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      USAID refutes reports on termination of cooperation with Ukraine`s National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption
      Mar30

      USAID refutes reports on termination of cooperation with Ukraine`s National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption

      The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) did not cease cooperation with the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (NAPC) and is ready to find mutual understanding on creating new programs, USAID Mission Director to Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova Susan Fritz told UNIAN. USAID continues to cooperate with the NAPC on programs...

      Ukrainian President concerned over statements by some Hungary officials on creating autonomies in neighboring countries
      Mar30

      Ukrainian President concerned over statements by some Hungary officials on creating autonomies in neighboring countries

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, during the summit of the European People`s Party in Malta, held a meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban, expressing concern over the recent statements of certain Hungarian officials on the establishment of separate territorial autonomies in countries neighboring with Hungary, the president`s...

      MFA Russia elaborates on agenda of NATO-Russia Council
      Mar30

      MFA Russia elaborates on agenda of NATO-Russia Council

      ”Among the priority issues, which the Russian side plans to raise today, is predictability of military action, reducing the risks of escalation as a result of accidental military incidents, as well as regional matters. We will also raise the issue of building up NATO`s military presence and training activities along Russian borders,” she said....

      Ukraine`s emergency service spots cause of large fire in Kyiv`s Darnytsia
      Mar30

      Ukraine`s emergency service spots cause of large fire in Kyiv`s Darnytsia

      Ukraine`s State Emergency Situations Service has established the cause of a large fire in Kyiv`s Darnytsky district on Wednesday evening, saying that it was bulrush that caught fire, according to The Village Ukraine. Social media users earlier proposed a theory that it could be a helicopter that has crashed, The Village Ukraine wrote. The same...

      Kyiv court orders to reconsider Yuzgaz`s right to produce shale gas in Ukraine`s east
      Mar30

      Kyiv court orders to reconsider Yuzgaz`s right to produce shale gas in Ukraine`s east

      Kyiv`s district administrative court has rescinded the Ukrainian government`s decision to deny Dutch-registered Yuzgaz B.V. company`s right to acquire an investor`s 90% share under a production sharing agreement (PSA) on geological prospecting and development of the Yuzivska shale gas field in the country`s eastern Donetsk and Kharkiv regions....

      World Bank may consider new targeted financial support programs for Ukraine – WB vice president
      Mar30

      World Bank may consider new targeted financial support programs for Ukraine – WB vice president

      Vice President of the World Bank Kyle Peters says the institution is ready to consider the possibility of launching new targeted programs of financial support to Ukraine, the Cabinet of Ministers Secretariat told UNIAN following a meeting between Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman with Kyle Peters and Cyril Muller, who is also a Vice...

      Ukraine`s ambassador to Poland sees Russian hand in attack on consulate in Lutsk
      Mar30

      Ukraine`s ambassador to Poland sees Russian hand in attack on consulate in Lutsk

      Ukraine`s Ambassador to Poland Andriy Deshchytsia suspects Russia is certainly responsible for an attack on Poland`s Consulate General building in the Ukrainian city of Lutsk, according to RMF24. This is an attack on Poland`s Consulate General in Lutsk, but at the same time it is an attack on Polish-Ukrainian relations, which have been developing...

      Minsk talks: April 1 set as new deadline for Donbas truce
      Mar30

      Minsk talks: April 1 set as new deadline for Donbas truce

      The Trilateral Contact Group has agreed during a new round of the Minsk peace talks on Donbas that a full ceasefire will be declared from April 1, 2017, due to Orthodox Easter holidays, according to a Ukraine envoy`s spokesperson. ”The Trilateral Contact Group has welcomed the determination demonstrated by all the participants in the Minsk...

      European Broadcasting Union refutes reports on sanctions against Eurovision host Ukraine
      Mar30

      European Broadcasting Union refutes reports on sanctions against Eurovision host Ukraine

      The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has confirmed to Deutsche Welle the Swiss tabloid Blick has quoted Ingrid Deltenre correctly on the issue regarding Russia`s Eurovision entrant in the contest to be held in Kyiv, at the same time emphasizing that the organization cannot be responsible for other conclusions by the newspaper, in particular...

      IMF to hold Ukraine meeting Apr 3
      Mar30

      IMF to hold Ukraine meeting Apr 3

      The International Monetary Fund, which previously postponed its Executive Board meeting on the allocation of another $1 billion bailout tranche for Ukraine, will consider the issue of continuing cooperation with Kyiv as early as April 3, according to Jerome Vacher, IMF`s Resident Representative in Ukraine. The consideration by the IMF Executive...