Новости за 13.07.2017

The National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (UA: PBC) filed the complaint towards the freeze and the initiation of the arrest of 15 million of Euro of guarantee of Eurovision-2017 holding. The Chairman of the National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (UA: PBC) Zurab Alasania claimed this as Interfax-Ukraine reported. Read more here. 

Boryspil International Airport decided to renew negotiations with the biggest low-cost airline in Europe Ryanair, as Head of the airport Pavlo Ryabikin informed on Facebook. Read more here. 

Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko has said that he had already handed over notices of suspicions to MP Maksym Poliakov of the People’s Front faction and independent MP Boryslav Rozenblat. “I’ve just handed official suspicions, read out their rights,” Lutsenko told reporters in parliament on July 13. According to the prosecutor general, these lawmakers were […]

The Head of the Free Trade Union Confederation Myhailo Volynets with other representatives of the free trade union barricaded themselves in the Ministry of Healthcare and demand to not put the medical reform to vote. The Chairman of the Free Trade Union Confederation reported this at Facebook. Read more here. 

Ukraine needs to comply with seven requirements in order to receive the third, 600 million euro tranche of the European Union’s aid, in particular, it should lift the embargo on timber export, Valdis Dombrovskis, the European Commission’s Vice President for the Euro and Social Dialogue, said. All the requirements must be met by October, he […]

The Ukrainian parliament gave preliminary approval on July 13 to a proposed pension reform – a much-debated legislative change that is required to unlock loans under a $17.5 billion International Monetary Fund bailout programme. Read more here. 

The Moscow District Military Court has sentenced the defendants whom the jury earlier found guilty of complicity in killing opposition politician Boris Nemtsov to prison terms ranging from 11 to 19 years, an Interfax correspondent reported from the courthouse on July 13. In particular, Judge Yury Zhitnikov ruled on July 13 to sentence Anzor Gubashev […]

The Ukrainian parliament does not necessarily need to approve the legal framework regarding the land reform in order to get one another EFF loan from the International Monetary Fund. UNN news agency reported that with a reference to a source in the IMF. Read more here. 

The Verkhovna Rada on July 13 approved stripping Mykhailo Dobkin, a lawmaker from the Opposition Bloc, of his immunity from prosecution and allowing his arest. The Prosecutor General’s Office suspects Dobkin of abusing his powers during the allocation of land plots in Kharkiv when he was the city’s mayor in 2006 to 2010. The alleged […]

Although U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spent only a few hours in Kyiv on July 9, his short visit yielded what could be a decisive move to restart the stalled Minsk peace process to persuade Russia to end its war against Ukraine after more than three years. Traveling with Tillerson was the newly announced U.S. […]

Ukraine’s Ministry of Infrastructure and the EDGE international technical assistance project, funded by the government of Canada, on July 12 signed a joint action plan to support reforms in the maritime security sector. According to the press service of the ministry, after the implementation of the planned activities, the Ukrainian maritime industry will approach international […]

The heads of the Senate judiciary committee are writing a letter to Donald Trump Jr. July 13 requesting that he testify before the committee, Chairman Chuck Grassley told CNN. Read more here. 

Russian state bank VTB is considering the possible sale of smaller or less profitable assets abroad, Chief Executive Andrey Kostin told reporters on July 13. Read more here. 

The Verkhovna Rada has increased the revenue part of the national budget of Ukraine for 2017 by about Hr 39.7 billion, to Hr 771 billion, expenditures by Hr 40.7 billion, to Hr 841.1 billion. According to an Interfax-Ukraine correspondent, 226 people’s deputies voted for corresponding bill No. 6600, which is the minimum number of votes […]

European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said corruption was undermining all efforts to rebuild Ukraine in line with European Union norms, as President Petro Poroshenko vowed on July 13 to pursue ever-closer integration with the bloc. Read more here. 

The European Union supports the European aspirations of Ukraine, which are stipulated in the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU, European Council President Donald Tusk said. “The most important part of the most important document – I mean the Association Agreement – is not a slogan. After the visa liberalization decision, after the Association […]

Holos Ukrayiny, the official voice of Verkhovna Rada, published a law #5624 on staged implementation of international environmental transport standards in Ukraine. Read more here. 

Uber and Yandex are combining car booking operations across Russia and central Asia in a deal that cedes control of the market to the Moscow search engine company after years of fierce competition. Read more here. 

The assistance rendered by NATO member countries in training Ukrainian soldiers has improved the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ efficiency and helped lower casualties, the Defense Ministry press service quoted Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak as saying. “The assistance from soldiers of NATO countries has already produced significant practical results. Those Ukrainian soldiers who have undergone training under […]

The Mykola Hryshko’s Botanical Garden in Kyiv will host the alley of the Force and Knowledge, a one-of-a-kind tribute to the Star Wars saga. The theme alley is to open on July 23. Read more here. 

Yandex, the “Google of Russia”, and Uber have agreed to merge their ride-sharing businesses in Russia and five neighboring markets with Yandex as leading partner, the companies said on July 13. Read more here. 

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has thanked the European Union for supporting Ukraine in opposing Russia’s actions in Crimea and Donbas and expressed hope that Ukraine-EU summits may be held in Donetsk and Yalta in future. “I hope one day – let me air this proposal – we will hold the next Ukraine-EU summits in Donetsk […]

The Moscow City Court has rejected a complaint filed by the defense team of Ukrinform correspondent Roman Sushchenko, who was illegally detained in Russia, against the extension of his arrest for another three months – until September 30. Read more here. 

A meeting of the NATO-Russia Council, the second this year, has begun in Brussels. The July 13 talks are expected to focus on measures to reduce tensions and risks after recent incidents involving maneuvering by warplanes flying over the Baltic Sea. Read more here. 

EU calls for to immediately release Ukrainian citizens illegally detained in Crimea and Russia. This was announced by European Council President Donald Tusk during XIX EU-Ukraine summit on air of 112 Ukraine TV channel. Read more here.