Новости за 03.05.2017

The engagement between the United States and Russian Federation in relation to the Ukraine settlement is only possible after a certain level of trust is restored between the two nations, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said during his address to the State Department’s staff. Read more here.

Theresa May has accused European politicians of making “threats” against Britain to try to influence the general election result. Read more here.

Austria shares Germany’s stance that the Nord Stream 2 project should be implemented along with preserving Ukraine’s role as a transit state, and the European Union’s energy policy will, in general, be strengthened after the construction of this pipeline. “I think this [Berlin’s stance] is understandable, because one of the criticisms of Nord Stream 2 […]

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says there is “almost no trust” at present between the United States and Russia, mentioning arms-control agreements and Ukraine as areas where Moscow “is not being particularly helpful today.” Read more here.

The International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) withdrew from its wanted list the former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and his son Oleksandr Yanukovych, the press service of Ukraine’s National Police told UNIAN. Read more here.

President Donald Trump on May 3 vowed to help broker a long-sought peace agreement between Israel and Palestine, promising that “we will get this done.” Read more here.

On May 3, 226 years ago, Europe’s first modern constitution was written, penned not by the boulevards of Paris but in the Polish Sejm. Read more here.

The Syrian armed opposition said on May 3 it had suspended its participation in peace talks being held in Kazakhstan and demanded an end to government bombing of areas under its control. Read more here.

It looks like Ukraine is becoming Turkey’s new go-to defense technology partner. Strategic ties between Turkey and Ukraine in the fields of defense and military cooperation are flourishing, Al Monitor reports. Read more here.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has held a telephone conversation with President of Poland Andrzej Duda, during which they discussed the situation with the dismantling of the monument to the soldiers of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) near Peremyshl (Poland). “The President of Ukraine condemned the incident with the dismantling of the Ukrainian monument in […]

Three Ukrainian servicemen have been killed near the Svitlodarsk arc in Donbas area, saving a wounded sworn brother, the Ukrainian military headquarters has reported. “Three of our guys, rescuing their wounded sworn brother, heroically died in the Svitlodarsk arc area. One of them who was wounded detonated a hand grenade in order not to be taken […]

Ukraine from May 2017 tripled imports of natural gas from Slovakia compared with April, according to operational data from Ukrtransgaz. If the average daily import from Slovakia during April was 10.375 million cubic meters, then on May 1 the figure was 31.247 million cubic meters. According to preliminary data from Eustream, on May 2 imports […]

Every year, journalists at the Eurovision Song Contest vote in the Barbara Dex Award for the worst dressed entrant. And in their first rehearsal, Switzerland have made a play for this year’s trophy. Read more here. Timebelle – Apollo (Switzerland) first rehearsal in Kyiv. Timebelle will represent Switzerland at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in […]

The transfer of the confiscated $1.1 billion to the accounts of the State Treasury Service of Ukraine has been completed, and in addition to these funds an additional $200 million in securities will be transferred to the Ministry of Finance in accordance with Ukrainian legislation, the internal debt of the state will be reduced by […]

Editor’s Note: The following is the English-language transcript of Hromadske Radio’s “Ukraine Calling” program on April 28, interviewing Mykola Hnatovsky, Professor at the International Law Department at Shevchenko University in Kyiv, about the response last month by The International Court of Justice to applications filed by Ukraine against the Russian Federation. And the latest developments in […]

The fountain complex, Small and Large bowls, has been operating on Kyiv’s Maidan Nezalezhnosti, or Independence Square, since May 1 on the eve of the arrival of guests for the Eurovision-2017 International Song Contest. Read more here.

A Latvian fixer has emerged as an intermediary between Marine Le Pen and her Russian sponsors. The French presidential candidate’s men met twice with Vilis Dambins, an asset manager who works out of a small office in Riga city centre, to broker loans from Kremlin-linked lenders, according to a new investigation. Read more here.

The high fashion lawmaker brand didn’t stop on shoes and clothes manufacturing only. Worldwide collection of watches for male and female auditory benefited from the appearance of Louis Vuitton chronometers. It’s quite simple to be in trend and look like a style icon: a few top clothes from the last designers’ collection and luxurious ticking […]

Editor’s Note: The Kyiv Post launches the Eurovision Daily blog as the go-to place for the latest updates about the Eurovision Song Contest that is taking place in Kyiv on May 9-13. For everything written about Eurovision 2017, visit our special section. Even though there are six more days left to the first semi-final, the Eurovision […]

Europe’s top tech hubs tend to radiate from massive capital cities like London, Berlin and Paris. But the heart of European innovation isn’t a major metropolis –it’s a small city in the Dutch-speaking region of Flanders. That’s the conclusion of Reuters’ second annual ranking of Europe’s Most Innovative Universities, a list that identifies and ranks […]

Levina wants to win 12 points for Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv. As a new PopXport moderator, she gives an exclusive performance of her ESC song “Perfect Life” on our show. Watch the video here. Levina will represent Germany at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv with the song “Perfect Life”. […]

Minister for Temporary Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons Vadym Chernysh said Ukraine will not stop supplying water to the uncontrolled territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions for humanitarian reasons. “From the humanitarian point of view, Ukraine cannot do it and won’t do it. Generally speaking, all this time Ukraine has been supporting the functioning […]

U.S. President Donald Trump was interviewed May 1 by Bloomberg News reporters Jennifer Jacobs and Margaret Talev. Below is a lightly edited transcript of their conversation. Read the interview here.

The EU has raised its opening demand for Britain’s Brexit bill to an upfront gross payment of up to 100 billion euro, according to Financial Times analysis of new stricter demands driven by France and Germany. Read more here.

President Petro Poroshenko signed the law on the procedure of granting foreigners the title of the Hero of Ukraine. The presidential press service reported that on May 3. Read more here.