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      Ukraine signs historic Paris climate deal
      Apr22

      Ukraine signs historic Paris climate deal

      Ukraine was among 171 countries whose delegates have finished signing the Paris climate agreement at the UN headquarters in New York on Friday, April 22. It was a record number of the signatories to a new international treaty, which was adopted in Paris in December 2015. France`s president Francois Hollande was the first to sign the document. He...

      Russia says grants Ukraine request to delay eurobond case defense
      Apr22

      Russia says grants Ukraine request to delay eurobond case defense

      Russia agreed to give Ukraine extra time to file its defense over a $3 billion debt owed to Moscow so Kyiv can ”soberly” assess the situation, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Friday, according to Reuters. ”We have given the new government of Ukraine extra time in order for Kyiv to soberly assess the situation, revise previously...

      NATO`s new deterrent may include bigger Black Sea presence
      Apr22

      NATO`s new deterrent may include bigger Black Sea presence

      NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow says that Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania may expand the NATO alliance`s maritime presence in the Black Sea as part of a broader strategy to deter Russia, according to Reuters. NATO is looking to counter Russia`s military build-up in Crimea, which Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014, and in the Black...

      Ukrainian troops eliminate militant mortar detachment in Donbas
      Apr22

      Ukrainian troops eliminate militant mortar detachment in Donbas

      Footage of how Ukrainian troops are eliminating a militant mortar detachment in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone in eastern Ukraine has become available on the Internet, according to Ukrainian blogger Roman Sinitsin.According to him, five militants were killed and 10 were wounded. ”One merry battalion has blown separatists up with antitank...

      OSCE rep reacts to ban on Russian movies in Ukraine
      Apr22

      OSCE rep reacts to ban on Russian movies in Ukraine

      OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovic warns that recent legislative steps to introduce a ban in Ukraine on Russian films produced since the beginning of 2014 could limit the free flow of information.”Even under the state of hostilities democratic countries have a responsibility to carefully address the potentially...

      Justice ministry, IT volunteers launch business registration online
      Apr22

      Justice ministry, IT volunteers launch business registration online

      The Ukrainian Justice Ministry and IT specialists working on a volunteer basis have launched two new services to register a private business and a company on the iGov online portal in a move to fight corruption and improve interaction between government agencies.”From today, we`re launching two new services, which are most popular according to...

      Ukraine reduces oil production by 12% in three months
      Apr22

      Ukraine reduces oil production by 12% in three months

      Oil production in Ukraine decreased by 12.3% to 412,000 tonnes in January-March 2016 in comparison with January-March 2015, according to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Oil production in March compared with February 2016 increased by 4.6% up to 140,000 tonnes. Compared to March 2015, oil production fell by 13.9%. As UaPosition reported...

      Wi-Fi coverage expands on Kyiv subway
      Apr22

      Wi-Fi coverage expands on Kyiv subway

      Wi-Fi coverage expanded to another four Kyiv subway stations, according to a Facebook posting by a company that won the competition for the installation of the network.”Khreshchatyk, Teatralna, Zoloti Vorota, and Klovska have joined the network! The service is now available at seven stations!” reads the statement.The other three stations where...

      Lukashevich: Does Kyiv really believe Donbas representatives` aim is to secede from Ukraine?
      Apr22

      Lukashevich: Does Kyiv really believe Donbas representatives` aim is to secede from Ukraine?

      Russian Permanent Representative to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich is outraged that Western countries, as well as Ukraine call the pro-Russian militants in Donbas ”separatists,” according to the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.”We cannot fail to notice that not only Western counterparts, but...

      Savchenko to be swapped for Russian GRU officers by late May – media
      Apr22

      Savchenko to be swapped for Russian GRU officers by late May – media

      Moscow and Kyiv have agreed to swap Ukrainian pilot, MP and member of the Ukrainian delegation to PACE Nadia Savchenko for two Russian GRU officers, Alexander Alexandrov and Yevgeny Yerofeyev, convicted in Ukraine. They will be transferred to serve their sentence at home until the end of May, Russian news agency RBC reported.According to a...