Section: News & Summaries
National Guard granted observer status in Association of European and Mediterranean gendarmeries and police forces with military status (FIEP)
Ukrainian National Guard has been granted Observer status in the Association of the European and Mediterranean Gendarmeries and Police Forces with Military Status (FIEP) at a summit in Bucharest. This transitional status is granted for a year. Its goals are to deepen cooperation and fulfil all the necessary requirements to receive full membership...
Putin admits impact of anti-Russian sanctions
Russian President Vladimir Putin has admitted the impact of ”notorious sanctions” introduced against Russia, according to an UaPosition correspondent based in Moscow. ”We often repeat like a mantra these days that the notorious sanctions are having little impact. But they do have an impact. We feel this above all in restrictions on technology...
U.S. military strikes Yemen after missile attacks on U.S. Navy ship
The U.S. military launched cruise missile strikes on Thursday to knock out three coastal radar sites in areas of Yemen controlled by Iran-aligned Houthi forces, retaliating after failed missile attacks this week on a U.S. Navy destroyer, U.S. officials said, according to Reuters. The strikes, authorized by President Barack Obama, represent...
Ukraine`s nuclear giant sees 5% rise in revenue from electricity sales in nine months
State-run national nuclear energy company Energoatom, which operates all nuclear power plants in Ukraine, saw a 5% increase in revenue from electricity sales January through September 2016 from the same period last year, to UAH 29.514 billion, or US$1.14 billion, according to a corporate report. The payments Energoatom received from the wholesale...
Poroshenko, Biden discuss anti-Russian sanctions, Minsk implementation
Ukrainian President Petro Porosheko has had a telephone conversation with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden to discuss the implementation of the Minsk peace agreements on Donbas and sanctions against Russia. ”The parties discussed the elements of the `road map` on the implementation of the Minsk agreements for ending the occupation of Donbas....
Natalie Jaresko Says $25 Billion More Needed to Make Ukraine’s Reforms Irreversible
Fatigue, Vested Interests, and Populism Threaten Ukraine’s “Longest and Most Successful” Reform Process “There’s no country in the world that has been in such dire circumstances and yet turned around the economy in such a short period of time,” said Natalie Jaresko, who served as Ukraine’s Finance Minister from December 2014 to...
Putin: No Donbas settlement until Minsk II political provisions implemented
Russian President Vladimir Putin claims there will be no peace settlement in Donbas until the political provisions of Minsk II agreements have been implemented. ”They always claim that all this [the political provisions of the Minsk II agreements] cannot be done as fighting is still on in the conflict zone in Donbas. But on September 9, the...
Vote Trump or face nuclear war, says Putin ally
“Victory for Trump would be a gift to humanity. But if Hillary Clinton wins it will be the last US president ever,” Russian lawmaker Vladimir Zhirinovsky told Reuters. ||| Moscow – Americans should vote for Donald Trump as president next month or risk being dragged into a nuclear war, according to a Russian ultra-nationalist ally of...
Bloomberg: Ayrault says France may meet Russia, Ukraine, Germany this month
Leaders of France, Germany and Russia could still meet with President Petro Poroshenko in Berlin on October 19 to discuss the Ukraine situation, though the French government also wants Russia to make progress on other issues such as Syria, French officials said, according to Bloomberg. The meeting is ”possible but not confirmed,” Jean-Marc...
Poroshenko signs law facilitating European Investment Banks agri-food loan for Ukraine
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a bill into law to ratify a financial agreement between Ukraine and the European Investment Bank (EIB) on a Ukraine agri-food apex loan worth EUR 400,000, the presidential press service told UNIAN. The agreement, which was signed in Kyiv on December 28, 2015, was ratified by the Verkhovna Rada,...