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      Oil prices hold steady for third day; eyes on economic data
      Mar07

      Oil prices hold steady for third day; eyes on economic data

      Oil prices were little changed for a third session on Tuesday, with investors searching for direction as concern over rising U.S. shale output offsets production cuts by OPEC and non-OPEC members, according to Reuters. As of 0545 GMT, brent crude LCOc1 was down 11 cents, or 0.2 percent, at $55.90 a barrel, with a firmer dollar, unchanged against...

      North  Korea says missile launch targeted U.S. bases in Japan
      Mar07

      North Korea says missile launch targeted U.S. bases in Japan

      One day after North Korea fired four ballistic missiles, its state-run news agency said Tuesday the country has conducted a missile launch exercise targeting U.S. military bases in Japan, according to South Korea`s Yonhap news agency. The drill was conducted by Hwasong artillery units of its Strategic Force, ”tasked to strike the bases of the...

      Ukraine`s foreign reserves rise by $15 mln since year-start
      Mar07

      Ukraine`s foreign reserves rise by $15 mln since year-start

      Ukraine`s international reserves increased by 0.1%, to $15.460 billion, in February, the National Bank of Ukraine wrote on its website. ”International reserves of Ukraine as of March 1, 2017, amounted to $15,459,700, (in the dollar equivalent), according to preliminary data. Since the beginning of this year, the volume of international reserves...

      Ukraine reports 5 wounded amid 100 Russian attacks in last day
      Mar07

      Ukraine reports 5 wounded amid 100 Russian attacks in last day

      Russia`s hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 100 times in the past 24 hours with 5 Ukrainian soldiers reported as wounded in action (WIA), according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. View map in full size ”The invaders repeatedly opened fire from tanks on Butivka coal mine and...

      Ukrainian Foreign Minister to meet Tillerson in Washington D.C. March 7
      Mar06

      Ukrainian Foreign Minister to meet Tillerson in Washington D.C. March 7

      Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin will pay a working visit to Washington, D.C. March 6-7, where he is scheduled to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Tillerson, as well as representatives of the U.S. Administration and Congress, according to the MFA Ukraine press service. Klimkin`s visit is aimed to provide an additional impetus to the...

      EU lifts sanctions against Yanukovych ally Yuriy Ivanyushchenko
      Mar06

      EU lifts sanctions against Yanukovych ally Yuriy Ivanyushchenko

      The European Union has extended for one more year personal restrictive measures imposed against 15 former Ukrainian officials. Yury Ivanyushchenko, an ally of ousted former Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovych was removed from this sanction list. The decision should be endorsed by the Council of the EU and published in the Official Journal of...

      Investment in Ukraine`s agriculture hits record high in 2016 – experts
      Mar06

      Investment in Ukraine`s agriculture hits record high in 2016 – experts

      Capital investment in Ukraine`s agriculture in 2016 was estimated at UAH 44 billion, or about US$1.62 billion, which was a record high level over Ukraine`s independence, and 1.5 times up on the 2015 figure, according to the press service of the National Scientific Center ”Institute of Agrarian Economy.” ”Investment in agriculture in 2016 reached...

      Ukrainian prosecutors summon former tax chief Klymenko
      Mar06

      Ukrainian prosecutors summon former tax chief Klymenko

      The Chief Military Prosecutor`s Office has summoned ex-head of the State Tax Service (2011-2012) and income and tax minister (2012 to 2014) Oleksandr Klymenko for investigative and procedural actions. ”The Chief Military Prosecutor`s Office of the Prosecutor General`s Office (PGO) is carrying out a special pre-trial investigation into criminal...

      Capital investment in Ukraine`s agro-industrial sector in 2016 hits $2.25 bln
      Mar06

      Capital investment in Ukraine`s agro-industrial sector in 2016 hits $2.25 bln

      Capital investment in the Ukrainian agro-industrial sector totaled UAH 61.1 billion, or US$2.25 billion, last year, accounting for 18.7% of total capital investment injected in the country`s economy, according to the Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry`s press service, which cited State Statistics Service data. ”According to the State...

      Another Luhansk terrorists` leader aka “Plastun” reportedly eliminated in Donbas
      Mar06

      Another Luhansk terrorists` leader aka “Plastun” reportedly eliminated in Donbas

      Ukrainian Deputy Minister for temporarily occupied territory and internally displaced people George Tuka says a ”warlord” of the so-called ”Luhansk People`s Republic” (”LPR”) terrorist organization, a Russian mercenary, nom-de-guerre `Plastun,` has been killed in the Donbas conflict zone. ”Another one has joined the `ceasefire`…,” he wrote on...