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      Foreigners allowed to serve in Ukraine`s army if they sign contract
      Jun10

      Foreigners allowed to serve in Ukraine`s army if they sign contract

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed decree No. 248/2016 ”On the Regulation about the Military Service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine by Foreigners and Stateless Persons,” according to the president`s press service. The decree is aimed to optimize the recruiting of foreigners and stateless persons as privates, sergeants, and officers...

      Cold water tariffs to grow by 15% amid higher electricity bills
      Jun10

      Cold water tariffs to grow by 15% amid higher electricity bills

      Deputy Director of the water supplies department at the National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission (NEURC) Dmytro Solomka says cold water tariffs will increase by an average of 15% following the growth in electricity rates.”Commenting on the situation with cold water tariffs, they are expected to grow. We plan that the average growth [of...

      EC reiterates Juncker`s visit to Russia not mean ”softening” of European position
      Jun10

      EC reiterates Juncker`s visit to Russia not mean ”softening” of European position

      The press secretary of the European Commission Mina Andreeva reiterates that the participation of European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum does not mean a ”softening” of the position of Brussels against Moscow, and UNIAN correspondent in Brussels reports.In this regard, Andreeva quoted...

      Portugal detains suspected double agent, selling secrets to Russia
      Jun10

      Portugal detains suspected double agent, selling secrets to Russia

      Portuguese authorities this week confirmed earlier reports they had detained an intelligence services officer on suspicion of being a double agent and selling secrets to Russia, according to Expatica.A Lisbon court judge ruled that Frederico Carvalhao Gil, extradited following his arrest in Rome on May 21 on suspicion of handing over confidential...

      SBU says Russian intel behind attempts to create another pseudo-republic in Ukraine
      Jun10

      SBU says Russian intel behind attempts to create another pseudo-republic in Ukraine

      Chairman of the SBU Security Service of Ukraine Vasyl Hrytsak assesses the current situation in Odesa region as stable, while noting that the Russian special services mull setting up another hotbed of instability by trying to inspire a so-called ”Bessarabian People`s Republic in Ukraine,” according to an UNIAN correspondent. ”Of course, it would...

      Russia warns of countermeasures to U.S. vessels entering Black Sea
      Jun10

      Russia warns of countermeasures to U.S. vessels entering Black Sea

      The entry of U.S. vessels into the Black Sea will trigger countermeasures from Russia, said Head of the Russian Foreign Ministry`s European Cooperation Department Andrey Kelin on Friday, according to RIA Novosti.”U.S. vessels enter the Black Sea from time to time. Obviously, we express our disapproval and, undoubtedly, this will lead to...

      Gazprom losing ground: Bulgaria, Slovakia agree on building Eastring gas pipeline
      Jun10

      Gazprom losing ground: Bulgaria, Slovakia agree on building Eastring gas pipeline

      Bulgaria and Slovakia have signed an agreement for future gas supplies to the Balkan country via the proposed Eastring pipeline, according to Sofia news agency Novinite.Under the memorandum of understanding signed by the respective gas pipeline operators of the two countries, Bulgartransgaz and Eustream, in Sofia on Thursday the two companies...

      Kotsiuba new President of Ukraine`s Antonov design bureau
      Jun10

      Kotsiuba new President of Ukraine`s Antonov design bureau

      Antonov design bureau, Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing and services company and part of the state-run Ukroboronprom Concern, which will be the core of the Ukrainian Aircraft Cluster, has a new chief.According to Antonov`s press service, Oleksandr Kotsiuba became the new president. Kotsiuba previously held the post of first vice president.He was...

      Ukrainian IT-volunteers put $13 mln in terrorists` accounts on deadlock
      Jun10

      Ukrainian IT-volunteers put $13 mln in terrorists` accounts on deadlock

      Over the two years since the foundation of the Ukrainian Cyber Army, a volunteer IT-organization, it has seized about $13 million in 347 accounts of terrorists without the possibility of funds recovery, the organization`s founder, Yevhen Dokukin, wrote on Facebook.”According to my estimates, at least $13 million was held in those accounts [in...

      UEFA EURO-2016 starts today
      Jun10

      UEFA EURO-2016 starts today

      One of the biggest sports events in Europe, the Euro 2016 football championship kicks off today, June 10 in France. Ten cities will host the matches: Bordeaux, Lens, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Paris, Saint-Denis, Saint-?tienne, and Toulouse, Ukraine Today reports.During the next 30 days 24 national teams will be competing for the right to be...