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      Savchenko: I`ll do everything Ukraine needs
      May27

      Savchenko: I`ll do everything Ukraine needs

      Ukrainian pilot and MP Nadia Savchenko has said that most of all she wants to fly, but for the sake of Ukraine she is ready to do what is necessary.”I really love my job. I like flying, I want to fly… But I`m going to do everything that would be most useful for Ukraine,” she said at her first press conference since her release.”You have...

      Oil prices retreat from $50 on oversupply concerns, stronger dollar
      May27

      Oil prices retreat from $50 on oversupply concerns, stronger dollar

      Oil futures slipped in Asian trade on Friday after hitting resistance at the $50 a barrel mark as investors worried higher prices could reactivate shuttered crude output, adding to global oversupply, Reuters reported.Prices were also pressured by a strong dollar that was buoyed by generally positive U.S. economic data amid growing expectations of...

      Savchenko to become President if Ukrainians wish so
      May27

      Savchenko to become President if Ukrainians wish so

      Ukrainian pilot and MP from the Batkivschyna party Nadia Savchenko is ready to become President of Ukraine if the Ukrainians wish so, according to an UNIAN correspondent.”Let`s put it this way: Ukrainians, if you need me to be president, well, I will be president. I just do not really believe that our people have learned to vote [consciously],...

      G7 leaders urge Ukraine to enhance anti-corruption efforts
      May27

      G7 leaders urge Ukraine to enhance anti-corruption efforts

      G7 leaders have urged the Ukrainian authorities to step up efforts in the fight against corruption and carry out the necessary reforms.Such an appeal was made in their declaration issued following the results of G7 Ise-Shima Summit that was held on May 26-27, 2016 and devoted to addressing major global economic and political challenges.”We...

      Militants shoot down OSCE drone near Horlivka
      May27

      Militants shoot down OSCE drone near Horlivka

      At about 09:45 on Friday, the Russian-backed militants shot down the OSCE SMM`s unmanned aerial vehicle near the town of Horlivka, which was monitoring the ceasefire regime along the demarcation line, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO).It is noted that the OSCE representatives confirmed the loss of communication...

      Ukraine`s Mars Hopper wins NASA award
      May27

      Ukraine`s Mars Hopper wins NASA award

      The Ukrainian MarsHopper aircraft project developed by a team from Kyiv won the People`s Choice award of NASA`s SpaceApps Challenge 2016, one of the world`s largest international annual hackathons, according to 2016.spaceappschallenge.org.The team learned of its victory on May 23 – three days before the official announcement of the results, but...

      PGO chief: No politics in searches at Odesa region administration
      May27

      PGO chief: No politics in searches at Odesa region administration

      Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko claims searches at Odesa regional administration`s building on Thursday have nothing to do with politics and were conducted as part of an investigation into illegal operations of value-added tax refunds by officials of Georgia`s Consulate General in 2012-2013, according to the press service of the Prosecutor...

      NBU may lift ban on dividend repatriation subject to renewed cooperation with IMF
      May27

      NBU may lift ban on dividend repatriation subject to renewed cooperation with IMF

      Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Valeriya Gontareva says the regulator is planning to lift the ban on repatriation of dividends following the results of evaluation of their volumes and after cooperation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is resumed.The NBU governor also assumed that the NBU would be ready this year to meet...

      Large, medium-sized enterprises of Ukraine reduce loss by 6.6 times
      May27

      Large, medium-sized enterprises of Ukraine reduce loss by 6.6 times

      Large and medium-sized enterprises of Ukraine, excluding budgetary institutions, according to preliminary data, received UAH 58.556 billion loss before tax in the first quarter of 2016, which is 6.6 times lower than the adjusted figure for the same period last year at UAH 385.935 billion, according to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine.In...

      G7 leaders urge all sides to fulfill commitments for elections in Donbas
      May27

      G7 leaders urge all sides to fulfill commitments for elections in Donbas

      The leaders of the G7 have urged all sides to fulfill their commitments without delay with a view to holding local elections in certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions as soon as possible in accordance with the Minsk agreements, according to G7 Ise-Shima Leaders` Declaration.”We are concerned by continued violence along the line of...