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A New Attempt to Resolve the Ukraine Conflict
The diplomatic efforts of the West to find a political solution to the Ukraine conflict have reached an impasse. Implementation of the terms of the Minsk agreement—far-reaching autonomous rights for the Donbas in return for a withdrawal of Russian arms and troops, the holding of regional elections under international supervision, and Ukrainian...
Cabinet raises gas price for population
The Cabinet of Ministers, as planned, has set a single gas price for the population at the level of UAH 6,879 per 1,000 cubic meters.Presenting the decision, First Deputy Prime Minister Stepan Kubiv and Minister of Energy and Coal Industry Ihor Nasalyk said that the establishment of such a price would put an end to speculation on the gas...
Poroshenko, Tusk, Juncker to meet in June despite postponed summit – EU official
European Council President Donald Tusk, President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will meet in June ahead of the European Union summit, the official EU representative has told an UaPosition correspondent in Brussels.”The summit has been postponed, but the leaders will meet in June ahead of...
U.S. puts no date on elections in Donbas, but insists on Minsk II – Nuland
U.S. Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland has refuted claims that the United States put a date on when elections in Donbas need to happen, saying that reports made by some MPs are incorrect, according to an UaPosition correspondent. ”Your report of our session with the Rada yesterday is completely inaccurate. We...
Kobolev on talks with Gazprom: we will focus on gas transit, not on purchase
NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine expects to negotiate with the Russian gas monopoly Gazprom, but, most likely, the talks will concern the conditions of gas transit through Ukraine, not its purchase for Ukrainian consumers, Naftogaz CEO Andriy Kobolev told journalists.”Our position is that we are waiting for negotiations with Gazprom, and we hope that...
SFS opens another case against Shuster for grand tax evasion
The State Fiscal Service (SFS) of Ukraine has launched a probe against a citizen of Canada, TV host Savik Shuster and managers of Savik Shuster Studio into tax evasion, the press service of the SFS reports.Shuster has been living in Ukraine since 2005. In 2008, he received an interest bearing loan in the amount of EUR 1.34 million on his foreign...
Turkish MFA on Mejlis ban: Crimean Tatars again tried to be intimidated, terrified
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey has called the ban of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people by Russian occupation authorities an attempt to intimidate the Crimean Tatars, according to Anadolu Agency.Turkey`s Foreign Ministry issued a statement condemning the decision of the Russian court to ban the activity of the...
EU to postpone May 19 Ukraine-EU summit — source
UNIAN`s diplomatic source says the move is connected with the uncertainty over the possible consequences of the referendum in the Netherlands on the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement and the forthcoming referendum in the UK.”Yes, the summit is really postponed, but it is not related to the reforms. The thing is that, because of the referenda, it...
Russian propaganda messing with children`s minds ahead of Victory Day May 9
A Russian public service announcement started spinning on YouTube ahead of the anniversary of the victory over Nazism, showing a little boy`s ”ghost” sporting a WWII Soviet uniform calling on the modern children to not be afraid to die for Russia.In the clip, a group of modern children confronts a boy in the uniform of a Red Army soldier. The boy...
Firtash case: Austria probes alleged bribes to officials
In the case of a Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash, Austrian law enforcers are active due to new allegations. A manager of a German consulting company, Christina W., who had allegedly been working for Firtash, was arrested on suspicion of having bribed Austrian officials, according to the Austrian-based Der Standard citing the local APA news...