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”Package of consistent support” for Ukraine to be adopted at NATO summit – Bloc`s Rep.
A ”package of consistent support of Ukraine” is to be adopted at the NATO summit in Warsaw, Director of NATO Liaison Office in Ukraine Alexander Vinnikov said at a briefing during the 3rd International Conference ”Management and the reform of the national security and intelligence services: the best international practice” in Kyiv on Tuesday,...
Ukraine sees rise in volume of construction work
The volume of construction work in Ukraine in January-April 2016 increased by 8.5% year-over-year, to UAH 14.6 billion, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine reported.In particular, the volume of construction of buildings rose by 6.9% to UAH 8 billion in the period under review. The volume of residential building construction grew by 2.5%, to...
Scandalous Ukrainian website publishes new list of reporters ”collaborating with Russia”
The Ukrainian Myrotvorets website has published on its website a list of journalists who, the activists claim, are cooperating with the aggressor state.”We`re publishing another list of accredited foreign journalists who are cooperating with the aggressor state, sponsoring international terrorism, which has occupied part of the Ukrainian...
Flight Kharkiv-Istanbul delayed for 5 hrs due to bomb threat
A flight from Kharkiv to Istanbul was delayed for five hours due to a false bomb threat, the Department of Communication of the National Police Office of Ukraine in Kharkiv region told an UaPosition correspondent.The aircraft finally took off at 08:30 Kyiv time, according to the report.At 03:30 on May 24, the airport administration was tipped in...
Former U.S. prosecutor may help reform Ukraine PGO
Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko will appoint Ukrainian-born Bohdan Vitvitsky, a former federal prosecutor and Assistant U.S. Attorney, as the chief of the competition committee to the General Inspectorate of the Prosecutor General`s Office (PGO).Vitvitsky is expected to help cleanse the corrupt General Prosecutor`s office, according to...
Kyiv administration finds a new home for demolished Soviet monuments
The Communist past reminders will be put in a museum at Zhulyany International Airport, Ukraine Today reports.The statues and memorabilia that were removed from Kyiv streets will now be stored at one of the lots at Zhulyany international airport, according to Ukraine Today.Dmytro Bilotserkivets with the Kyiv City Administration says since the...
OSCE mission should be deployed on demarcation line, not on Russia-Ukraine border – Kremlin
Russia argues the upgraded OSCE mission should be deployed on the demarcation line in Donbas but not on the border between Russia and Ukraine, an UaPosition correspondent in Russia reported referring to a statement of Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.”It concerns the demarcation line. It is important to have militant consent… the consent of...
Medvedev`s visit to Crimea: Ukraine MFA voices protest
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (MFA) has voiced protest in connection with the visit of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to Crimea, a sovereign territory of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders, as the trip had not been agreed with the Ukrainian side.”Medvedev`s visit to the territory of the Autonomous Republic...
Mobile teams to be set up in Ukraine to supervise customs officers work
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on Wednesday will consider the issue on establishing inter-agency mobile teams, consisting of customs officers, border guards, tax police and law enforcement officers, to fight against smuggling at the country`s customs houses, said Chief of the State Fiscal Service Roman Nasirov at a briefing in Kyiv.”I expect...
Alexandrov, Yerofeyev not to ask for pardon – lawyer
Russian GRU special forces officers Yevgeny Yerofeev and Alexander Alexandrov earlier convicted in Ukraine over their involvement in hostilities in Donbas, as well as their defense teams, will not apply for a pardon.”Due to the fact that we – both the convicts and the defense team — do not believe the verdict lawful and justified and we...