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”No civil war”: Stoltenberg reminds Allies who destabilizes Ukraine
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the crisis in Ukraine is not a Civil War, adding that destabilization comes from Russia, an UaPosition correspondent reported from a briefing in Brussels following the NATO-Russia Council meeting.NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that during the meeting, it was reconfirmed that the...
Time for Ukraine to Assume Rightful Place in Global Energy Market
In the course of its reforms, Ukraine has launched one of its most critical markets, the energy market. The state economy is highly energy intensive, based on fossil fuels, and imports-dependent. After having lost 10 percent of its industrial coal and gas-bearing territories, the government needs to make up for its energy shortage. Meanwhile,...
OSCE: Nearly 4,700 ceasefire violations in Ukraine per day
Around 4,700 violations of the ceasefire are registered in Ukraine every day, OSCE special representative in the trilateral contact group on Ukraine Ambassador Martin Sajdik told the reporters on April 20, BelTA reports.”The coordinator of the working group on security expressed concern over a sharp increase in the ceasefire violations. Around...
No decision on visa-free regime to be signed by Ukraine-EU Summit in May – source
A source from high diplomatic circles has told an UaPosition correspondent in Brussels that the proposal of the European Commission on a visa-free regime with Ukraine would be discussed at the next meeting of the visa group, but the final decision would not have been drafted before the EU-Ukraine Summit to be held May 19.”Preparing for the...
European Commission charges Google over Android
The European Commission on Wednesday formally accused Google of abusing its dominant market position with its Android operating system and suspects it made secret payments and exclusive deals to protect its power, the European version of Politico reported.”This complaint is of great importance, particularly in a context in which smartphones and...
Firtash`s Vienna house searched – ambassador
Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash`s house in Vienna has been searched, he has been served with new charges, according to Ukraine`s Ambassador to Austria.”There was search in Firtash`s Vienna-based house. It lasted for three hours. Everything suggests that these are new charges. Now it`s Germany, not the United States,” Ambassador Olexander...
Why I’m Optimistic about Ukraine’s New Government
The past two months have not been favorable for Ukraine’s image in the West. The unnecessary government crisis leading to the ouster of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and his government has meant little progress on reform and lots of attention to politics. The strongest reform ministers—Natalie Jaresko, Aivaras Abromavicius, Oleksiy...
Another 20 prisoners returned to Ukraine from uncontrolled Donbas
Twenty convicted persons have been returned to Ukraine from uncontrolled territory in Donbas, according to the parliament`s envoy for human rights.”A new round of the transfer of 20 convicted persons from uncontrolled territory to Ukraine has taken place on the initiative of the Verkhovna Rada`s ombudsperson for human rights today,” the envoy`s...
Another quake, magnitude 6.2, strikes off Ecuador coast
A 6.2 earthquake shook the coast of Ecuador on Wednesday, just days after a bigger quake battered the area and killed nearly 500 people in a blow to the country`s already fragile economy, according to Reuters.The latest earthquake hit 70 km (44 miles) off the Pacific coast town Esmeraldas at a depth of 10 km, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center...
Groysman on gas prices: Open and understandable
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman says that the newly created Cabinet will tackle the issue of setting prices of gas and will do it in the most transparent way.”We`ll have to take many different unpopular decisions, in particular, the adoption of economically grounded prices of gas. I`m aware that this needs to be done. And we`re now...