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Pokemon Go craze have come to Ukraine
Pokemon Go was released just two weeks ago and immediately became viral. The latest Ukrainian approach to catching virtual creatures called pokemons is using know-hows, Ukraine Today reports.One of the local companies has started to sell a simple drone system that can fly and cover up to 10 kilometers in less than 20 minutes, according to Ukraine...
Murder of journalist: Sheremet, his partner Prytula ”complained of being followed” – Media
A journalist working for the Ukrainska Pravda online newspaper, who was killed in a car blast earlier today, (July 20), and his significant other had complained of being followed, according to Novaya Gazeta, citing the couple`s close friends.The car being used by Pavlo Sheremet belonged to Olena Prytula, his common-law wife and the owner of...
IMF worsens outlook for global economic growth due to Brexit
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has downgraded its 2016 global growth forecast in the aftermath of the EU referendum in the UK – for the fifth time in 15 months, as stated in the IMF July World Economic Outlook Update.”The outcome of the U.K. vote, which surprised global financial markets, implies the materialization of an important...
Lutsenko calls journalist`s death ”murder”
Ukraine`s Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko said an explosive device on Wednesday morning killed Pavlo Sheremet, a journalist working with Ukrainska Pravda and a host on Radio Vesti, in Kyiv.”I received a report from the scene that the death of Pavlo Sheremet is the result of an explosive device [being set off]. This is murder. My condolences to...
Ukraine expects $1bln IMF tranche to replenish NBU reserves – Groysman
Ukraine expects to receive $1 billion in loan tranche from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the country`s key creditor, which will be used to replenish the National Bank of Ukraine`s (NBU) reserves, according to Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman.”The amount [of tranche] for Ukraine will be determined at the Executive Board...
Estonian MEP: Donbas, Crimea must not vanish in shadow of new conflicts
Worldwide attention to the circumstances in eastern Ukraine and Russian-annexed Crimea must not decrease as, unfortunately, nothing has changed, Estonian member of the European Parliament Urmas Paet stressed at a meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Kyiv, The Baltic Times reports.”As new crises emerge, the danger exists that...
Militants deny access for OSCE official to prisons with hostages in Donbas – Ukraine envoy
Russian-controlled militants denied access to the OSCE coordinator at the humanitarian subgroup of the Tripartite Liaison Group on Donbas settlement Tony Fish to the prison where hostages are held in the occupied territory of Luhansk and Donetsk regions, according to Iryna Gerashchenko, Ukraine`s representative to the subgroup.”I want to say...
U.S. State Department reacts to recent deadly militant attacks in Donbas
The U.S. Department of State has expressed concern in relation to the highest number of casualties in the zone of hostilities in eastern Ukraine reported in a single day over the past year, that`s according to the U.S. State Department`s spokesman Mark Toner.”I know that on July 18, there were some series of attacks in eastern Ukraine that...
Wikileaks publishes emails from Turkey`s ruling party in response to Erdogan`s purge
WikiLeaks has said on its website it releases the first part of the emails from Turkey`s ruling AKP party, which is the political force behind the country`s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.The emails come from ”akparti.org.tr”, the AKP`s primary domain, reads a statement on the organization`s website.The most recent was sent on July 6, 2016. The...
Fake riot staged against pretend monitors in occupied Luhansk
A fake riot involving hundreds of local residents was staged in the pro-Russian militant-controlled eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk, according to RFE/RL.The exercise held on city streets on July 19 included a simulation of residents confronting armed international monitors acting as a police force, RFE/RL reported showing a video of an...