Section: Main news
Ukrainians to pay higher hot water bills from July
Ukrainian households will start getting higher hot water bills from July 1, according to the National Regulatory Commission for Energy and Utilities.The increase in hot water rates is related to a change in gas tariffs starting from May 1 with the single gas price being set for all types of households at UAH 6,879 ($273) per 1,000 cubic meters,...
Hryvnia trades at UAH 25.25 to dollar on interbank market
Hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank currency market on Tuesday set at UAH 25.15/25.25 to the dollar by the middle of trade, a broker at a commercial bank has told an UaPosition correspondent.Hryvnia quotes against the euro have settled at UAH 28.6300/28.6850, while those against the Russian ruble have settled at UAH...
TASS: Kremlin labels Panama Papers report as ”stolen documents”
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Tuesday referred to the Panama Papers report as ”stolen documents,” according to Russian news agency TASS.”The Panama Papers are stolen documents. Perhaps, we need to call things by their proper names,” he told journalists, TASS wrote.The official de-offshorization policy of Russia`s officials is not tied with...
Belarus proves Ukraine president`s envoy for Donbas isn`t refused entry
First Deputy Chairwoman of Ukraine`s Verkhovna Rada and presidential envoy for the Donbas settlement Iryna Gerashchenko informs that the Permanent Mission of Belarus to the United Nations has sent a letter to the UN Secretary General and all delegations that reports on a ban on her entry into that country are untrue.”This means one of the two...
IMF experts arrive in Kyiv, will work until May 18
A mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Ron van Rooden has arrived in Kyiv and will work until May 18, the Ukrainian Finance Ministry`s press service reported.”The mission has arrived and started its work,” the press service said.IMF experts are expected to meet with Ukrainian officials, they will focus on discussions and...
Maverick Rodrigo Duterte wins Philippine presidency – media
Maverick anti-crime candidate Rodrigo ”Digong” Duterte has won the Philippine presidential elections, following the withdrawal of his opponents, the BBC reports.Although the official result has not yet been declared, main rival Mar Roxas admitted defeat after polls gave Mr. Duterte an unassailable lead, according to the BBC.Mr. Duterte said he...
European Council to consider Ukraine`s visa-free issue on May 11
The Visa Working Party of the European Council on Wednesday will consider the European Commission`s visa liberalization proposal for Ukraine to be followed by discussions at ministerial level on May 20, according to an UaPosition correspondent from Brussels.”Indeed, there will be a meeting of the Visa Working Party tomorrow. This is a preparatory...
PM Groysman orders to create new unit to supervise customs officers
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman says a new unit will be set up to supervise customs officers, according to an UaPosition correspondent.”An interdepartmental unit will be created in the near future to supervise customs officers. It will consist of a hundred people who will be equipped with all necessary devices to demonstrate how to...
Pentagon: IS leader in Iraq`s Anbar killed
A key leader of so-called Islamic State (IS) in Iraq`s Anbar province has been killed in a U.S.-led coalition air strike, the Pentagon says, according to the BBC.Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said Abu Waheeb and three others died when their vehicle was hit on May 6 near Rutba, the BBC wrote.”It is dangerous to be an Isil leader in Iraq and Syria...
Militants attempt to attach St. George ribbons to OSCE SMM`s vehicle
The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) reports that Donbas militants have attempted to attach orange and black ribbons, known as St. George ribbons, to the SMM`s vehicle.”In the early evening, an unmarked vehicle with four men and one woman wearing military-type uniforms passed an SMM patrol of two vehicles in Donetsk city. The civilian car...