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Poroshenko says when he intends to visit Donetsk
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that he will come to Donetsk after the local elections that will be held December 7. He told this at a press conference “Strategy 2020,” answering questions of reporters, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “I am sure it may take place immediately after the local elections. A key position and a guideline...
President will address Verkhovna Rada on strategy of national security in November
The President in November will address the parliament concerning the new strategy of national security. Press Secretary of the NSDC Analytical-Information Center Andriy Lysenko told a briefing, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “In November 2014, a special message of the President of Ukraine to the Verkhovna Rada is planned with determining of...
Poroshenko vows to sign law on lustration
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has promised soon to sign the law on lustration. He said this at a press conference in Kyiv on Thursday, Ukrinform’s correspondent reported. “I will most likely sign the law on lustration soon. I have confidence that new people have to build a new country through a new Verkhovna Rada with a new...
Russian troops continue redeployment in Ukraine
Despite the ceasefire agreement, Russian troops continue to bombard the ATO forces and carry out the redeployment. Press Secretary of the NSDC Information-Analytical Center Andriy Lysenko told a briefing, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “The terrorists and Russian mercenaries carried out several attacks at Ukrainian positions in the...
Yatseniuk names best recipe to resolve dramatic conflict in eastern Ukraine
The withdrawal of Russian troops may most likely help resolve the armed conflict in Ukraine. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said this in his speech at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York on Wednesday, September 24, according to the government portal. “My message to the Russian Federation – get out of Ukrainian...
Judicial reform must restore trust of people in court – President
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko stresses importance of rebuilding of the judicial power, which would enjoy unquestioning trust of citizens. In his speech at the 12th special Congress of Judges of Ukraine, as the presidential press service informs, the President stressed that today he presents a program of reforms “Strategy 2020,” which...
Yesterday – first day of real truce – Poroshenko
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that yesterday, September 24, was the first day of a real truce in the East: not a single soldier was killed on the front-line. He wrote about this on Twitter. “Yesterday was the first day over many months, when Ukraine had not a single killed [soldier]. This is the first day of the real truce....
Poroshenko says Ukraine to submit bid for EU membership in 2020
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said that Ukraine intends to apply for membership of the European Union in 2020. He said this, while opening the second stage of the 12th extraordinary congress of judges, Radio Liberty reported. Poroshenko said that today he would present his reform program “Ukraine 2020” to the public....
Russian MFA officially uses term “Novorossiya”
The Russian Foreign Ministry already calls Luhansk and Donetsk regions “Novorossiya.” It is said in official information of the Russian Foreign Ministry by results of a meeting of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, held recently “on the fields” of the session of the UN General Assembly in New York. The...
Speaker signs law on lustration
Parliament Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov signed the Law on lustration. The signing took place in the presence of journalists in the parliament, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “By signing this bill, I appeal to the President so that he immediately put a signature under this law, and that tomorrow it was published and entered into force....