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      FT: Oil price hits highest level since November
      Apr27

      FT: Oil price hits highest level since November

      Oil prices hit their highest in almost six months as traders bet the worst of the rout is over, with the global surplus expected to shrink in the second half of 2016, according to The Financial Times (FT).International benchmark Brent crude rose above $47 a barrel, while U.S. marker West Texas Intermediate topped $45 a barrel — the highest since...

      Savchenko reportedly gets documents for extradition to Ukraine – lawyer
      Apr27

      Savchenko reportedly gets documents for extradition to Ukraine – lawyer

      Ukrainian pilot, MP Nadia Savchenko`s lawyer Ilya Novikov claims his client has reportedly received documents for extradition to Ukraine and forecasts that she may return home in the second half of May.”Vera Savchenko has visited her sister. Nadia feels better. She has reportedly been given documents to be filled in as preparations for...

      Yanukovych, Azarov granted Russian citizenship – Transparency International
      Apr27

      Yanukovych, Azarov granted Russian citizenship – Transparency International

      Transparency International`s Unmask the Corrupt investigation campaign reveals that former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov have been granted Russian citizenship and are now under state protection, according to Espreso.tv.Many facts indicate that Yanukovych and Azarov have been granted...

      Shootout in Kyiv`s Obolon district: Police detain attacker
      Apr27

      Shootout in Kyiv`s Obolon district: Police detain attacker

      The Ukrainian National Police`s Kyiv Office reports police have detained the man who wounded two police officers in the city`s Obolon district on Tuesday, according to an UaPosition correspondent.At about 19:00 local time on Tuesday, the police saw two men acting suspiciously in Obolon district. When the police approached to check their...

      Ukraine Govt predicts price of gas imports at $185
      Apr27

      Ukraine Govt predicts price of gas imports at $185

      The Cabinet of Ministers expects the price of gas imported to Ukraine at $185.11 per 1,000 cubic meters in May-December 2016, First Deputy Prime Minister Stepan Kubiv said at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.”Target price of imported gas from May to December 2016 amounts to $185.11 per 1,000 cubic meters,” he said.According to Kubiv, a single...

      Russia innovator of modern state propaganda: Freedom House
      Apr27

      Russia innovator of modern state propaganda: Freedom House

      In 2015 Russia came out as ”an innovator of modern state propaganda” as global press freedom declined to its lowest level in 12 years, the U.S.-based human rights watchdog concluded in its annual report, released on April 27, according to Ukraine Today.Freedom House, which campaigns for the expansion of freedom and democracy around the world,...

      Cabinet appoints acting Health Minister
      Apr27

      Cabinet appoints acting Health Minister

      The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers has appointed Viktor Shafransky acting Minister of Health, according to Vice Prime Minister Pavlo Rozenko`s Facebook posting.”More important news. Today, the Government appointed Viktor Shafransky Acting Minister of Health. We are waiting for the Verkhovna Rada to appoint the minister,” wrote Rozenko.Viktor...

      Belarus imposes temporary entry ban against Ukrainian President`s envoy for Donbas settlement
      Apr27

      Belarus imposes temporary entry ban against Ukrainian President`s envoy for Donbas settlement

      The Belarusian side has banned from entering its territory the first deputy chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Iryna Gerashchenko, according to deputy chief of the Ukrainian Presidential Administration, Kostyantyn Yeliseyev, an UaPosition correspondent reported.According to him, the Belarusian side, as well as Russia, has banned...

      Cabinet struggles to control use of subsidies by heat generating companies
      Apr27

      Cabinet struggles to control use of subsidies by heat generating companies

      In 2015, Ukraine spent UAH 153 billion on the so-called energy subsidies, of which only UAH 25 billion were aimed at subsidizing the population, according to the Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Housing and Communal Services, Hennadiy Zubko after a government meeting Wednesday.”We have spent UAH 153 billion on energy subsidies,...

      Heating tariffs rise following gas price
      Apr27

      Heating tariffs rise following gas price

      After the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has adopted the decision to raise gas prices for households to market levels from May 1, the price of thermal energy for the population will be increased by 60%, according to Ukraine`s Energy Ministry.The heating tariffs will inrease from UAH 652/Gcal to UAH 1,041/Gcal, according to the Ministry of...