Новости за 20.04.2017

The European Parliament has extended until 2019 cooperation with the Verkhovna Rada in the framework of the memorandum of understanding and cooperation, head of the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs Elmar Brok has said. “The European parliament supported the continuation of cooperation with the Ukrainian parliament for the entire term of the European Parliament […]

The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Ukraine has asked the Verkhovna Rada committee for state development, regional policy and local self-governance and the legal policy and justice committee to clarify provisions of the country’s law on local elections dealing with the possibility of calling local elections in the certain parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk […]

The headquarters of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Vinnytsia during the working meeting of the senior staff with the Defense Attaché at the British Embassy in Ukraine Karen McTear, have discussed the state and prospects of bilateral military cooperation. During the meeting, the participation of British instructors in the […]

CHISINAU – A Chisinau court sentenced Moldovan businessman Veaceslav Platon to 18 years in jail on Thursday on the counts of laundering over $20 billion of funds from Russia in Moldovan banks. The prosecution service demanded a 23-year sentence for the defendant, an Interfax correspondent reported from the courtroom. Neither prosecutors nor lawyers have commented […]

Lemtrans, the largest private rail operator in Ukraine, transported 13.76 million tonnes of cargo of various types in January-March 2017, while during the same period in 2016 it handled 14.6 million tonnes, head of the company Volodymyr Mezentsev told Interfax-Ukraine on the sidelines of the Ukrainian Infrastructure Forum in Kyiv. The press service of the […]

If the Russian Federation does not comply with the interim decision of the International Court of Justice (the Hague) for compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, this precedent can be submitted to the UN General Assembly for consideration, Justice Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Petrenko has said. “If interim […]

Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman has suggested organizing interdepartmental groups at checkpoints on the state border with the EU to help Ukrainian citizens in case of difficulties with crossing the border after the introduction of a visa-free regime with the EU. “If necessary, there should be representatives of the relevant services, possibly at the […]

MOSCOW – Sberbank still have a liquidity surplus, the bank’s CEO Herman Gref told reporters. Throughout 2016 Sberbank’s management had repeatedly announced that the bank had sufficient liquidity or even an excess amount of liquidity, at the same time, the Russian Central Bank forecast the emergence of a liquidity surplus in the banking system in […]

MOSCOW – NATO Military Committee Chairman Petr Pavel has denied media reports that he has not so far responded to the Russian side’s invitation to attend an international security conference in Moscow. “To clarify matters to RUS media on #NATO “silence” – I responded formally to Moscow #Security Conference invitation already on 13 March 17,” […]

Ovostar Union, a leading egg producer in Ukraine, saw a 29% fall in net profit in 2016, to $22.5 million. According to a report of the company published on Thursday, revenue last year grew by 3%, to $77.7 million, and gross profit fell by 19%, to $26.1 million. Earnings before taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) […]

Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) has sent Spanish law-enforcement authorities documents necessary to begin the extradition process to Ukraine for the mother of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine deputy Oleksandr Onyschenko’s mother, Inessa Kadyrova, according to the PGO’s deputy head Yevhen Yenin, the Kyiv-based Espresso TV Channel has reported. “We have already sent a request,” Yenin […]

BEIJING — EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini expressed concern Thursday about rising tensions over North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, and said China and Europe have a common responsibility to avoid a military escalation on the Korean Peninsula. In a speech at Tsinghua University on her final day of a three-day trip to Beijing, Mogherini […]

Some 18 trucks of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have entered the uncontrolled territory through the Novotroyitske checkpoint. “Vehicles transported for the residents of the Donetsk region food kits, medical supplies and construction materials for a total weight of 333 tonnes,” the press service of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine […]

This year’s Eurovision Song Contest will for the first time feature a song performed in the Belarusian language. Belarus has been participating in the contest every year since 2004, but the Belarusian participants always presented songs in English.  But Naviband, a musical duo that will sing for Belarus at the Eurovision in Kyiv, has decided it […]

Former Finance Minister of Slovakia Ivan Miklos will continue chairing the Group of Strategic Advisors for Support of Reforms in Ukraine for one more year. “Yes, I plan to stay and continue working in this group. I will head it in the future months. Now we speak about one year, as I have a contract […]

Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman backs an idea of creating the fund with investment management to govern minority stakes belonged to the state in companies. “This means to create a fund for a small share of state-owned property and allow best investment companies in the world to manage it,” the prime minister said on Channel […]

The Obolonsky District Court of the city of Kyiv has summoned former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych to testify on May 4, 2017, as the accused in the case over high treason. A copy of the subpoena has been posted on the portal of the Ukrainian judiciary. “The Obolonsky District Court of Kyiv summons you as […]

Vladimir Putin is seizing on mixed signals from the U.S. to quietly tighten Russia’s grip on two rebel regions of Ukraine, burying hopes for a European-brokered peace deal and relief from sanctions anytime soon. While the Kremlin continues to publicly back the accord that Germany and France oversaw in 2015, Putin’s real strategy in Ukraine […]

WASHINGTON — Ever since F.B.I. investigators discovered in 2013 that a Russian spy was trying to recruit an American businessman named Carter Page, the bureau maintained an occasional interest in Mr. Page. So when he became a foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign last year and gave a Russia-friendly speech at a prestigious Moscow […]