Section: News & Summaries
National Bank of Ukraine: Number of operating banks in Ukraine decreases to 98 in Nov
The number of banks operating in Ukraine, that are licensed to conduct banking activities, was 98 as of December 1, which was two financial institutions less than as of November 1. According to the data provided to UNIAN by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), the number of operating banks with foreign capital has not changed in Ukraine in...
EP to vote for visa suspension mechanism Dec 15
The European Parliament will vote for the suspension mechanism of the visa-free regime on Thursday, December 15, according to RFE/RL correspondent in Brussels Rikard Jozwiak. ”So we will have the debate on the suspension mechanism in the EP plenary on Wed and the vote on Thu (15 Dec),” Jozwiak wrote on Twitter on December 9. As UaPosition...
Russian militants attack Ukraine 15 times in last day, fire mortars on Pisky
Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 15 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. ”In the Donetsk sector, Russia`s hybrid military force fired 120mm mortars on our positions near the village of Pisky, as well as rocket-propelled...
Yanukovych status in Russia clarified
The Prosecutor General`s Office of Ukraine has received from former president Viktor Yanukovych`s lawyer Vitaliy Serdiuk a notice regarding his client`s status in the Russian Federation, according to RBC-Ukraine. The document notes that Yanukovych received a temporary asylum certificate in Russia, issued November 26, 2015 by the migration service...
Ukrainians in Nov sell $21 mln more currency than they purchase
Net sales of foreign currency by the Ukrainians in November amounted to $21.3 million, which is five times lower than the net sales in the previous month, according to the National Bank of Ukraine. In November, the banks sold $116.4 million of cash currency to the population, buying $137.7 million in the same period, as reported on the NBU...
EU explains pressure on Ukraine to lifting of moratorium on round timber export and denies manipulation of visa liberalization
The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko during the summit Ukraine-EU in Brussels promised to cansel the moratorium on the export of unprocessed timber. It is a condition for the EU to grant 600 million euros and promise of visa liberalization in a short time. A lot of Ukrainians outrage of the EU position and call it “visa...
Russian doping cover-up ”helped 1,000 athletes”
The Russian sports ministry, aided by the country`s security service, allegedly orchestrated a massive ”institutional conspiracy”, according to an investigation for the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), SkyNews reports. According to SkyNews, the investigation`s findings allege ”an institutional conspiracy across winter and summer sports athletes...
Gazprom signs contract to build Turkish Stream`s offshore section
Russian gas monopoly Gazprom has signed a contract to build the first line of the offshore section of the Turkish Stream pipeline bypassing Ukraine in the Black Sea, the information department of Gazprom told UNIAN. ”Today in Amsterdam, the company South Stream Transport B.V. signed a contract with Allseas Group S.A. for the construction of the...
Hungary closes main camp for illegal migrants ahead of schedule
Hungarian authorities have closed a camp for illegal migrants 30 km west of Budapest in the town of Bicske, according to the BBC. About 60 refugees who remained in the camp were given one hour to leave premises, the BBC reported. Some migrants were sent to a camp on the border with Austria, while another part was sent to a shelter for the...
IMF undecided on date of Board meeting of Ukraine – spokesman
The Board of Directors of Ukraine`s key creditor, the IMF, has not yet determined the date of its meeting on Ukraine. The Fund does not rule out that the discussion of the reform program and, as a consequence, a decision on the allocation of the fourth tranche in the amount of $1.3 billion, can be held in early 2017. ”There was a mission in...