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      EU to extend sanctions for six months over violation of Ukraine`s sovereignty
      Sep07

      EU to extend sanctions for six months over violation of Ukraine`s sovereignty

      The European Union`s Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPER) has decided to extend for another six months, the sanctions imposed on 146 individuals and 37 companies in response to the violation of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine, according to a UaPosition correspondent in Brussels. ”COREPER has confirmed the...

      Donbas, annexed Crimea become unfeasible for Russia – expert
      Sep07

      Donbas, annexed Crimea become unfeasible for Russia – expert

      While Russian President Vladimir Putin hopes for the lifting of Western sanctions from his country, Moscow has limited its ”corridor of opportunities”, Russian political scientist Dmitry Oreshkin said, according to Krym.Realii. The expert stressed that more and more, the Russian leadership limits its possibilities of having sanctions eased with...

      EU launches project aimed at business support in Ukraine
      Sep07

      EU launches project aimed at business support in Ukraine

      The Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine, with the support of the Economic Development and Trade Ministry of Ukraine, has launched the FORBIZ project, which is aimed at supporting small and medium-sized businesses in Ukraine and improving the country`s business climate. ”This project has several components comprising both strategic goals,...

      The German-Russian Relationship: It’s Complicated
      Sep07

      The German-Russian Relationship: It’s Complicated

      There’s a growing perception in Germany that the Minsk ceasefire agreements may never be implemented and the conflict in Ukraine will continue to grind on. To examine the origins and nature of the conflict as well as its possible solution and the role Bavaria may play in these affairs, the German-Ukrainian NGO Kyiv Dialogue held a public...

      Putin plans no meetings with Poroshenko – Kremlin
      Sep07

      Putin plans no meetings with Poroshenko – Kremlin

      Russian President Vladimir Putin`s plans do not include so far meetings with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday, according to Russian news agency TASS. ”I don`t know that any bilateral contacts are planned,” he said, TASS wrote. Speaking about the possibility of the...

      Ukraine suspends issue of cargo transport permits for Turkey
      Sep07

      Ukraine suspends issue of cargo transport permits for Turkey

      The Ukrainian Infrastructure Ministry has imposed restrictions on the issue of bilateral permits for cargo transportation by Turkish and Ukrainian carriers until September 30, 2016, the ministry`s press service reported. This decision was taken on August 26 by the commission on execution, issue, registration and analysis of effectiveness of the...

      Ukraine Financial Monitoring Service seizes UAH 429 mln on suspicion of financing terrorism
      Sep07

      Ukraine Financial Monitoring Service seizes UAH 429 mln on suspicion of financing terrorism

      The State Financial Monitoring Service of Ukraine has handed over to the Security Service and the Prosecutor General`s Office 20 case files on financial transactions that are believed to be related to financing terrorism (separatism), amounting to UAH 300 million, in the first eight months of 2016. Funds totalling US$9.7 million, RUB 1 million...

      Council of Europe starts work on Smolensk plane crash report
      Sep07

      Council of Europe starts work on Smolensk plane crash report

      The Council of Europe`s Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights has started work on a report on the 2010 plane crash in Smolensk which killed 96, including Polish President Lech Kaczynski, according to Radio Poland. Dutch MP Pieter Omtzigt was appointed author of the report on Tuesday, Radio Poland reported. Omtzigt was earlier part of a team...

      No diplomacy with self-proclaimed Donbas republics – Czech PM
      Sep07

      No diplomacy with self-proclaimed Donbas republics – Czech PM

      Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Bohuslav Sobotka has stated that there will be no diplomatic missions of the self-proclaimed Donbas republics in the Czech Republic, according to the Ukrainian government`s media liaison office. Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman informed his Czech counterpart, at a meeting on the sidelines of the...

      Hryvnia strengthens to UAH 26.72 to dollar on interbank market
      Sep07

      Hryvnia strengthens to UAH 26.72 to dollar on interbank market

      Hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank currency market on Wednesday strengthened to UAH 26.68/26.72 to the dollar by the middle of trade, a broker at a commercial bank has told an UaPosition correspondent. Hryvnia quotes against the euro have settled at UAH 30.0160/30.0950, while those against the Russian ruble have settled at UAH...