Section: News & Summaries

      Export of Ukrainian goods and services to EU down by 25% in 2015
      Mar30

      Export of Ukrainian goods and services to EU down by 25% in 2015

      Export of Ukrainian goods and services to the EU shrank by 25% in 2015, to $15.3 billion, according to a posting published by the Ukrainian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade on Twitter.At this, export of services declined by 28.4%, while export of goods was down by 23.4%.Export of services accounted for 14.8% of total export volumes to...

      ”Shooter judge” tried to cut veins before being detained
      Mar30

      ”Shooter judge” tried to cut veins before being detained

      Oleksiy Buran, the Odesa judge, who fled the crime scene yesterday when confronted by National Anti-Corruption Bureau officers upon receiving a bribe after shooting at them, tried to cut his veins before today`s detention, Ukrainian TSN news service reported.Currently, the circumstances of the incident are being verified, as well as the health...

      Finance Ministry`s forecast for 2017: UAH 27.2 to dollar, 3% GDP growth, 8% inflation
      Mar30

      Finance Ministry`s forecast for 2017: UAH 27.2 to dollar, 3% GDP growth, 8% inflation

      The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine has submitted to the Cabinet of Ministers the main principles of the budget policy for 2017, based on forecasts that economic growth in 2017 will amount to 3%, the inflation will fall to 8.1%, the hryvnia exchange rate will settle at the level of UAH 27.2 to the dollar and a budget deficit will amount 3% of GDP,...

      Lukashenko: It is impossible to balance situation in Ukraine without U.S.
      Mar30

      Lukashenko: It is impossible to balance situation in Ukraine without U.S.

      It is impossible to balance the situation in Ukraine without the United States, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said at a meeting with U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Dr. Michael Carpenter on Wednesday, BelTA has reported.Lukashenko said that sooner or later the threats emerging in Eastern Europe can have a strong impact on the...

      Oschadbank seeks to recover $100 mln from Firtash`s company
      Mar30

      Oschadbank seeks to recover $100 mln from Firtash`s company

      PJSC State Savings Bank of Ukraine Oschadbank intends to file suit to recover over $100 million in debt from the country`s largest producer of mineral fertilizers Stirol, which is part of Ostchem Holding owned by Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash, according to a document published in the Unified State Register of Court Decisions.According to...

      Russian COMINT warship spotted off Mariupol coast
      Mar30

      Russian COMINT warship spotted off Mariupol coast

      Russian warship with communication intelligence equipment was spotted off the coast of Ukraine-controlled strategic port city of Mariupol, press officer of the M ”Mariupol” sector Oleksandr Kindsfater said, with reference to 0629 local news website.”A Russian military ship approached Mariupol,” the website wrote and published a snapshot of the...

      Russia skips nuclear security summit over lack of cooperation with partners – Peskov
      Mar30

      Russia skips nuclear security summit over lack of cooperation with partners – Peskov

      Russia has refused to take part in this week`s nuclear security summit in Washington over the lack of cooperation with partners on this issue, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday, according to Russian news agency TASS.”The nuclear security issue is rather topical. At the same time, Moscow considers that working on issues linked to...

      Council of Europe concerned events in PGO may compromise reform process
      Mar30

      Council of Europe concerned events in PGO may compromise reform process

      The Council of Europe has said that the recent events in the Prosecutor General`s Office of Ukraine may compromise the reform process or allow to speed it up, and calls on to appoint the new leadership that will be consigned to the reforms and the fight against corruption, Director of Human Rights in the Council of Europe`s Directorate General...

      Defense Ministry to recertify staff
      Mar30

      Defense Ministry to recertify staff

      Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak has announced recertification of the ministry`s officials.”I`ve made a decision to optimize the personnel structure of the Defense Ministry and revise functional responsibilities of the ministry`s officials. I have to admit that it is impossible to operate efficiently in such an overstaffed system. The...

      Fiscal Service raids Kyiv forex booths following reports on police cover-up
      Mar30

      Fiscal Service raids Kyiv forex booths following reports on police cover-up

      The State Fiscal Service of Ukraine on March 29, conducted searches in Kyiv`s illegal exchange booths, seizing more than UAH 10 million in cash, the press service of the agency said.”According to the results of searches in illegal currency exchange offices in the city of Kyiv conducted on March 29, the officers of the Main Investigation...