Section: News & Summaries
Why Ukraine’s New Ultranationalist Party Will Not Last
On October 14, the Azov Battalion—Ukraine’s controversial ultranationalist paramilitary group that has been fighting in the Donbas as part of the National Guard—entered the political fray. Registered as a political party under the name National Corps, the new party proposes an ambitious military and nationalist agenda, including a...
Ukraine in talks with EU on free mobile roaming services
Ukraine will join the European Union`s common digital space, which means the abolition of charges for mobile roaming, according to ZN.ua. The prospects for the use of a common EU-Ukraine-Eastern Partnership digital space were discussed at the ministerial meeting of the EU`s ”Digital Community” initiative with the participation of the EU...
Spacecraft with new International Space Station crew, relics of Orthodox saint launched from Baikonur spaceport
The Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft with the next crew of the International Space Station (ISS) was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, a representative of the Roscosmos state space corporation told TASS. ”The Soyuz-FG carrier rocket with the Soyuz MS-02 manned transportation spacecraft has been launched,” he said, TASS reported. The...
Russian militants were shelling Ukrainian positions for 11 hours non-stop, launched over 500 missiles
The situation in Mariupol sector remains difficult. Militants from so-called “9th regiment” continue large-scale attacks at Ukrainian positions along Talakivka – Shyrokyne frontline area using heavy armor, informed the spokesman of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Colonel Andriy Lysenko. View map in full size Massive militants’ mortar and...
Agrarian Ministry praises work of EU Export Promotion Center
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine praises the work of the Center for promotion of export to the European Union, which was established at the Agrarian Ministry in mid-May 2016, according to Head of International Cooperation Department of the Agrarian Ministry Oleksandr Romanovsky. ”The work of the Center is quite successful. It...
NBU approves sanctions procedure against banks violating financial restructuring legislation
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) approved a procedure for imposing sanctions against banks for violations of the law on financial restructuring, according to regulator`s resolution No. 392 dated October 13, 2016. An application to impose sanctions on banks may be filed by debtors or by the supervisory board, the secretariat or the arbitration...
Poroshenko to hold meeting with Hollande, Merkel before Normandy Four talks
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will hold a separate meeting with French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel before the talks of the Normandy Four leaders in Berlin on Wednesday, Presidential Administration of Ukraine reported on Twitter. ”A separate meeting between Poroshenko, the French President and the German...
Ukraine set to boost its nuclear and hydropower generation – PM
Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman has stated that Ukraine plans to boost generating capacities of its nuclear and hydroelectric power plants. ”I would like to emphasize that we will increase nuclear energy and hydropower generation capacities. This task belongs to the scope of our national security,” the prime minister said at a...
Ukraine’s Invisible Refugees
Lebanon, Turkey, and Jordan are not the world’s only major “refugee” hosting nations.Ukraine too hosts enormous numbers of people who have had to leave their homes because of war. Millions fled their homes in 2014 after Russian operatives and tanks invaded Ukraine’s eastern regions and annexed Crimea.But they are not labeled...
OSCE records over 450 explosions in Donetsk region
The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine has said it recorded over 450 explosions in Donetsk region. ”The SMM observed more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region, including over 450 explosions compared with 236 the day before. More than 350 explosions were recorded in areas to the north-east of Mariupol,” the OSCE SMM said in a daily...