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      PM Groysman wants efficient use of budget funds for road repairs
      Jun13

      PM Groysman wants efficient use of budget funds for road repairs

      Ukraine`s Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman calls for the efficient use of budget funds to be earmarked for repairs to national roads and insists on higher quality standards of repair work performed, the government`s press service reported.”Quality, efficient use, deadlines are key tasks to be addressed,” Groysman said at a meeting on the state...

      DW: Merkel calls on China to uphold rule of law
      Jun13

      DW: Merkel calls on China to uphold rule of law

      Beijing and Berlin have agreed to stay in close contact ahead of a controversial new law on NGOs, the German chancellor said. But rights group have slammed the legislation, saying it gives police ”unchecked powers,” Deutsche Welle reports.German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday said Beijing must ensure that the nation`s laws are not used as a...

      Local budgets see almost 50% increase in revenue
      Jun13

      Local budgets see almost 50% increase in revenue

      Revenue of the general funds of Ukraine`s local budgets, excluding transfers, in January-May of 2016 amounted to UAH 53.9 billion, which was 48.8%, or UAH 17.7 billion, up on the same period last year (in comparable conditions), according to Ukraine`s Finance Ministry.When making the estimates, the ministry excluded territories beyond the control...

      ATO HQ: Russia proxies attack Ukraine 40 times on Sunday evening alone
      Jun13

      ATO HQ: Russia proxies attack Ukraine 40 times on Sunday evening alone

      The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 40 times on Sunday evening alone, 39 attacks were recorded in Donetsk region and one in Luhansk region, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.”After the number of attacks decreased during daytime, the enemy...

      Obama calls Orlando nightclub shooting attack on all Americans
      Jun13

      Obama calls Orlando nightclub shooting attack on all Americans

      U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday described the worst mass shooting in U.S. history as ”an act of terror” and ”an act of hate,” saying the massacre of 50 people at a packed gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida was an attack on all Americans, according to Reuters.”Today as Americans we grieve the brutal murder, a horrific massacre of dozens of...

      World`s defense market climbs to $65 bln in 2015
      Jun13

      World`s defense market climbs to $65 bln in 2015

      The world defense market climbed to $65 billion in 2015, up by $6.6 billion from 2014, the consulting company IHS Inc. said in its Global Defence Trade Report published on Sunday, according to Bloomberg.”That`s the largest yearly increase in the past decade, according to the Englewood, Colorado-based company. While Saudi purchases jumped about 50...

      Reuters: World champions Germany beat Ukraine in their Euro opener
      Jun13

      Reuters: World champions Germany beat Ukraine in their Euro opener

      Shkodran Mustafi and Bastian Schweinsteiger were on target as world champions Germany defeated Ukraine 2-0 in their Euro 2016 Group C opener on Sunday, according to Reuters.The Germans, eyeing their fourth Euro title and their first since 1996, opened the scoring when central defender Mustafi, starting in place of the injured Mats Hummels, rose...

      EU buys $525 mln worth of clothes from Ukraine in 2015
      Jun12

      EU buys $525 mln worth of clothes from Ukraine in 2015

      The European Union was the major buyer of Ukrainian-made clothes in 2015, accounting for 90.5% of clothes shipments from Ukraine to the tune of $525 million, according to the Europeiska Pravda online newspaper.It cited data of state enterprise UkrPromZovnishEkspertyza, or the Ukrainian Industry Expertise (UEX), a leading company that studies...

      About 2,000 people turn up for Kyiv Pride on Sunday – organizers
      Jun12

      About 2,000 people turn up for Kyiv Pride on Sunday – organizers

      The organizers of Ukraine`s first major gay pride march claim that around two thousand people turned up on Sunday, June 12.”This is the first largest, most open and peaceful Equality March… We`re still calculating how many participants have come, but a tentative number is about 2,000 people, which is a huge stride forward,” representative of the...

      Reuters: Fifty killed in Florida nightclub shooting, worst in U.S. history
      Jun12

      Reuters: Fifty killed in Florida nightclub shooting, worst in U.S. history

      A gunman killed 50 people at a packed gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida on Sunday in the worst mass shooting in U.S. history which authorities described as a possible act of terrorism, according to Reuters.Police killed the shooter, who was identified as Omar S. Mateen, a Florida resident, Reuters wrote.A top U.S. congressman said Mateen may have...