook. Read more here.

British Prime Minister Theresa May stunned her nation and its European partners on April 18 with a call for an early national election on June 8, seeking to cement her political backing as Britain moves ahead with difficult negotiations on its break from the European Union. Read more here.

Head of the National Bank of Ukraine Valeriya Gontareva and Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk have departed for Washington to attend the Annual Spring Meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group, the NBU press service reported on April 18. According to the release, Deputy Finance Minister Yuriy Butsa, First Deputy Minister of […]

Russian and Serbian officials say Serbia is seeking a Russian air-defense system in addition to fighter jets and battle tanks. Read more here.

Turkey’s main opposition began a battle on April 18 to annul a referendum handing President Tayyip Erdogan sweeping new powers, while the bar association and an international monitor said an illegal move by electoral authorities may have swung the vote. Read more here.

A court decision on April 12 put the introduction of mobile number portability on hold again in Ukraine, meaning Ukrainian cell phone users will have no choice but to stick with their current operator if they want to keep the same cell phone number. The constant delays deliver severe blows to economic competition, effectively denying […]

BRUSSELS – EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini intends to discuss bilateral relations and the conflicts in eastern Ukraine and in Syria with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during her upcoming visit to Moscow. “Today I write from Beijing, the first stop in a long official visit to China, India […]

Payment of tourist tax in Ukraine in 2016 grew by 45.7% compared to 2015, reaching Hr 54.095 million, Ukraine’s Economic Development and Trade Ministry has reported, referring to the State Fiscal Service. The ministry said that the largest share of the tax was paid in Kyiv in 2016 – 27.2% or Hr 14.707 million. Lviv […]

Ukraine complies with the UN arms control convention, and claims by representatives of certain districts of the Luhansk region that the Ukrainian army is storing toxic substances at depots in the Stanytsia Luhanska district are untrue, the Ukrainian mission to the Joint Center for Control and Coordination (JCCC) said. The Luhansk information center’s website posted […]

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed law No. 1980-VIII envisaging procurement of services of energy service companies (ESCO services) using the ProZorro e-procurement system, the press service of the State Agency for Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving has reported. The authority said that the new law expands the largest term for ESCO services contracts to […]

Moldovan President Igor Dodon has proposed a mixed system of parliamentary elections. “I suggest that we switch to a mixed electoral system, in which 51 deputies will be elected on party tickets and 50 in single-member constituencies. I suggest that we elect 25 deputies representing labor migrants and the Transdniestrian district, and the other 25 […]

British Prime Minister Theresa May has stunned the UK political world by announcing she is to seek an early general election. In an unexpected statement at Downing Street, May said she was starting the process of calling a vote, less than halfway through the government’s term. Read more here. 

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed the law on the introduction of medium-term budget planning, the press service of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has stated. The law on amendments to Section VI “Final and Transitional Provisions” of the Budget Code of Ukraine (on the introduction of medium-term budget planning) was initiated by the Cabinet […]

Social Policy Minister Andriy Reva has said the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine will submit a draft pension reform to the Verkhovna Rada by May 16. “We have to take into account everything, we cannot rush in. There are serious experts, our economists from the Economy Ministry, the Finance Ministry, and also from the IMF […]

U.S. President Donald Trump congratulated Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on his referendum campaign in a phone call on Monday and vowed close cooperation on Syria, Iraq and the fight against Kurdish militants, Turkish presidential sources said. Read more here. 

An airstrike likely carried out by the U.S.-led coalition on an eastern Syrian town held by the Islamic State group has killed at least 10 people and wounded dozens, opposition activists said April 18. The activists said the airstrike late April 17 in Boukamal, on the Iraqi border, was similar to those carried out by […]