Section: News & Summaries
Ukraine`s intl reserves grow 4.1% in April to $13.2 billion – NBU
Ukraine`s international reserves as of May 1, 2016, amounted to $13.241 billion, which is $519.5 million, or 4.1%, more compared to April 1 ($12.722 billion), according to preliminary data, the National Bank of Ukraine reported on its website.In April, the National Bank has returned money for swap operations in the amount of US $ 762.2 million /...
Panama Papers source explains motives of his move
A whistleblower, known only as ”John Doe,” said in a 1,800-word statement that income inequality is ”one of the defining issues of our time,” calling on governments to address it and hinted at even more revelations to come, emphasizing that he does not work for any specific state or special service.In a statement issued to the German newspaper...
Prices of industrial products in Ukraine rise by 3.6% in April
Industrial producer prices in April 2016 grew by 3.6% compared to March 2016, according to Ukraine`s State Statistics Service.As reported on the agency`s website, the prices for industrial products increased by 10.1% in April year-over-year and by 8.2% compared to December 2015.Pricing in the mining and quarrying grew by 13.1% in April against...
Jumping queue may cost freedom: ATO forces detain not-so-smart militant leader
Ukrainian border guards one of the most violent militants from the ”Luhansk People`s Republic” terrorist organization (call sign ”Yakut”) due to an announcement they made at a crossing checkpoint ”just for laughs,” Russian journalist Alexander Nevzorov has told in an interview with Echo Moskvy FM, according to TV Channel 5.In an interview...
Inflation in Ukraine accelerates to 3.5% in April
Inflation in Ukraine in April 2016 to March 2016 sped up to 3.5% compared with the 1% March to February, according to the website of the State Statistics Service.In annual terms, the inflation in April 2016 slowed down to 9.8% yoy from 20.9% recorded the previous month.Since the year-start, in January-April 2106, consumer prices have risen...
Armed Russians captured the Tatar mosque in Crimea with more than 100 muslims
Armed men arrived at the mosque in the settlement of Molodyozhne in Simferopol district and attempted to take away nearly a hundred Muslim locals after a prayer in the mosque, according to a Crimean Tatar lawyer Emil Kurbedinov`s posting on Facebook. ”It was reported that between 30 to 50 armed men raided the mosque, located in Molodyozhnoe in...
Turchynov confident law enforcers to prevent any destabilization May 9
Secretary of Ukraine`s National Security and Defense Council Oleksandr Turchynov says he is confident that the Ukrainian law enforcement agencies will meet the challenge of preventing any attempts to destabilize the situation across the country during the holidays commemorating the victory in World War II.The law enforcers should be prepared for...
U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, FBI donate $500,000 worth of equipment
The U.S. Embassy`s International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) office in Ukraine and the Federal Bureau of Investigation ) donated to the National Anti-corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) a $500,000 equipment, according to the U.S. Embassy`s posting on Facebook.U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt on May 5, 2016, visited NABU...
PM Groysman to Moskal: No ultimatums, let`s do work together
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman says he does not plan to meet the request by Zakarpattia Governor Hennadiy Moskal about his resignation request because of the situation in the Zakarpattia customs office.”I won`t let anyone speak to me in the language of ultimatums. Hennadiy Hennadiyovych [Moskal], despite your request, I`m not going...
IMF forecasts 1.5% economic growth, 15.1% inflation in Ukraine in 2016
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has maintained its economic growth forecast for Ukraine in 2016 at 1.5% and inflation at 15.1%, the Fund said in its Report on Regional Economic Issues covering Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe.GDP growth and inflation rate projections for 2017 have also remained unchanged, being 2.5% and 11%,...