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      Marchuk: Donbas disengagement agreement to prevent unexpected developments
      Sep27

      Marchuk: Donbas disengagement agreement to prevent unexpected developments

      Ukrainian envoy to the Trilateral Contact Group`s security subgroup Yevhen Marchuk says that a recently concluded framework agreement on the disengagement of forces in Donbas allows the parties to the conflict to independently control their own territory and prevent unexpected developments. The first three sections selected for the disengagement...

      National Bank of Ukraine decides to liquidate State Land Bank
      Sep27

      National Bank of Ukraine decides to liquidate State Land Bank

      On September 27, 2016, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), upon the proposal of the Individual Deposit Guarantee Fund, issued Decision No. 302-r.sh. on Withdrawal of the Banking License and Liquidation of State Land Bank. According to the NBU`s report, on July 26, 2016, pursuant to Article 76 of the Law of Ukraine On Banks and Banking, the NBU...

      Ukrainian, Israeli presidents agree to accelerate free trade talks
      Sep27

      Ukrainian, Israeli presidents agree to accelerate free trade talks

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and his Israeli counterpart Reuven Rivlin have agreed to accelerate talks on a free trade area (FTA) between the countries, according to an UaPosition correspondent. ”We have agreed to significantly broaden economic cooperation,” Poroshenko said in his press statement following the negotiations in Kyiv on...

      Demand for bitcoin in Ukraine grows fivefold
      Sep27

      Demand for bitcoin in Ukraine grows fivefold

      Demand for cryptocurrency grows up fivefold during this year, says Stanislav Podyachev of bitcoin selling service Btcu.biz, Ukraine Today reports referring to a report by Forklog. Despite significant growth in demand, trading bitcoin in Ukraine is still non-profitable. The ATMs used for it are too expensive to operate, and the number of...

      State Fiscal Service of Ukraine reports 30% increase in tax revenues  to consolidated budget
      Sep27

      State Fiscal Service of Ukraine reports 30% increase in tax revenues to consolidated budget

      Tax revenues in the consolidated budget of Ukraine, including the state budget and local budgets, in January-August 2016 increased by 30% year-over-year, to UAH 475 billion, head of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine Roman Nasirov said at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. ”The main result is the increase in revenues to the consolidated budget –...

      Two robbers attack Kyiv resident, seize $365,000 in cash
      Sep27

      Two robbers attack Kyiv resident, seize $365,000 in cash

      Two unidentified perpetrators attacked a Kyiv man, seizing a bag with a large sum in foreign currency, the Department of Communication of the National Police in Kyiv told an UaPosition correspondent. It has been established that a 25-year-old man was assaulted by two men as he came out of an apartment complex in the capital`s Desnianskiy...

      Moscow hosted a ”separatist conference”
      Sep27

      Moscow hosted a ”separatist conference”

      It is the second year the convention of non-recognized republics takes place in the Russian capital, according to Ukraine Today. Representatives of the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk people`s republics were not officially included in the ”separatist conference” participation list, however, some of them attended the event anyway, Ukraine Today...

      Vilify and Amplify: How the Kremlin’s Disinformation Machine is Attacking the MH17 Probe
      Sep27

      Vilify and Amplify: How the Kremlin’s Disinformation Machine is Attacking the MH17 Probe

      The Kremlin has turned its disinformation machine on those who are investigating the shoot-down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over Ukraine in July of 2014, using state employees, state-run media, and the state-run, though unacknowledged, “troll factory” of fake Internet accounts. The primary goal of the media attacks has been to undermine the...

      Imports of passenger vehicles in Ukraine grows by 24%
      Sep27

      Imports of passenger vehicles in Ukraine grows by 24%

      Imports of passenger vehicles in Ukraine in January-July 2016 increased by 24% to 40,995 units, according to the State Statistics Service`s website. According to the report, the total customs value of the imported vehicles amounted to $730.4 million, which is 68% more than last year. At the same time, exports of vehicles from Ukraine during the...

      New Russian military base 100 km from Ukraine border ”almost ready” – Euronews
      Sep27

      New Russian military base 100 km from Ukraine border ”almost ready” – Euronews

      Russia is completing the construction of a large military base in the southern Rostov region, some 100 kilometres from the border with Ukraine, according to Euronews. The base consisting of three military facilities is the latest in a chain of new military sites, part of what the Kremlin sees as an important counterpoint to NATO, Euronews...