Новости за 29.04.2017

Interpol has dismissed Russia’s request to post an international search alert for former Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said. “I would like to state with pleasure and respect that in accordance with its protocol, Interpol, as an adequate and reputable international organization, has taken my letter into account and dismissed […]

An explosion occurred near the patrol of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) at the ‘LPR’ checkpoint, and another patrol has heard a shot from small arms on the territory of the ‘LPR’. The latest report by OSCE SMM posted on Saturday says on April 28, a patrol consisting of six members and two armored […]

Norway has decided to assign €180,000 to the NATO trust fund to provide Ukraine with assistance in social and professional adaptation of servicemen transferred to the reserve, Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende said. Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze met with the Norwegian foreign minister during her visit to […]

LONDON — Wladimir Klitschko’s eyes lit up as he looked around the massive atrium and saw hundreds of people lining the staircases and railings, craning their necks for a glimpse. The 41-year-old future boxing Hall of Famer was about to speak Thursday at a news conference in advance of his IBF heavyweight championship bout Saturday […]

BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday that she and President Donald Trump have built a “good working relationship” even though the two had frosty exchanges last year that raised fears of damage to the pivotal U.S.-German partnership. “President Trump and I have developed a good working relationship, which doesn’t rule out having […]

Dozens of people have been detained while taking part in a protest campaign in many Russian cities urging President Vladimir Putin not to run in the country’s presidential election next year. Police apprehended at least 30 people on April 29 in St. Petersburg, one of 32 cities across Russia taking part in the protest action […]

ST. PETERSBURG – Police have detained several people taking part in an unpermitted rally near the Gorkovskaya metro station in St. Petersburg, eyewitnesses told Interfax. The eyewitnesses were unable to say exactly how many people had been detained. At around 2:00 p.m., policemen told the people who gathered near the subway station to leave the […]

Two Ukrainian servicemen were killed, six were wounded in the Anti-Terrorist Operation zone on Friday, the Defense Ministry’s spokesman, Andriy Lysenko, said. “As a result of active hostilities, two Ukrainian servicemen were killed and six others were wounded,” he said at a briefing in Kyiv on Saturday. Lysenko said that in Krasnohorivka one serviceman was […]

The European Union has launched a €6 million ‘Support to Police Reform in Ukraine’ (SPRU) project to strengthen community policing in 20 police cities in Ukraine and to introduce a new model for public order policing. “To improve the relationship between the police and public and support community policing efforts, reception areas of the 20 […]

Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has instructed the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine to ensure the provision of humanitarian assistance to Moldova. The relevant decree No. 118/2017 dated April 28, 2017, was published on the president’s website on Friday. The amount of assigned humanitarian aid has not been indicated. However, it was earlier reported that the […]

Minister for Temporary Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons Vadym Chernysh has said the draft government target program for the restoration and development of peace in the eastern regions of Ukraine has been submitted for approval to the Cabinet of Ministers. “The draft of the program is still at the stage of coordination. There is […]

The wife of Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko, Maryna, will host a morning television show “In the Rhythm of Sport” on the “Ukraine” TV channel. The pilot of the program will be shown on May 15. The fitness program hosted by Maryna Poroshenko will be part of the “Morning with Ukraine” show which begins at 07:15, […]

The Libyan navy seized two vessels, one of which is reportedly Ukrainian, on suspicion of smuggling oil on Friday, a Ukrainian television news service reported. “The Libyan navy seized two ships suspected of smuggling oil from this North African country,” the Ukrainian TV news service TSN website reported on Saturday citing Libya’s Navy spokesman Ayoub […]

ISTANBUL — Access to Wikipedia, a free online encyclopedia, has been blocked in Turkey, according to an internet censorship-monitoring network. Turkey Blocks, which calls itself an independent “digital transparency project” said users in Turkey have been unable to access all language editions of Wikipedia since Saturday morning. “The loss of availability is consistent with internet […]

MOSCOW – Lithuania doubts that the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project meets all international requirements and standards and sees it as a potential threat to the environment of the Baltic Sea, Lithuanian Ambassador in Moscow Remigijus Motuzas said in an interview with Interfax. “We are not sure today that the ‘Stream’ will meet all […]

During her visit to Norway, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze met with Norwegian Minister for EU Affairs and European Economic Area Frank Bakke-Jensen to discuss European integration, the press service of the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine reported. “The parties announced a joint statement on launching a bilateral […]

State bank JSC Oschadbank has completed the confiscation of $1.5 billion of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and his entourage, Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko has said. “The transfer of $1.5 billion confiscated by the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine from the criminal group has been completed. Good workers of Oschadbank executed the operations through […]

BAIKONUR – The launch of the Soyuz MS-07 manned spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station (ISS), scheduled for October, may be postponed until December, a Baikonur Cosmodrome source told Interfax. “The launch may be rescheduled from October 26 to December 27, 2017,” he said. The possible move has been prompted by […]

French presidential front-runner Emmanuel Macron’s campaign has declined to give Russia Today and Sputnik press accreditation after his team found the Russian state-owned news outlets publish misleading information about the candidate. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called the denial of accreditation “outrageous” and “deliberate and bare-faced discrimination against Russian media by the presidential candidate […]

Ukraine is gearing up for the Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Kyiv next month (May 13). The main arena in the Kyiv International Exhibition Center has been built and will stage the first of the semi-finals on May 9. Read more here