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      SBU says when Zaporizhzhia airport will be opened
      Dec17

      SBU says when Zaporizhzhia airport will be opened

      Zaporizhzhia Airport will be opened as soon as there is confidence that aircraft are not in danger. Spokesperson for the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Olena Hitlianska said this at a briefing on Wednesday, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Today two airports are already operating. Once the aviation service is sure that planes at...

      Yatseniuk wants to prevent hiding of money in offshores
      Dec17

      Yatseniuk wants to prevent hiding of money in offshores

      The Cabinet of Ministers hopes the parliament will adopt the law on improving tax control over transfer pricing. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said this while opening a government meeting on Wednesday, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “The government tables this law [in the Verkhovna Rada] and asks it to adopt it...

      Poroshenko expects release of all hostages this year
      Dec17

      Poroshenko expects release of all hostages this year

      President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko hopes for the release of all Ukrainian hostages by the end of the year, as well as those held illegally in Russia, including Nadia Savchenko. Poroshenko said this at a briefing in Warsaw on Wednesday, an Ukrinform correspondent in Poland reports. “Talks in the Normandy format [Ukraine, Russia, France...

      Poroshenko thanks Poland for solidarity and support of Ukraine
      Dec17

      Poroshenko thanks Poland for solidarity and support of Ukraine

      Poroshenko thanked Poland for solidarity and support to Ukraine during the events on the Maidan, and now, when Ukraine is undergoing complex tests in connection with the Russian aggression. The Head of state said in his speech in the Polish Sejm. He stressed that Kyiv expects support of Poland in search of solutions to the conflict, as well as in...

      Savchenko could be released in late January – lawyer
      Dec17

      Savchenko could be released in late January – lawyer

      After Ukrainian pilot and MP Nadia Savchenko gets the status of a PACE delegate, she will receive “diplomatic immunity,” and Russia will have no right to hold her in jail and prosecute her in a criminal case. Her lawyer, Nikolai Polozov, said this at a press conference in Moscow on Wednesday, an Ukrinform correspondent in Russia...

      Protests against terrorists held in occupied Donbas
      Dec17

      Protests against terrorists held in occupied Donbas

      Protest actions of peaceful residents continue on occupied territories of Donbas against the so-called “new authorities.” Spokesman of the NSDC Information-Analytical Center Andriy Lysenko told a briefing on Wednesday, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “In particular, in the village of Holubovske, Popasniansky district, Luhansk region, local...

      SBU list includes more than 200 suspected terrorists and saboteurs
      Dec17

      SBU list includes more than 200 suspected terrorists and saboteurs

      The SBU has compiled a list of detainees suspected of subversive and terrorist activities against Ukraine. Spokesman of the NSDC Information-Analytical Center NSDC Andriy Lysenko told a briefing Wednesday, Ukrinform reports. “The Ukrainian Security Service has compiled a list of 225 detainees, suspected of sabotage and terrorist operations...

      Panic mood hits Russian economy

      Russia has scrambled to halt a run on the ruble in the worst economic crisis of President Vladimir Putin’s 15 years in power. ||| Moscow – Russia scrambled on Wednesday to halt a run on the ruble, selling billions of reserves to prop up the currency in the worst economic crisis of President Vladimir Putin’s 15 years in power.At...

      Poroshenko dreams of becoming deputy of European parliament
      Dec17

      Poroshenko dreams of becoming deputy of European parliament

      President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko dreams of becoming a deputy of the European Parliament in the future. He said this in his speech at the Polish Sejm. “I dream that following completion of the presidential cadency, or cadencies, I could be elected a deputy of the European Parliament from Ukraine,” Poroshenko said. According to him, the...

      Government appoints chairman of Pension Fund
      Dec17

      Government appoints chairman of Pension Fund

      Oleksiy Zarudny by a decision of the government was appointed head of the Pension Fund of Ukraine. Social Policy Minister Pavlo Rozenko told journalists following the Cabinet’s meeting, Ukrinform’s correspondent reports. “Oleksiy Zarudny was appointed head of the Pension Fund. He is an experienced person, has a history of working in...