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Ukrainian prosecutors say value of Kaskiv`s Panama property exceeds bail for him
Vladyslav Kaskiv, the former head of the State Agency for Investment and National Projects of Ukraine, who has been detained in Panama, owns real estate there, and one of the facilities is estimated at over EUR 500,000, according to the political news portal Ukrayinska Pravda. Ukrayinska Pravda quotes Deputy Prosecutor General Yevhen Enin who...
Food prices climb to a 15-month high – Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
Global food prices in August rose to a record level in 15 months, as increases in dairy, oils and sugar offset a drop in cereal prices, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported last week. The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 165.6 points in August 2016, up 3 points (1.9%) from July and almost 7% above the...
Prosecutor and two organizers of the illegal extraction of amber were detained in Rivne region
A prosecutor of the town of Sarny and two organizers of the illegal extraction of amber have been detained in the framework of a special operation ”Amber” in Rivne region, Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov wrote on Facebook. ”Today, September 12, the investigators of the Main Military Prosecutor`s Office of the Prosecutor General`s Office...
Energoatom reports its revenue from electricity sales rise to UAH 26 bln in January-August 2016
State-run enterprise Energoatom, which operates all Ukrainian-based nuclear power plants, reported that its revenue from electricity sales in January-August 2016 grew by 4.6% year-over-year (y-o-y) to UAH 25.991 billion, the company reported. Wholesale electricity market payments for electricity supplied by Energoatom amounted to UAH 23.226...
European Parliament against activities with new RF Duma because of the illegal annexation of Crimea
The European Parliament has no plan of carrying out activities with the future State Duma of the Russian Federation which might run counter to its non-recognition policy of the illegal annexation of Crimea, Giacomo Fassina, a spokesman of European Parliament President Martin Schulz, told a UaPosition correspondent in Brussels. ”The position of...
Russia to vote against IMF loan tranche to Ukraine – Russian Finance Minister
Russia will vote against the allocation of the next loan tranche of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to Ukraine, an UaPosition correspondent in Russia reported referring to Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov. ”Today, we will give necessary instructions to our representative at the International Monetary Fund to vote against a decision...
Ukraine can attract $3-5 bln investment in 2017 – Head of the National Investment Council
Head of the National Investment Council Boris Lozhkin believes Ukraine can attract up to $3-5 billion in investment in 2017 should it demonstrate a progress in implementing the reforms. ”I hope that next year the National Investment Council will be able to implement a number of serious institutional initiatives, as well as to attract $3-5...
Europe`s top diplomats to to visit Ukraine on September 14-15 – Klimkin
Not only Germany`s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault are planning to visit Kyiv this week, Ukraine`s FM Pavlo Klimkin said speaking on Inter TV channel, Ukraine Today reports. They will be joined by their British and Danish counterparts – Boris Johnson and Kristian Jensen, Klimkin...
EU Parliament to vote in favor of a visa-free regime for Ukrainians until November – Klimkin
Ukraine`s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin expects that the European Parliament will decide on a visa-free regime with Ukraine in the near future, DW reports with reference to Die Welt. ”I expect that later this month or in October, the European Parliament will vote in favor of a visa-free regime, and we will get a positive decision of the EU until...
Ukraine unemployment is about 10% lower as compared to 2015 – Vice Prime Minister
The number of people registered as unemployed with the State Employment Service has decreased by 10% as compared to the previous year, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Rozenko told Ukrainian 112 Channel. ”The situation we have now is stable. The number of people registered as unemployed with the State Employment Service is about 10% lower as...