Section: Latest news

      Prices of industrial products in Ukraine rise by 3.6% in April
      May06

      Prices of industrial products in Ukraine rise by 3.6% in April

      Industrial producer prices in April 2016 grew by 3.6% compared to March 2016, according to Ukraine`s State Statistics Service.As reported on the agency`s website, the prices for industrial products increased by 10.1% in April  year-over-year and by 8.2% compared to December 2015.Pricing in the mining and quarrying grew by 13.1% in April against...

      Jumping queue may cost freedom: ATO forces detain not-so-smart militant leader
      May06

      Jumping queue may cost freedom: ATO forces detain not-so-smart militant leader

      Ukrainian border guards one of the most violent militants from the ”Luhansk People`s Republic” terrorist organization (call sign ”Yakut”) due to an announcement they made at a crossing checkpoint ”just for laughs,” Russian journalist Alexander Nevzorov has told in an interview with Echo Moskvy FM, according to TV Channel 5.In an interview...

      Inflation in Ukraine accelerates to 3.5% in April
      May06

      Inflation in Ukraine accelerates to 3.5% in April

      Inflation in Ukraine in April 2016 to March 2016 sped up to 3.5% compared with the 1% March to February, according to the website of the State Statistics Service.In annual terms, the inflation in April 2016 slowed down to 9.8% yoy from 20.9% recorded the previous month.Since the year-start, in January-April 2106, consumer prices have risen...

      Armed Russians captured the Tatar mosque in Crimea with more than 100 muslims
      May06

      Armed Russians captured the Tatar mosque in Crimea with more than 100 muslims

      Armed men arrived at the mosque in the settlement of Molodyozhne in Simferopol district and attempted to take away nearly a hundred Muslim locals after a prayer in the mosque, according to a Crimean Tatar lawyer Emil Kurbedinov`s posting on Facebook. ”It was reported that between 30 to 50 armed men raided the mosque, located in Molodyozhnoe in...

      Turchynov confident law enforcers to prevent any destabilization May 9
      May06

      Turchynov confident law enforcers to prevent any destabilization May 9

      Secretary of Ukraine`s National Security and Defense Council Oleksandr Turchynov says he is confident that the Ukrainian law enforcement agencies will meet the challenge of preventing any attempts to destabilize the situation across the country during the holidays commemorating the victory in World War II.The law enforcers should be prepared for...

      U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, FBI donate $500,000 worth of equipment
      May06

      U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, FBI donate $500,000 worth of equipment

      The U.S. Embassy`s International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) office in Ukraine and the Federal Bureau of Investigation ) donated to the National Anti-corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) a $500,000 equipment, according to the U.S. Embassy`s posting on Facebook.U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt on May 5, 2016, visited NABU...

      PM Groysman to Moskal: No ultimatums, let`s do work together
      May06

      PM Groysman to Moskal: No ultimatums, let`s do work together

      Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman says he does not plan to meet the request by Zakarpattia Governor Hennadiy Moskal about his resignation request because of the situation in the Zakarpattia customs office.”I won`t let anyone speak to me in the language of ultimatums. Hennadiy Hennadiyovych [Moskal], despite your request, I`m not going...

      IMF forecasts 1.5% economic growth, 15.1% inflation in Ukraine in 2016
      May06

      IMF forecasts 1.5% economic growth, 15.1% inflation in Ukraine in 2016

      The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has maintained its economic growth forecast for Ukraine in 2016 at 1.5% and inflation at 15.1%, the Fund said in its Report on Regional Economic Issues covering Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe.GDP growth and inflation rate projections for 2017 have also remained unchanged, being 2.5% and 11%,...

      How Ukraine Can Solve Its Local Election Conundrum
      May06

      How Ukraine Can Solve Its Local Election Conundrum

      Even when it is effective, diplomacy can be an unsightly business. Perhaps nothing illustrates this better than that ugly, illegitimate child of Mother Russia’s war in Ukraine: the Minsk agreements. In recent months, Germany and France have been pressing Ukraine to pass a local elections law as the basis for holding elections in the Donetsk...

      IMF outlines key tasks for Ukraine
      May06

      IMF outlines key tasks for Ukraine

      Reforms that are of critical importance to Ukraine include anti-corruption and judicial measures, tax administration reforms, and reforms of state-owned enterprises to improve corporate governance and reduce fiscal risks, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).The IMF emphasizes greater reform efforts will have to be made by Ukraine...