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      EU increases humanitarian aid in Donbas to over EUR 26 mln in 2016
      Dec12

      EU increases humanitarian aid in Donbas to over EUR 26 mln in 2016

      The European Commission has mobilized EUR 4 million additional emergency assistance to address urgent humanitarian needs in eastern Ukraine, bringing the total EU humanitarian aid in response to the crisis to EUR 26.4 million in 2016, according to the press service of the EU Delegation to Ukraine. ”We have kept the humanitarian aspects of the...

      Ukraine continues testing of new missile. Video
      Dec12

      Ukraine continues testing of new missile. Video

      Footage showing tests of a new Ukrainian missile has been shared on the Internet. The relevant video was posted on the YouTube channel of Kyiv`s Luch State Design Bureau, which is part of Ukroboronprom State Concern. The design bureau does not indicate what type of a missile is shown on the video, however, according to the Ukrainian news portal...

      Netherlands succeeds in agreeing 3 out of 4 requirements on EU-Ukraine Association Agreement
      Dec12

      Netherlands succeeds in agreeing 3 out of 4 requirements on EU-Ukraine Association Agreement

      As of today, three of the four issues have been agreed, in respect of which the Netherlands wishes the legally binding declaration to be adopted, to allow for the ratification of the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement, an UNIAN correspondent in Brussels reported, citing her diplomatic sources. See also: Dutch to demand limits on Ukraine deal at EU...

      The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine forecasts inflation at 13%-13.6% in 2016
      Dec12

      The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine forecasts inflation at 13%-13.6% in 2016

      The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine forecasts the inflation rate December to December at 13.6% in connection with a moderate rise in prices due to a seasonal increase in demand, a slight tension in the foreign exchange market, and the rise in world commodity prices volatility. ”The risk of increasing inflation in the coming...

      Source shares details of Savchenko`s secret meeting with Donbas terrorists in Minsk – media
      Dec12

      Source shares details of Savchenko`s secret meeting with Donbas terrorists in Minsk – media

      Member of Parliament of Ukraine from the Batkivshchyna parliamentary faction Nadiia Savchenko has visited the Belarusian city of Minsk to attend talks with leaders of Donbas terrorist organizations, the Donetsk People`s Republic (”DPR”) and Luhansk People`s Republic (”LPR”), according to Ukrainian news portal Obozrevatel. ”It is no secret that...

      Dutch to demand limits on Ukraine deal at EU summit – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte
      Dec12

      Dutch to demand limits on Ukraine deal at EU summit – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte

      Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will ask European Union leaders on Thursday to rule out financial or security guarantees for Ukraine and not to offer Ukrainians the right to live and work in the bloc, according to a document seen by Reuters. Failure to meet the Dutch demands would jeopardize a landmark EU-Ukraine agreement that establishes closer...

      Russia`s big cheat – investigation of Russian doping of athletes by The Washington Post
      Dec12

      Russia`s big cheat – investigation of Russian doping of athletes by The Washington Post

      For millennia, rules have been at the core of athletic competition. Not that they haven`t been broken, but the Olympics still stand for the principle of human striving on a level playing field, or the primacy of rules, according to The Washington Post. This is why the final report of Richard H. McLaren`s investigation into Russian doping of...

      Ukraine and Lithuania sign bilateral documents on cooperation
      Dec12

      Ukraine and Lithuania sign bilateral documents on cooperation

      Several documents on expansion of bilateral cooperation between the states have been signed in the presence of President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite who is on a working visit to Ukraine. The Agreement between the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine and the Ministry of Environment of...

      Swedish Tech Entrepreneurs Find Top Talent and Warm Welcome in Ukraine
      Dec12

      Swedish Tech Entrepreneurs Find Top Talent and Warm Welcome in Ukraine

      Gustav Henman describes his time at Moscow State University as a “Russian cold shower.” But he was no stranger to cold weather as a Swede, and has ended up in Ukraine, where the weather is slightly more moderate and the engineering talent plentiful.He and his business partner, Andreas Flodström, went to Ukraine in 2012 and now own an IT...

      S&P forecasts when Ukraine may get new tranche from IMF
      Dec12

      S&P forecasts when Ukraine may get new tranche from IMF

      S&P Global Ratings expects that Ukraine is likely to receive a new disbursement from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ukraine`s key lender, in the first half of 2017. ”Since the beginning of last year, the IMF has disbursed over US$7.6 billion of the $17.5 billion available under the four-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program.  Our...