Section: News & Summaries
Economic Committee recommends Rada to approve government program
The Economic Policy Committee recommends to the Verkhovna Rada to approve a program of the Cabinet activities. A relevant decision was taken at the Committee meeting on Wednesday, Ukrinform’s correspondent reports. To remind, at the government meeting on Tuesday, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk presented a program of activities of the...
NATO to train sergeants for Ukrainian army
NATO is beginning the work on training sergeants for the Ukrainian army. Substantive negotiations on this issue between representatives of NATO and the Ukrainian Defense Ministry will begin on December 15. The head of the group of advisors from NATO on reforming Ukraine’s military education, retired General Boguslav Pacek, told this to an...
Ukraine exports over 16 mln tonnes of grain since beginning of marketing year
Ukraine has exported 16.358 million tonnes of grain since the beginning of the 2014-2015 marketing year, the press office of the Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry has reported. “Actual volumes of grain exports amounted to 16.358 million tonnes, including 7.625 million tonnes of wheat, 5.172 million tonnes of corn, 3.375 million tonnes...
Stets wants to liquidate State Committee on Television and Radio Broadcasting
Newly appointed Minister for Information Policy Yuriy Stets has said he supports the liquidation of the State Committee on Television and Radio Broadcasting. He said this at a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Freedom of Speech on Wednesday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “As for a constitutional body, which is the State...
Ukraine receives loan of EUR 500 million from EU
Ukraine receives a loan from the European Union to the amount of EUR 500 million with maturity until 2029. Economic Development and Trade Minister Aivaras Abromavichus told a briefing at the House of Government Wednesday, the government portal informs. “A loan was received on very favorable conditions,” the minister assured. “It is 15 years,...
UK calls on NATO help in sub hunt
NATO patrol planes helped Britain scour the waters off its western Scottish coast in a search reminiscent of the Cold War, report said. ||| London – NATO patrol planes helped Britain scour the waters off its western Scottish coast after a submarine’s periscope was spotted, in a search reminiscent of the Cold War, media reported....
EU to ban investment in Crimea
The European Union countries are planning to ban investment in the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea from December 15, EUobserver has reported. “The situation in eastern Ukraine remains a strong concern. The European Council is ready to take further steps if necessary in a reference to Russia sanctions. EU countries plan to...
Date of Minsk meeting not determined yet – NSDC
The parties could not agree on the final date of the next round of peaceful negotiations in Minsk. Spokesman of the NSDC Information-Analytical Center Andriy Lysenko told a briefing, Ukrinform’s correspondent reports. “Negotiations continue on the date and other details of this meeting. There are no final data yet,” Lysenko. To remind,...
Ukraine continues to observe ‘silence regime’ – NSDC
Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) has seen progress in the establishment of peace in Donbas and decided to continue observing a “silence regime.” NSDC spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing in Kyiv on Wednesday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “Since this regime has been supported, and...
National Bank lowers hryvnia rate by 7 kopecks
The National Bank of Ukraine lowered the official hryvnia rate against the dollar by 7 kopecks to 15.64 UAH/USD on Wednesday, December 10, against Tuesday. This is said on the regulator’s website. The official hryvnia rate against the euro made up 19.35 UAH/EUR against 19.09 on Tuesday, it did not change against the Russian ruble –...