Section: News & Summaries

      Poland backs launching Khmelnytskiy NPP – Rzeszow power line
      May26

      Poland backs launching Khmelnytskiy NPP – Rzeszow power line

      Polish company Polenergia International supports the Energy Bridge project, which involves the commissioning of the 750 kV Khmelnitsky NPP – Rzeszow (Poland) overhead transmission line for the resumption of Ukrainian electricity exports, vice president of Polenergia International Grzegorz Stanislawski said during the Energy Congress....

      Moscow, Kyiv discussing release of other detained Ukrainians
      May26

      Moscow, Kyiv discussing release of other detained Ukrainians

      Moscow and Kyiv are holding consultations on extradition of other detained citizens to Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Thursday, according to TASS.”Of course, the Ukrainian side raises questions about concrete names in contacts. The subject is being discussed,” he said, TASS reports.Peskov said that the discussion was...

      NBU cuts key policy rate to 18%
      May26

      NBU cuts key policy rate to 18%

      The Board of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has decided to cut the key policy rate to 18%, effective May 27, 2016.The move was made possible due to a steady disinflation trend, which is consistent with the inflation objectives for 2016 and 2017, according to the official website of the regulator.In April 2016, as expected, twelve-month...

      ”Too much violence”: Obama urges G7 to resolve situation in Ukraine
      May26

      ”Too much violence”: Obama urges G7 to resolve situation in Ukraine

      U.S. President Barack Obama said that the G7 member states should continue to seek ways to resolve the situation in Ukraine, where a high level of violence is still being recorded, according to an UaPosition correspondent reporting on Obama`s visit to Japan where he participates in the G7 Summit.”We began to touch on some of the key security...

      Ukraine expects to see EU `visa decision` before summer break
      May26

      Ukraine expects to see EU `visa decision` before summer break

      Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze says Ukraine has fulfilled all visa-liberalization requirements and will insist on the adoption of a final decision from the European Union on the introduction of a visa-free regime with Ukraine before the summer break. ”We will insist that the...

      Ukraine wants to stop importing gas by 2020 – Energy Ministry
      May26

      Ukraine wants to stop importing gas by 2020 – Energy Ministry

      Ukraine intends to switch completely to the natural gas of own production and to abandon its imports by 2020, Minister of Energy and Coal Industry Ihor Nasalyk said during the Energy Congress.”We are going to escape from this loop. We will put an end to this, we will not import gas in 4.5 years,” the minister said.According to Nasalyk, gas...

      Some 3,044 Ukrainians released from captivity since start of Donbas conflict
      May26

      Some 3,044 Ukrainians released from captivity since start of Donbas conflict

      Some 3,044 Ukrainians have been released from captivity over two years of the armed conflict in Donbas, said Yuriy Tandit, deputy head of the SBU Security Service and chairman of the Joint Coordination Center on the release of the hostages, during the 8th International Conference ”Protection of democratic values and respect for human rights in...

      Klitschko resigns as BPP Solidarnist chairman
      May26

      Klitschko resigns as BPP Solidarnist chairman

      Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko wrote a letter of resignation as chairman of the Poroshenko Party Bloc ”Solidarnist,” the press service of the mayor said.During the meeting of Kyiv City Council, Klitschko said that initially, as soon as the new law on civil service entered into force May 1, he said that he would not break the law and emphasized that...

      Kremlin`s prisoners: Media tell of Ukrainians thrown into Russian dungeons
      May26

      Kremlin`s prisoners: Media tell of Ukrainians thrown into Russian dungeons

      Nine political prisoners from Ukraine still remain in Russia. In addition, 18 Ukrainian citizens have been detained in the occupied territory of Crimea.Charges against Ukrainians are typical – terrorism, extremism and espionage, according to Novoe Vremya.A 39-year-old Ukrainian film director Oleh Sentsov was sentenced to 20 years in a penal...

      Putin: Russia, EU should draw conclusions from events in Ukraine
      May26

      Putin: Russia, EU should draw conclusions from events in Ukraine

      Russian President Vladimir Putin said the ”necessary conclusions” should be drawn from the events in Ukraine and a single zone of economic and humanitarian cooperation must be built in a vast area between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, that`s according to his article published in the Greek newspaper Kathimerini titled ”Russia and Greece:...