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Six former regime suicides ‘not linked’
Ukraine’s interior minister says he sees no links between a series of recent alleged suicides of officials who served under deposed President Viktor Yanukovych. ||| Kiev, Ukraine – Ukraine’s interior minister says he sees no links between a series of recent alleged suicides of officials who served during the regime of deposed...
Electronic visas to be introduced in Ukraine
On Thursday, March 12, 2015, the head of Ukrainian Foreign Ministry made a government report on the first 100 days in office. Electronic visas will be introduced in Ukraine according to the best international standards. This was announced by the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Pavlo Klimkin: “In the near future we will introduce electronic...
Pope finds popularity at 2-year mark
Pope Francis marks his second anniversary riding a wave of popularity that has reinvigorated the Catholic Church. ||| Vatican City – Pope Francis marks his second anniversary on Friday riding a wave of popularity that has reinvigorated the Catholic Church in ways not seen since the days of St John Paul II. He’s also entering a...
National Security and Defense Council: No casualties among Ukrainian Armed Forces in the ATO zone over the last 24 hours
Kyiv, 12 March 2015 –Ukrainian Armed Forces did not suffer any casualties in the ATO zone over the last 24 hours. On 11 March illegal armed groups fired 50 times at Ukrainian military positions along the whole delimitation line, including 4 artillery shelling incidents conducted in the area of the Donetsk airport. Situation in the Eastern part of...
Czechs mum on Russian espionage report
The Czech foreign minister has declined to comment on a magazine report about suspected espionage by Russian diplomats. ||| Prague – The Czech foreign minister declined to comment on Thursday on a magazine report about suspected espionage by Russian diplomats based in the country but he acknowledged that relations with Moscow were “not...
US to support Ukraine in the conflict against pro-Russian terrorists with more non-lethal aid
According to the US White House’s website page of the Office of the Vice President Joseph R. Biden had a phone conversation with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko: “Vice President Joe Biden spoke today with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko regarding the situation in the east, additional non-lethal U.S. security assistance to...
One of the organizers of the bloody dispersal of Zaporizhzhia Maidan Oleksandr Peklushenko was found dead
In Zaporizhzhia Region on March 12, 2014, was found dead Oleksandr Peklushenko. He was the former head of Zaporizhzhia regional administration of Ukraine (2011-2014), member of Yanukovych’s Party of Regions. Oleksandr Peklushenko was one of the organizers of the bloody dispersal of Zaporizhzhia Maidan. In June 2014 he was accused of law...
Did Kharkiv Just Become Russia’s Next Target in Ukraine War?
A Criminal Case Could Turn the City’s Political Strongman Back into a Kremlin Ally In Russia’s campaign to re-assert control over Ukraine, a logical target for its “hybrid war” is Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city and a center of its Russian-speaking population. And indeed, Russia has been working steadily to destabilize...
IMF wants ‘economic stabilisation’ in Ukraine
The IMF has agreed to pump $10 billion into Ukraine’s troubled economy over the next year. ||| Washington – The International Monetary Fund has agreed to pump $10 billion into Ukraine’s troubled economy over the next year, providing swift assistance for the country’s struggling finances as part of a larger four-year...
Merkel snubs Putin WWII ceremony invite
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not attend an official ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII, an officials said. ||| Berlin – German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not attend an official ceremony in Moscow on May 9 to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two due to tensions of the Ukraine crisis,...