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      PACE to discuss issue of Ukrainian refugees
      Jan27

      PACE to discuss issue of Ukrainian refugees

      Participants of the winter session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe will discuss the humanitarian situation in Ukraine at the plenary session on Tuesday. This is stated in the agenda of the meeting released by the press service of PACE, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. The agenda for Tuesday, January 27, includes a...

      60 children killed in Donbas military clashes
      Jan27

      60 children killed in Donbas military clashes

      UKRAINE-DONBAS-CHILDREN UKRAINE-DONBAS-CHILDREN-CLASHES 60 children killed in Donbas military clashes Nearly 60 children have been killed in the wake of military clashes in eastern Ukraine. This has been announced by commissioner of the President of Ukraine for children’s rights Mykola Kuleba said at a briefing on Tuesday, an Ukrinform...

      People from Ternopil region invite Mariupol’s children to recover from war
      Jan27

      People from Ternopil region invite Mariupol’s children to recover from war

      Activists and volunteers from Ternopil region invited children from Mariupol to spend some time in western part of the country, Galychyna, according to Ukrinform’s report. “Activists from Ternopil region offered Mariupol volunteers to host children who require rehabilitation after deadly rocket attacks in western Ukrainian holiday...

      Social Policy Ministry: Emergency state won’t obstruct social payments
      Jan27

      Social Policy Ministry: Emergency state won’t obstruct social payments

      The decision to declare state of emergency in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine yesterday, will not cause the deterioration of social protection for the inhabitants of these regions. All the social benefits, including pensions, will be paid on time and in full. This has been said by deputy social policy...

      Verkhovna Rada ask UN and international organizations to recognize Russia an aggressor
      Jan27

      Verkhovna Rada ask UN and international organizations to recognize Russia an aggressor

      The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted an appeal to UN and international organizations  Russia an aggressor country. A total of 271 MPs voted for this decision at a parliament meeting on Tuesday. Thus, the Verkhovna Rada adopted an appeal to the United Nations, the European Parliament, PACE, NATO Parliamentary Assembly, GUAM Parliamentary Assembly...

      Military, border guards and law enforcement officers won’t be cleansed
      Jan27

      Military, border guards and law enforcement officers won’t be cleansed

      Ukrainian MPs have adopted changes to the law on cleansing of authorities, which allow not to apply the procedure to the highest officership of the Interior Ministry, Security Service, Defense Ministry and the General Staff. 241 MPs voted for this decision, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. The law stipulates that the interior minister, defense...

      National Bank of Ukraine takes steps to eliminate multiple foreign exchange rates
      Jan27

      National Bank of Ukraine takes steps to eliminate multiple foreign exchange rates

      The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) wants to equalize real and indicative foreign exchange rates. Press-service of the regulator told it on its Facebook page after the meeting of NBU’s governor Valeriya Gontareva with the bankers. “At the meeting with leaders of the largest banks held on January 26, 2015, special focus was on foreign...

      EU leaders to strengthen sanctions against Russia
      Jan27

      EU leaders to strengthen sanctions against Russia

      The Heads of State and Governments of the European Union member states have asked the Foreign Affairs Council to consider possible further restrictive measures against Russia, the joint statement reads, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “In view of the worsening situation we ask the upcoming Foreign Affairs Council to assess the situation...

      Poroshenko will participate in commemoration of 70th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation on Tuesday
      Jan27

      Poroshenko will participate in commemoration of 70th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation on Tuesday

      President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko will take part in the commemoration of the 70th liberation anniversary by the Red Army at Auschwitz concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. Around 300 former camp prisoners and delegations from almost 50 countries, 13 presidents, including France’s Francois Hollande and Germany’s Joachim Gauck,...

      MEP calls for total boycott of Russia
      Jan27

      MEP calls for total boycott of Russia

      UKRAINE-RUSSIA-BOYCOTT- UKRAINE-RUSSIA-BOYCOTT-MEP MEP calls for total boycott of Russia The EU should implement a total boycott of Russia. Such an opinion has been expressed by MEP from Lithuania, co-chairman of the informal Group of Friends of European Ukraine Petras Austrevicius, an Ukrinform correspondent reports from Brussels. “We need...