Section: News & Summaries
Kenya shows interest in Ukrainian turbines and transformers – trade envoy
Ukrainian Deputy Ministry of Economic Development and Trade and Ukraine`s Trade Representative Nataliya Mykolska says Kenya has shown interest in Ukrainian industrial equipment, including turbines, motors, and transformers. ”Kenya interested in Ukrainian exports, namely of turbines, motors, pipes, transformers, PV and hydropower [equipment]....
Rada votes for spending occupied areas` budgets on coal miners` wages
Ukraine`s Verkhovna Rada on Thursday passed a bill in first reading to boost budget support of state-owned coal mines in Ukraine in 2017 by UAH 1 billion ($US38.8 million), to UAH 1.25 billion ($48.5 million). Bill No. 4744 on amendments to the 2017 national budget was supported by 244 lawmakers with the required minimum being 226 votes. ”This...
“Russia wants to make Aleppo a desert` and call it `peace” – head of MI6
Speaking for the first time, inside the London headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service, MI6 head Alex Younger was highly critical of what Moscow is trying to achieve in the Middle East, according to Sky News. ”Russia seeks to make a desert and call it peace,” he said of the country`s bombing of Aleppo, Sky News reported. ”The human...
Lavrov demands direct talks between Kyiv and Donbas
Sergey Lavrov, Russia`s Foreign Minister, believes that Kyiv needs to switch to direct talks with `authorities` of the occupied cities of Luhansk and Donetsk to effectively solve Donbas conflict, Ukraine Today reports citing Europeiska Pravda. Lavrov made the statement during a meeting of 23rd OSCE Ministerial Council, which began on Thursday in...
Russian troops attack Ukraine 20 times in last day, totally 130 artillery and 60 mortar shells were launched at Ukrainian positions
Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 20 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. View map in full size In the Mariupol sector, Russia`s hybrid military force fired 120mm mortars on the villages of Chermalyk and Shyrokyne, and...
Rada strips Member of Parliament, oligarch Novinsky of immunity
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has given consent to criminal prosecution of Opposition Bloc Member of Parliament, oligarch Vadym Novinsky. The decision was supported by 228 MPs. Novinsky himself was present during the voting at the session hall of the Verkhovna Rada. On December 7, Novinsky assured that he was not going to leave the country in...
No IMF tranche for Ukraine by year-end: National Bank of Ukraine expects money in early 2017
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) hopes that the Board of Directors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will hold another meeting at the beginning of next year, resulting in obtaining the next tranche of the loan from the IMF being also possible at the beginning of the year, NBU Governor Valeria Gontareva said at a briefing. ”We will not...
Google launches virtual walk service for 300 Ukrainian cities
Google has launched an update of service, Google Street View. Users of Google Street View now can set off on a virtual journey discovering Ukraine with the help of 360-degree panoramic images of the streets and significant sites, according to Ukraine Today. The service was first launched in April 2012 for five Ukrainian cities. Since that time,...
Schulz hopes EU Council not to delay ”visa liberalization” for Ukraine
European Parliament President Martin Schulz expresses hope that the EP is ready since September to vote for lifting visa requirements for Ukraine and Georgia. The European Parliament President hopes that there will be no more delays on the part of the EU Council in the issue of granting a visa-free regime for Ukraine and Georgia, according to his...
National Bank of Ukraine names main risks to price stability
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) notes the risks to price stability in raising the minimum wage, political tensions and a high probability of a delay of the next tranche of the International Monetary Fund. ”Since the previous decision on monetary policy, the risks for future inflation dynamics have been increased, which force the National Bank...