Section: News & Summaries

      Yatseniuk, MEPs discuss fight against Russian aggression
      Sep22

      Yatseniuk, MEPs discuss fight against Russian aggression

      Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk and a delegation of the European Conservatives and Reformists group in the European Parliament headed by the chief of the EP security and defense subcommittee, Anna Fotyga, discussed the prospects for overcoming Russian aggression in the military, economic and energy spheres on Monday, the government...

      Ukraine will buy coal from South Africa
      Sep22

      Ukraine will buy coal from South Africa

      The Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry has entered into contracts for the supply of coal from South Africa that will allow Ukraine to receive up to 250,000 tonnes of coal per month from October. Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Housing Volodymyr Hroisman told a briefing after a meeting of the...

      CVU does not rule out bribery at elections to Verkhovna Rada
      Sep22

      CVU does not rule out bribery at elections to Verkhovna Rada

      The Committee of Voters of Ukraine (CVU) believes that during the early parliamentary elections, candidates for deputies will continue to bribe the voters. CVU Deputy Director General Natalia Lynnyk told a press conference on Monday, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. According to her, direct and indirect forms of bribery will be used. “A...

      Ukrainians may buy currency only at UAH 3,000 per day
      Sep22

      Ukrainians may buy currency only at UAH 3,000 per day

      The National Bank of Ukraine limited the sale of the foreign currency to one person by the amount of UAH 3,000 per day. This is said in a resolution of September 22, 2014, No. 591, the NBU page informs on Facebook. “Taking into consideration strengthening of tension on the cash segment of the currency market, the resolution envisages reduction of...

      Truce freezes conflict in Donbas – Der Spiegel
      Sep22

      Truce freezes conflict in Donbas – Der Spiegel

      The European Union has incorrectly allowed itself a very soft stance against Russia during the war in eastern Ukraine and thus allowed Russian President Vladimir Putin to use violence as a political tool again, Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine has reported. The article notes that after six months of warfare it seems as if all parties got what...

      Bankers call dollar rate at 13.5 UAH/USD as reasonable
      Sep22

      Bankers call dollar rate at 13.5 UAH/USD as reasonable

      The National Bank of Ukraine and bankers made public an objective hryvnia rate at the level of 13.5 UAH/USD, despite an agreement at the beginning of September to keep it within 12.4-12.9 UAH/USD. Head of the state-owned Ukrgasbank Serhiy Mamedov told reporters, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “It was said that the rate (of the hryvnia –...

      Kurchenko appoints Olena Bondarenko head of Ukrainian Media Holding
      Sep22

      Kurchenko appoints Olena Bondarenko head of Ukrainian Media Holding

      UKRAINE-KURCHENKO-BONDA UKRAINE-KURCHENKO-BONDARENKO-APPOINTMENT Kurchenko appoints Olena Bondarenko head of Ukrainian Media Holding KYIV, September 22 /UKrinform/. Party of Regions member Olena Bondarenko was appointed head of the Supervision Council of the Ukrainian Media Holding (UMH), owned by Serhiy Kurchenko. The UMH official website...

      West is wrong that Russia does not reach NATO’s borders – expert
      Sep22

      West is wrong that Russia does not reach NATO’s borders – expert

      The Western policy on the conflict between Ukraine and Russia is short-sighted, because it is based on a false hope that the Russian aggression will not get to NATO’s borders. Director of the Center for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Valentyn Badrak told a press conference, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “The West hopes that all...

      Russia does not shell Ukraine over past day – NSDC
      Sep22

      Russia does not shell Ukraine over past day – NSDC

      Over the past day, Russia did not conduct the aerial reconnaissance of Ukraine and did not make attacks from its territory. Spokesman of the NSDC Information- Analytical Center Colonel Andriy Lysenko told a briefing, Ukrinform reports. “Violations of the state border and airspace of Ukraine in the areas, controlled by Ukrainian border...

      About 1,200 people released from terrorist captivity
      Sep22

      About 1,200 people released from terrorist captivity

      The implementation of a peace plan of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has helped release nearly 1,200 people who were captured by terrorists. National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing on Monday, Ukrinform’s correspondent reported. “About 1,200...