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      Ukrainian 8-year-old fan heading to EURO-2016 denied visa
      Jun04

      Ukrainian 8-year-old fan heading to EURO-2016 denied visa

      A famous eight-year-old football fan from the city of Lviv, Volodymyr Bobenchyk, may miss UEFA EURO-2016, because the Embassy of France denied granting an entry visa to him and his parents, Ukraine Today reports.Along with all the required documents, the family provided the flight tickets and the tickets for two matches of the football...

      Boxing legend Muhammad Ali dies
      Jun04

      Boxing legend Muhammad Ali dies

      Muhammad Ali has died at the age of 74, a family spokesman has said, according to BBC News.The former world heavyweight boxing champion, one of the world`s best-known sportsmen, died at a hospital in the U.S. city of Phoenix, Arizona, after being admitted on Thursday, BBC News reports.He was suffering from a respiratory illness, a condition that...

      Constitutional commission to work on amendments on Crimean Tatars` autonomy – President
      Jun03

      Constitutional commission to work on amendments on Crimean Tatars` autonomy – President

      A Constitutional commission will develop the procedure to secure the right of the Crimean Tatar people to autonomy, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said during his big press conference in Kyiv Friday, according to an UNIAN correspondent.When asked to elaborate on the state of affairs regarding the issue on creating a Crimean Tatar autonomy,...

      Georgia Defense Minister: Russia molding new world order, serious response needed
      Jun03

      Georgia Defense Minister: Russia molding new world order, serious response needed

      ”There is a country out there that is setting up new international law, that is creating new international order, that is in the process of revising everything that civilized world had agreed about after the World War II, said Tinatin Khidasheli, addressing the participants of a Wroclaw Forum ”Keep Europe Safe,” according to News Day Georgia.”I...

      Poroshenko insists that Normandy Four agree on police mission in Donbas
      Jun03

      Poroshenko insists that Normandy Four agree on police mission in Donbas

      President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said during his Kyiv press conference Friday he insisted that the Normandy Four leaders reached an agreement on deploying a police mission in Donbas, according to an UNIAN correspondent.The president noted that today Ukraine boasts a serious diplomatic success, as ”not only have we reached at the highest...

      SBU refutes UN allegations of torture of detainees from ”LPR-DPR”
      Jun03

      SBU refutes UN allegations of torture of detainees from ”LPR-DPR”

      The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has refuted an earlier report about keeping in custody hundreds of detainees from the so-called ”LPR-DPR” terrorist organizations, as announced by head of the SBU staff Oleksandr Tkachuk in his comments to reporters following a bilateral meeting with Assistant UN Secretary General for Human Rights Ivan...

      OSCE considers armed police mission to Donbas amid violence escalation
      Jun03

      OSCE considers armed police mission to Donbas amid violence escalation

      Deputy chief of OSCE SMM to Ukraine Alexander Hug joined Ukraine Today to talk about the security situation in country`s east as hotspots are appearing in Donbas in addition to heavy fighting near Avdiyivka and Yasynuvata.”We expect when we report violations that the sides will follow up on our reports, and the absence of these follow-ups will...

      Brussels source tells UNIAN when decision on visa-free regime for Ukraine to be passed
      Jun03

      Brussels source tells UNIAN when decision on visa-free regime for Ukraine to be passed

      The decision on visa waiver for Ukraine, Georgia, Kosovo and Turkey will be taken after the introduction of a universal mechanism of suspension of visa-free regimes, an UNIAN correspondent reports citing a diplomatic source in Brussels.According to the source, a positive decision on a visa-free regime with Ukraine will be passed beyond...

      Tender announced to select general contractor for OKHMATDYT children`s hospital
      Jun03

      Tender announced to select general contractor for OKHMATDYT children`s hospital

      State enterprise Ukrmedproektbud, acting as a customer, has announced a tender to select a general contractor for the construction of a new building of the Okhmatdyt national children`s specialized hospital in 2016.The announcement was posted on the public procurement web portal at www.tender.me.gov.ua.The estimated value of the tender as set...

      Putin wanted Savchenko to serve rest of sentence in Ukraine – Poroshenko
      Jun03

      Putin wanted Savchenko to serve rest of sentence in Ukraine – Poroshenko

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko elaborated on the steps taken in order to release the Ukrainian pilot and MP, Nadia Savchenko, in particular, regarding her exchange for two Russian special forces troops Alexandrov and Yerofeyev, an UNIAN correspondent reported from Poroshenko`s big press conference in Kyiv.”They offered to transfer Savchenko...