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      Holodomor Remembrance Day: Why the Past Matters for the Future
      Nov21

      Holodomor Remembrance Day: Why the Past Matters for the Future

      As Americans sit down to their Thanksgiving meals on the last Thursday in November, Ukrainians will be commemorating the memory of millions who were murdered in 1932-33. The last Saturday in November is Holodomor Remembrance Day in Ukraine, a time to mark the anniversary of Joseph Stalin’s engineered starvation of the nation. In the West,...

      How Ukraine Can Use E-Declarations to Target the Most Corrupt
      Nov21

      How Ukraine Can Use E-Declarations to Target the Most Corrupt

      This year, thousands of Ukrainian members of parliament, government officials, and civil servants were required by law to declare their incomes and assets in a publicly available database by October 30. Although the introduction of the e-declaration system was initially blocked numerous times, today the public can view the vast amount of wealth...

      Chinese solar firm to build plant in Chornobyl exclusion zone
      Nov21

      Chinese solar firm to build plant in Chornobyl exclusion zone

      Two Chinese firms plan to build a solar power plant in the exclusion zone around the Chernobyl (Chornobyl) nuclear reactor, which has been off limits since a devastating explosion contaminated the region with deadly radiation in 1986, according to Reuters. GCL System Integration Technology (GCL-SI), a subsidiary of the GCL Group, said it would...

      Gas transit through Ukraine to grow by almost 20% in 2016 – Ukrtransgaz
      Nov21

      Gas transit through Ukraine to grow by almost 20% in 2016 – Ukrtransgaz

      Ukrtransgaz, operator of the Ukraine`s gas transportation system, expects growth of natural gas transit through the country`s territory in 2016 to 80 billion cubic meters (bcm), which is 19% year-on-year Ukrtransgaz spokesperson Maksym Bilyavskiy wrote on Facebook. ”We expect growth in annual [gas] transit volume to Europe to 80 bcm – it is 19%...

      Energoatom to load Westinghouse fuel in Zaporizhia NPP power units in 2017
      Nov21

      Energoatom to load Westinghouse fuel in Zaporizhia NPP power units in 2017

      Ukraine`s Energoatom, the operator of all nuclear power plants across the country, will load Westinghouse nuclear fuel at power units No. 1, 3 and 4 of Zaporizhia nuclear power plant (NPP) in 2017, according to the press service of the State Scientific and Technical Center for Nuclear and Radiation Safety, with reference to head of the State...

      Organizers of attempted coup in Montenegro participated in Crimea occupation
      Nov21

      Organizers of attempted coup in Montenegro participated in Crimea occupation

      The organizers of the failed coup during the elections in Montenegro took part in the operation of the Russian Federation for organization of Crimea occupation, according to Krym.Realii, which has a video conversation on Skype of one of the accused in the leadership of a subversive group suspected of plotting a coup – the founder of the radical...

      ”No collapse to ensue”: Ukraine`s Finance Minister says no urgent need for IMF money
      Nov21

      ”No collapse to ensue”: Ukraine`s Finance Minister says no urgent need for IMF money

      Ukraine`s Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk has assured that Ukraine economy is not in an urgent need for more funds from the country`s key donor, the International Monetary Fund. ”No collapse is going to ensue,” the minister told Ukrainian newspaper Ekonomichna Pravda, when asked about pssible consequences for Ukraine if the IMF failes to...

      The Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Then and Now
      Nov21

      The Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Then and Now

      Former Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk still believes deeply in the power of international norms to maintain peace.“Today’s world is based on great principles: sovereignty, territorial integrity, and untouchable borders. And as far as I understand the situation, the United States is the guardian of these principles,” said Kravchuk at an...

      Large-scale privatization: Groysman invites Croatia to invest in Ukraine
      Nov21

      Large-scale privatization: Groysman invites Croatia to invest in Ukraine

      Ukraine starts large-scale privatization and invites Croatia to invest in the Ukrainian economy, Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said during the Ukrainian-Croatian Business Forum. The business forum was held under the chairmanship of the heads of governments of Ukraine and Croatia Volodymyr Groysman and Andrej Plenkovic, gathering...

      Poroshenko believes EU radicals obstacle to Ukraine`s pro-European strategy
      Nov21

      Poroshenko believes EU radicals obstacle to Ukraine`s pro-European strategy

      The fact that the far-left and far-right radical movements across Europe are gaining momentum across the European Union is undermining the Europe`s unity, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said, speaking at a ceremony marking the Day of Dignity and Freedom, an UNIAN correspondent reported. According to the president, Ukraine`s implementation...