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Poroshenko Bloc says coalition could be formed by December
The Bloc of Petro Poroshenko has predicted that a parliamentary coalition could be formed by December. This was stated by the head of the party headquarters, Vitaliy Kovalchuk, the Apostrophe news site reported. “We believe that both the coalition and the government must be formed within a week after the first meeting of the Verkhovna Rada...
Russia agrees to lower gas price for Ukraine
The Russian Energy Ministry has confirmed an interim gas price for Ukraine at $378 per 1,000 cubic meters, reads a statement posted on the ministry’s website. “The price in the fourth quarter of 2014 will amount to $378 per 1,000 cubic meters, and in the first quarter of 2015 it will be $365 [per 1,000 cubic meters]. A change in the...
Poroshenko, Merkel discuss gas issues, condemn terrorist elections
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have discussed the results of trilateral gas consultations involving Ukraine, the EU and Russia and stressed the need to achieve conditions for reliable gas supplies to Ukraine this winter and ensuring Europe’s energy security, the presidential press service has...
Government approves draft trilateral gas protocol
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a draft protocol of a trilateral meeting between Ukraine, Russia and the EU on Russian gas supplies to Ukraine. Ukrainian Deputy Energy and Coal Industry Minister Vadym Ulyda told this to reporters on Thursday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. “Yes, we have approved the protocol. It contains...
Svoboda pickets Central Election Commission
Svoboda All-Ukrainian Union has staged a picket outside the building of the Central Election Commission (CEC). Svoboda does not agree with the results of the parliamentary elections held on October 26 and thinks that the main cause of election fraud is “Vladimir Putin and his agents in Ukraine.” A group of candidates from Svoboda came...
Ukraine wants lower price for winter gas
Ukraine and the European Union have reached a position under which the price of Russian natural gas for Ukraine should be $378 per 1,000 cubic meters by the end of the year and $365 per 1,000 cubic meters from the beginning of the next year. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said this at a government meeting on Thursday, a Ukrinform...
FIFA doesn’t take away from Russia the World Cup and considers that Crimea is the Russian territory.
International Football Federation (FIFA) released the official video of the World Cup 2018, which shows Crimea as the part of Russian Federation. This video was posted on the official channel FIFATV on Youtube. Screenshot: The video was projected on the facade of the Bolshoi Theatre. On it to the maps of Russia is included the territory of...
Ukraine loses seven more soldiers
Seven Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and 11 more have been injured in the area of the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours. National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing in Kyiv on Thursday. “We have lost seven of our...
Situation in Ukraine’s eastern regions. Map
The situation in eastern Ukraine remains tense. Despite the declared ceasefire, terrorists continue to shell Ukrainian army positions.
Batkivshchyna says Tymoshenko’s coalition talks with Poroshenko were constructive
The Batkivshchyna Party has said that talks were held between President Petro Poroshenko and Batkivschyna leader Yulia Tymoshenko on the creation of a parliamentary coalition. The party’s press service said that the talks were constructive. “The issue concerned the formation of a coalition in the newly elected Verkhovna Rada,”...