Section: News & Summaries
Ukraine needs integration into NATO – Kravchuk
Ukraine should seek protection from the outside as it has an aggressive neighbor – Russia. First Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk said this at a press conference at Ukrinform on Monday, an agency reporter said. “I do not exclude the possibility that we have to prepare ourselves – to prepare force, weapons, people and switch...
Ukrainian, Russian military come to airport to negotiate on “silence”
With the aim of the settlement of the crisis situation that formed in the area of the Donetsk airport, measures are taken by the common center for control and coordination of the ceasefire. The ATO press center informed. “Today, in the morning, heads of Ukrainian and Russian sides of the common center went to the designated district. The...
MH17 wreckage ‘to be reassembled’
Wreckage of flight MH17 recovered from its crash site in eastern Ukraine will reportedly be reassembled for an investigation in the Netherlands. ||| Amsterdam – Wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 recovered from its crash site in eastern Ukraine will be reassembled for an investigation at a military base in the Netherlands, Dutch...
Government dismisses Ukrzaliznytsia director general
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has dismissed Borys Ostapiuk as director general of the State Administration of Railway Transport of Ukraine (Ukrzaliznytsia). This is stated in order No. 1154-r of November 26, 2014, which was posted on the government portal. Ostapiuk headed Ukrzaliznytsia from April 1, 2014, replacing Serhiy Bolobolin at the...
National Bank denies resignation of Hontareva
Information about the resignation of governor of the National Bank of Ukraine Valeria Hontareva is untrue. The press service of the regulator told Ukrinform. “That’s not true. Valeria Oleksiyivna did not resign. But is ready to speak in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine with a report on the work done and answer all the questions,”...
Interior Ministry illegally privatizes more than hundred official apartments – Avakov
During the period from 2010 to 2013, 107 Interior Ministry departmental apartments were illegally privatized. Interior Minister Arsen Avakov wrote on his Facebook page. “Lack of control over the use of service apartments in the Interior Ministry resulted in the illegal alienation (privatization) of 107 flats, worth UAH 40 million, the title...
NSDC denies reports of blasts at Donetsk airport terminal
The Ukrainian anti-terrorist operation forces that are defending the Donetsk airport did not blow up the old terminal. NSDC information and analytical center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing in Kyiv on Monday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. “There was no specially planned blasting of the old terminal,” Lysenko...
National Bank extends mandatory sale of 75% of foreign exchange earnings for another three months
The National Bank of Ukraine extended the requirement for compulsory sale by exporters of 75% of foreign exchange earnings for three months and decided to continue holding the daily auctions to find the equilibrium exchange rate. This is a result of the weekly meeting of the regulator leaders with 40 largest banks in Ukraine, the NBU press...
Rada says voting for new government may not take place tomorrow
Predictions regarding the people’s deputies to vote for the new composition of the Cabinet of Ministers in parliament on December 2 divided. So, member of the parliamentary faction of the political party People’s Front Leonid Yemets told Ukrinform that the vote for candidates will take place. “The Coalition Council took a...
Sadovy unwilling to work in Cabinet
Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovy has rejected an offer from the parliamentary factions of the People’s Front and Bloc of Petro Poroshenko parties to occupy the post of first deputy prime minister. Sadovy wrote about this on his Facebook page. “Right after the [parliamentary] elections, the president and I, in the presence of Mr. Yatseniuk,...