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      National Security and Defense Council: Ukrainian Operatives Detain Two Terrorists
      Jan10

      National Security and Defense Council: Ukrainian Operatives Detain Two Terrorists

      Kyiv, January 10, 2015. Operatives of the State Security Service of Ukraine have detained a member of the “Skhid” [“East”] criminal group nicknamed “Korol” [“King”] who was going to organize a number of terrorist acts in the Zaporizhzhia oblast. Another detained terrorist belonged to the “Oplot” terrorist group; he attacked Ukrainian servicemen...

      Hungary resumes reverse gas supplies to Ukraine
      Jan10

      Hungary resumes reverse gas supplies to Ukraine

      Hungary resumed reverse supplies of natural gas to Ukraine on Saturday, the press service of JSC Ukrtransgaz has reported. According to the latest information, imports of natural gas will be conducted in the amount of 2.7 million of cubic meters per day. As reported, on September 25, 2014, Hungary’s gas transport system operator, FGSZ,...

      Two Ukrainian servicemen killed, 20 wounded in Donbas in past 24 hours
      Jan10

      Two Ukrainian servicemen killed, 20 wounded in Donbas in past 24 hours

      Two Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and another 20 have been wounded in the area of the anti-terrorist operation in Donbas in the past 24 hours, spokesman for the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine Andriy Lysenko has said. “Two Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and another twenty have been wounded in the past 24...

      Poroshenko compares terrorist attack in France with events in Donbas
      Jan10

      Poroshenko compares terrorist attack in France with events in Donbas

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko sees no difference between a terrorist attack in France and terrorist attacks that are made in the occupied territories of Donbas. Poroshenko said this during his visit to the French Embassy in Ukraine on Friday, January 9, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “I’ve just had an opportunity to...

      European Commission expects Ukraine to raise gas price for population
      Jan10

      European Commission expects Ukraine to raise gas price for population

      The European Commission expects the Ukrainian government to raise the gas price for households. A European Commission spokesperson told this to an Ukrinform correspondent in Brussels. “We expect that Ukraine will increase the gas prices for consumers. But it is up to the [Ukrainian] government how to implement this decision, and according...

      Ukraine begins consultations with IMF mission
      Jan10

      Ukraine begins consultations with IMF mission

      The IMF mission has arrived in Ukraine, and the consultations have currently begun. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said this at the beginning of a government meeting on Friday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “The IMF [mission] has arrived in Ukraine. The consultations have begun. All the ministers have to start active...

      Biometric passports to be issued in Ukraine from January 12 – Yatseniuk
      Jan10

      Biometric passports to be issued in Ukraine from January 12 – Yatseniuk

      The issuing of biometric passports will start in Ukraine on Monday, January 12. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said this at the beginning of a government meeting on Friday. “Ukraine will start issuing biometric passports, which will meet international standards, from January 12. This is one of the key conditions for Ukrainians...

      Cameron, Merkel, Poroshenko and Tusk to attend national unity rally in France
      Jan10

      Cameron, Merkel, Poroshenko and Tusk to attend national unity rally in France

      British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have confirmed that they will come to Paris for a planned rally in commemoration of the Charlie Hebdo victims. Cameron wrote on Twitter that he had accepted French President Hollande’s invitation to join the unity rally on Sunday. The German Foreign Ministry reported...

      Tusk: This year EU should help Ukraine get back on its feet
      Jan10

      Tusk: This year EU should help Ukraine get back on its feet

      The situation in Ukraine is one of the four top priority problems to be settled in 2015. President of the European Council Donald Tusk said this in Riga, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “Help Ukraine get back on its feet,” he said, defining one of the priorities in the activity of the heads of state and government of the EU...

      Latvian foreign minister to visit Ukraine
      Jan10

      Latvian foreign minister to visit Ukraine

      Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics will be on a working visit to Ukraine on January 10, the press service of the Ukrainian Presidential Administration reported. “At 13.40, Ukrainian and Latvian Foreign Ministers Pavlo Klimkin and Edgars Rinkevics will hold a press conference,” reads the statement.