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      Deficit of Ukraine`s budget shrinks by almost 8% in Q1 2017
      May02

      Deficit of Ukraine`s budget shrinks by almost 8% in Q1 2017

      The deficit of Ukraine`s national budget in January-March 2017 was estimated at UAH 9.741 billion, or US$366.75 million, which was 7.8% lower than the deficit recorded over the same period in 2016 at UAH 10.567 billion, or $397.85 million, according to Ukraine`s Treasury Service. Revenues of the state budget over the period under review amounted...

      Seven suspected Ukrainian illegal immigrants detained in UK
      May02

      Seven suspected Ukrainian illegal immigrants detained in UK

      Seven suspected Ukrainian illegal immigrants were arrested after their yacht ran aground on the Suffolk coast on Sunday, according to Ipswich Star. The UK Coastguard, RNLI lifeboat crews, Suffolk police and UK Border Agency were all called to the scene on the banks of the River Ore, at Orford, as reported by Ipswich Star. Seven people, thought to...

      France election: Macron says EU must reform or face “Frexit”
      May02

      France election: Macron says EU must reform or face “Frexit”

      The front-runner in the French presidential election has told the BBC that the EU must reform or face the prospect of ”Frexit”. Pro-EU centrist Emmanuel Macron made the comments as he and his far-right rival Marine Le Pen held rallies in the last week of campaigning, the BBC reported. French voters go to the polls on Sunday to decide between the...

      Ukraine reports 54 Russian shellings in Donbas in last day: 1 soldiers killed, 7 wounded
      May01

      Ukraine reports 54 Russian shellings in Donbas in last day: 1 soldiers killed, 7 wounded

      Russia`s hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 54 times in the past 24 hours, with one Ukrainian soldier reported as killed in action (KIA) and seven as wounded in action (WIA), according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. View map in full size In the Mariupol sector, the enemy...

      Ukrainian PM Groysman to visit Israel in May
      May01

      Ukrainian PM Groysman to visit Israel in May

      Israel`s Foreign Ministry says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with his Ukrainian counterpart during the latter`s upcoming visit to Israel next month, after a previously scheduled visit between the two was nixed in protest over Kyiv`s support for a UN Security Council resolution against Israel`s West Bank settlement policy, The Times...

      Kurchenko schemes: Prosecutor`s office puts on wanted list former top managers of Odesa refinery
      May01

      Kurchenko schemes: Prosecutor`s office puts on wanted list former top managers of Odesa refinery

      Prosecutor`s Office in Odesa region has put on wanted list former general and executive directors of Odesa Oil Refinery, who were involved inthe so-called ”Kurchenko schemes” aimed at a theft of petroleum products, according to the press service of the prosecutor`s office. The top managers have been charged with tax evasion within the criminal...

      Сoal from Georgian company Saqnakhshiri GIG Group can be of Donbas origin
      May01

      Сoal from Georgian company Saqnakhshiri GIG Group can be of Donbas origin

      Georgian company Saqnakhshiri GIG Group has won the tender set up by power generating company PJSC Centrenergo for the purchase of 700,000 coal of anthracite grade for Zmiivska and Tripilska TPPs. ”Despite the fact that the tender was held via ProZorro [e-procurement system], it was not transparent,” editor in chief of the BusinessCensor outlet...

      Reasons IMF keeps funding Ukraine – Anders Aslund
      May01

      Reasons IMF keeps funding Ukraine – Anders Aslund

      Kyiv has been fulfilling the most important, though not all, obligations before the International Monetary Fund, Anders Aslund wrote in a column titled ”Why Does the IMF Keep Funding Ukraine?” published by Atlantic Council. When the International Monetary Fund`s board convened on April 3, it found that the Ukrainian government had fulfilled only...

      Austrian suspected of killings in Donbas detained on Polish border – Radio Poland
      May01

      Austrian suspected of killings in Donbas detained on Polish border – Radio Poland

      Polish border guards say they have detained a 25-year-old Austrian national suspected of involvement in armed conflict in eastern Ukraine, as reported by Radio Poland. The man, detained at a Polish-Ukrainian border crossing in Dorohusk, is suspected of killing wounded people and prisoners in his role as ”a member of a fighting group,” border...

      Naftogaz has no info on date of Stockholm Arbitration`s decision in dispute with Gazprom
      May01

      Naftogaz has no info on date of Stockholm Arbitration`s decision in dispute with Gazprom

      The date remains unknown when the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce will issue a ruling in a dispute between the National Oil and Gas Holding Company Naftogaz of Ukraine and The Russian gas monopoly Gazprom regarding the terms of the contract for the purchase and sale of natural gas, the Naftogaz press service has told an...