Новости за 01.08.2017

A military was injured in the shelling on Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in Donbas on August 1, the press center of the Ukrainian Army said. Ten shell attacks on Ukrainian Armed Forces positions were recorded since midnight until 6 p.m., the press center said. Infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) weapons, large-caliber machineguns, firearms were fired on […]

The Ukrainian capital hosted the first rehearsal of the Ukrainian army units that are to be involved in the Independence Day military parade. The General Staff of the Armed Forces reported that on Facebook. Read more here. 

The Panama Papers probe was, in fact, a retaliatory move against Vladimir Putin’s Russia, a U.S.-based strategic analyst Eric Garland claims, confirming his suggestion with an already deleted tweet by Wikileaks arguing that the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists wasn’t being ethical about their leaks, which made Vladimir Putin look corrupt. Read more here. 

The Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA) enters force on August 1. This is the second free trade regime (after the EU), which has come into force after the Revolution of Dignity. But the case with Canada is really special. After all, thanks to the active lobbying of the influential Ukrainian community in Canada, we have […]

Canada has allocated $13 million for the program of the development and support of an agreement on a free trade area (FTA) between Ukraine and Canada, Charge d’Affaires, Head of Development Cooperation at the Canadian Embassy in Ukraine Karim Morcos has said. “Canada not only removes duties for most Ukrainian goods, but we also have […]

The prosecutor’s office has completed the pre-trial investigation against the ex-deputy head of the presidential administration of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, incumbent member of Sumy Regional Council, Yuriy Chmyr who is suspected of a fraud with a passport and declaring unreliable information. On August 1 the investigative department of the Sumy regional prosecutor’s office completed the […]

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine holds the negotiations on the implementation of the visa-free regime for the citizens of Ukraine with the countries of Europe, North and South America, Persian Gulf and Asia. The Foreign Ministry of Ukraine reported this to Glavkom. ‘Particularly, there are the discussions with the Republic of Vanuatu, Grenada, […]

The Basmanny court of Moscow has ordered seizure of the assets of a former Communist Party Duma Deputy, Denis Voronenkov, who was killed in Kyiv and is accused of fraud in a case over 127 million ruble embezzlement, his lawyer Andrei Grivtsov told Interfax. “Only today we learnt that on May 12 the Basmanny court […]

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) claim that a USB flash drive with the Defense Ministry’s classified information was found during a search at the office of editor-in-chief of Strana.ua online publication Ihor Huzhva, that’s according to court papers of July 27. Read more here. 

President Trump will “very soon” sign a law limiting his ability to lift sanctions against Russia, even though he has “concerns” about the measure, Vice President Mike Pence said on August 1. The announcement during a visit to Tbilisi, Georgia, comes as no surprise because the Trump administration had signaled it would not stand in […]

January-July, Russian gas transit amounted to 52.3 billion cubic meters, which is 22.8 percent more than over the same period last year and the largest volume in last six years. Read more here.

BUCHAREST – Romania’s outbreak of African swine fever among backyard pigs in the town of Satu Mare in the north of the country is suspected of having originated from Ukraine, the National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority (ANSVSA) said on August 1. Read more here.

Iraqi entrepreneurs seek to boost trade with Ukraine in poultry production and petrochemicals exports. Head of Iraqi-Ukrainian Business Council Abbas Al-Noori told the Kyiv Post that Iraqi investors plan to invest $15 million into a poultry farm in Kyiv Oblast, Ruby Rose Agricole Ltd., which hasn’t operated for several years. “We are at the negotiations […]

Russia warned states that “pretend” to play a role in ending the conflict in Ukraine from triggering more tension in the region on August 1. Read more here.

Ukraine condemns the latest launching of a ballistic missile by North Korea and has urged imposing additional sanctions, Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said. “Ukraine harshly condemns the recent – and second – launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile by North Korea. The latest launch represents a gross violation of international law and United […]

By 2100, the world will be different. A newly published study estimates that there’s a 95 percent chance global temperatures will rise more than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels. That’s the level that’s frequently considered the tipping point beyond which the consequences of climate change become catastrophic. Read more here.

Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko will play with former world No. 1 Maria Sharapova of Russia in the second round of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) tournament at Stanford, the United States. Read more here.

Ukraine’s No. 1 PrivatBank, which was nationalized in December 2016, posted Hr 2.89 billion, or $112 million, in loss in the first half of 2017 (H1) against Hr 552 million, or $21.4 million, in profit year-over-year (y-o-y), according to the bank’s financial statements posted on its website. Read more here.

The Russian Interior Ministry says three defendants were killed and at least two others wounded in a shooting inside the Moscow Regional Court building on August 1. Read more here.

Ex-Georgian president and former Odesa regional state administration head Mikheil Saakashvili has said he does not plan to seek United States protection and intends to return to Ukraine. “I’m not going to use the protection of the U.S. or any other country. I’m going to return to Ukraine,” Saakashvili said during a video conference organized […]

The Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA) came into force on August 1, according to Ukraine’s Ambassador to Canada Andriy Shevchenko. Read more here.

When acclaimed Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland took the stage of Odesa International Film Festival on July 22 to get her Lifetime Achievement Award, she got a standing ovation. Holland, 68, had more than enough reasons for a warm greeting: Besides being nominated for Academy Awards three times, she is known in Ukraine as one of […]

TBILISI – U.S. President Donald Trump has signed into law a bill on imposing sanctions on Russia, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence told journalists in Tbilisi on August 1. The sanctions can be lifted only if Russia honors the obligations it has undertaken, while Russia’s latest diplomatic steps show the opposite trend, Pence said.

ANKARA — The trial is opening in Turkey of 486 suspects, including a number of generals and F-16 pilots, accused of leading last year’s failed coup attempt and carrying out attacks from an air base in Ankara. Read more here.

The small Ukrainian city of Chernivtsi has a cosmopolitan charm all its own. For centuries, Jewish, Ukrainian and Romanian culture mixed in this beautiful city nestled in the picturesque Carpathian foothills. Watch the video here.