Section: Main news
Germany steps up its flirting with Russia: EurActiv
No other country sends as many politicians or businessmen to Russia as Germany; not all of the visits are made public knowledge either, EurActiv reported citing its partner, Der Tagesspiegel.Officially, Berlin-Moscow relations remain strained. But the Bundesrepublik has in fact sent more of its politicians and businessmen to Russia than any other...
Russian militants attack Ukraine forces 15 times in last day, hot spot near Mariupol
The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 15 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO). In Luhansk region, the enemy opened fire from rocket-propelled grenades on the Ukrainian positions near the town of Popasna, reads the report. View map in...
Naftogaz Supervisory Board now headed by 1st Deputy Economy Minister
The Supervisory Board of Ukraine`s largest state energy holding NSJC Naftogaz of Ukraine is now headed by First Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade Yuliya Kovaliv, the press service of the energy holding said.”Yuliya Kovaliv has been elected Chairman of the Supervisory Board,” the report says.According to the press service, Paul...
Talks in Berlin: Lavrov again demands ”special status” for Donbas
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says that during the Normandy Four meeting in Berlin, the issue of holding the local elections in the occupied territories of Donbas was tied to the need for adoption of a ”law on the special status of Donbas” and the so-called ”amnesty” for militants.According to Lavrov, no progress was reached on these...
Ukraine Rep. to UN accuses Russia of terrorism, promotion of ”Russian world”
Speaking at a meeting of the UN Security Council on fighting terrorism, the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, Volodymyr Yelchenko, accused Russia of financing terrorism in order to spread the ideology of the ”Russian world.”He said that the warmongering extremist ideologies pose a serious threat to international peace and...
Cameron announces UK property rule changes: BBC
Foreign firms that own property in the UK will have to declare their assets publicly in a bid to stamp out money-laundering, the British government says, according to BBC News.Companies will have to be on a new register if they hold property or want to compete for government contracts, according to the government`s move, as Prime Minister David...
Reuters: Chakrabarti wins second term as head of EBRD development bank
Britain`s Suma Chakrabarti won a second four-year term as head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on Wednesday, easily defeating a challenge from Poland`s central bank governor and former prime minister Marek Belka, according to Reuters.Chakrabarti, who won some 90% of shareholders` votes at the annual EBRD meeting in...
Ukrainians queue up for energy efficiency loans
In just a week`s period, from 4 to 10 May, the Ukrainians took a total of UAH 83.9 million in loans for energy saving measures, according to the chief of the national energy efficiency agency, Serhiy Savchuk.”Despite the holiday period, over a week`s period, from May 4 to May 10, [the Ukrainians] took 5,222 loans worth UAH 83.9 million,” said...
IMF estimates global volume of bribes
A recent estimate put the annual cost of bribery at around $1.5 to $2 trillion (roughly 2% of global GDP), according go an IMF report titled ”Fighting Corruption Critical for Growth and Macroeconomic Stability.””Public corruption, defined as an abuse of public office for private gain, afflicts economies at all stages of development. Governments...
SBU on DPR`s media accreditation leak: No sanctions against honest journalists
Yuriy Tandyt, an adviser to the chief of Ukraine`s SBU Security Service, says that representatives of the media who were accredited by the self-proclaimed Donetsk People`s Republic (DPR) and whose personal data was published will not be sanctioned if these are ”honest journalists who tell the truth,” according to Russian TV Channel Dozhd.”That...