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Slovakia helps Ukraine get rid of gas dependence on Russia – expert
Due to gas supplies via the reverse flow, Slovakia has helped Ukraine get rid of gas dependence on Russia, that`s according to Maryna Vorotnyuk, lecturer of the Comenius University in Bratislava, who commented on Slovakia`s presidency in the EU Council for the next six months,Ukraine Today reported citing the Ukrainian media.”In fact, through...
Poroshenko: Ukraine, Canada begin consultations on visa liberalization for Ukrainians
President Petro Poroshenko informed that the issue of visa liberalization for Ukrainians had been discussed during today`s Ukraine-Canada negotiations in Kyiv, according to the president`s press service.”We have agreed to start immediate consultations on the visa regime liberalization. I am grateful to the Canadian side for the beginning of this...
Quasi-Russian protectorate in Donbas to never be integrated into Ukraine – Klimkin
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin stressed that the Minsk agreements were ”not in a dead end,” an UaPosition correspondent reported from the minister`s Kyiv briefing.”Firstly, it`s not the Minsk agreements which are in a dead end. We have a problem with Russia`s reluctance to fulfill any agreements on security issues,” said Klimkin.”Russia...
Euromaidan Leaders Launch New Party in Ukraine. Can It Succeed?
As Europe lurches in the direction of populism, xenophobic anti-immigrant attitudes, and anti-EU posturing, Ukraine appears to be tilting the other way. Located largely outside European discourse for the last twenty-five years, Ukraine is now odd man out, with pro-EU sentiments running high, xenophobic attitudes largely absent, and not one but...
Rada drafting response to Polish Senate`s call to label Volyn tragedy ”genocide”
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is working on a resolution in response to a decision passed by the Polish Senate calling for making July 11 a National Day of Remembrance for the victims of genocide committed by the Ukrainian nationalists against the citizens of the Second Polish Republic, deputy chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign...
Germany interested in completion of Podolsky bridge in Kyiv – City Administration
The German Government considers investing in completion of the Podilsko-Voskresinsky bridge crossing, the construction of which begun in 1993, head of transport infrastructure department of the Kyiv State City Administration Serhiy Maisel wrote on Facebook July 11, citing State Secretary of the Ministry of transport and Digital Infrastructure of...
EU to provide financial aid for public service reform before year-end – Hahn
The European Union before the end of 2016 is ready to provide financial assistance in support of public service reform in Ukraine, Johannes Hahn, the Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, said during a meeting with Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman, the Ukrainian Government`s press service...
No Longer a Secret: Ukraine is Europe’s New Frontier Market
American and European Investors Quietly Descend on Kyiv Chestnut trees shade the streets, restaurants colonize sidewalks with what are deemed “summer verandas,” and hemlines have risen with the temperatures.Yes, it is summer again in Kyiv.But this summer, this garden city is seeing a new, discreetly invasive species: American and European...
Foreign Ministry elaborates on Donbas security road map announced by Poroshenko
Ukraine`s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said that the logic of the ”road map” for the implementation of the Minsk agreements lies in the need to clearly define the sequence of steps on security issues, an UaPosition correspondent reported from Klimkin`s joint briefing in Kyiv with European Commissioner on European Neighborhood Policy and...
Brexit aftermath: Cameron to resign Wednesday
UK Prime Minister David Cameron will resign on Wednesday, July 13, handing the keys to No 10 to Theresa May, The Guardian reported.Cameron supported Theresa May in a Monday statement saying ”she`s more than able to provide the leadership the country is going to need in the years ahead and she will have my full support,” according to The...