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      Italian company ready to invest $2 bln in Ukraine`s new gas transportation system operator
      Mar27

      Italian company ready to invest $2 bln in Ukraine`s new gas transportation system operator

      National oil and gas holding company NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine plans to complete negotiations with a potential investor for establishing PJSC Trunk Gas Pipelines of Ukraine in the next three months, according to the online newspaper ZN.UA. See also: Large gas field discovered in Ukraine on Black Sea shelf Participants in the negotiation process...

      Moscow sees no ”prospects” for next Normandy Four meeting
      Mar27

      Moscow sees no ”prospects” for next Normandy Four meeting

      The Kremlin sees no real ”prospects” for the Normandy Four leaders to meet anytime soon, Vladimir Putin`s spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, according to an UNIAN correspondent in Russia. ”At least we are not aware of any prospects that could help to ensure some kind of advancement,” Peskov said, responding to a request to clarify if is a...

      Prime Minister of Ukraine  expects to launch free trade between GUAM members in 2017
      Mar27

      Prime Minister of Ukraine expects to launch free trade between GUAM members in 2017

      Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman has claimed he expects to set up a free trade zone between the GUAM countries (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova) this year when speaking at the GUAM summit being held in Kyiv on March 27. ”I would like to urge the economy ministries of our countries to be more resolute, to complete and sign...

      Eurovision 2017: Various Fan Zones to be set up throughout Kyiv
      Mar27

      Eurovision 2017: Various Fan Zones to be set up throughout Kyiv

      The City of Kyiv is gearing up for the forthcoming 2017 Eurovision Song Contest and will be installing Fan Zones in various locations throughout the city, according to Esctoday. Kyiv will be beautified with thousands of tulips, whilst visitors and Eurovision fans will be able to enjoy a 3D  laser show, Karaoke and various fun activities, Esctoday...

      Trump hands Merkel ”outrageous” NATO bill
      Mar27

      Trump hands Merkel ”outrageous” NATO bill

      U.S. President Donald Trump handed German Chancellor Angela Merkel a bill for money supposedly owed to NATO when they met last weekend in Washington DC, Politico reported citing Sunday Times. The gesture was ”outrageous,” the publication quoted an unnamed German minister as saying. ”The concept behind putting out such demands is to intimidate the...

      Mi-2 helicopter crash near Kramatorsk kills 5: preliminary report
      Mar27

      Mi-2 helicopter crash near Kramatorsk kills 5: preliminary report

      According to preliminary data, five people were killed in the Mi-2 military helicopter crash outside the eastern Ukrainian town of Kramatorsk, according to the speaker of the Ministry of Defense for ATO Alexander Motuzianyk. Three helicopter crew members and two passengers were killed in the accident, Motuzianyk told 112 Ukraine TV channel. The...

      Bulgaria exit polls suggest win for pro-Western GERB party
      Mar27

      Bulgaria exit polls suggest win for pro-Western GERB party

      Exit polls in Bulgaria`s parliamentary elections suggest that centre-right GERB party will claim victory with around 32% of the vote, or between 86 and 88 seats in Parliament, according to Euronews. The party leader, Boiko Borisov, who resigned as prime minister in November 2016, appears to have made a comeback, Euronews reports. ”This result...

      EU ”will die” – French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen after Russia visit
      Mar27

      EU ”will die” – French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen after Russia visit

      The European Union will disappear, French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen told a rally on Sunday, promising to shield France from globalization as she sought to fire up her supporters in the final four weeks before voting gets underway, according to Reuters. ”The European Union will die because the people do not want it anymore …...

      Over 1,000 detained in Moscow rally – human rights activists
      Mar27

      Over 1,000 detained in Moscow rally – human rights activists

      Some 1,030 protesters were detained on Tverskaya Street by Moscow riot police Sunday, according to preliminary data collected by OVD-Info, the organization monitoring political persecution. At the moment, at least 120 people have not been released from police stations they had been taken to. According to human rights activists, at least in 22...

      Putin`s desire for new Russian empire not to stop with Ukraine – Ukraine`s Foreign Minister
      Mar27

      Putin`s desire for new Russian empire not to stop with Ukraine – Ukraine`s Foreign Minister

      Against the background of Kremlin`s obsession with restoring Soviet hegemony, but the security of the entire Europe and the west, not only Ukraine, is at stake, Ukraine`s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin wrote in his op-ed for The Guardian. The postwar order that provided peace and stability across the continent appears to be breaking up, while...