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      Members of Saakashvili’s team – National Police chief and Chief of Odesa customs resigned
      Nov14

      Members of Saakashvili’s team – National Police chief and Chief of Odesa customs resigned

      Chief of Ukraine`s National Police Khatia Dekanoidze has resigned, the Obozrevatel media outlet reported, citing sources. Dekanoidze was appointed to the post on November 4, 2015. Prior to that, she was advisor to Interior Minister Arsen Avakov. According to the report, her deputy Vadym Troyan has been appointed Acting Chief of the National...

      Britain and France snub EU`s emergency Trump meeting
      Nov14

      Britain and France snub EU`s emergency Trump meeting

      Britain and France on Sunday night snubbed a contentious EU emergency meeting to align the bloc`s approach to Donald Trump`s election, exposing rifts in Europe over the U.S. vote, the Financial Times reported. Hailed by diplomats as a chance to ”send a signal of what the EU expects” from Mr. Trump, the plan fell into disarray after foreign...

      Watch Out, Silicon Valley. Here Comes Ukraine
      Nov14

      Watch Out, Silicon Valley. Here Comes Ukraine

      Ukraine has the potential to become Europe’s top hub for information technology and other innovation-based industries. Some major private sector businesses have already chosen Ukraine as the site of their research and development centers; among them are Aricent, Boeing, Ericsson, Oracle, and Siemens. Private business initiatives in Ukraine...

      We Are Building the New Ukraine, Three Years after Euromaidan
      Nov14

      We Are Building the New Ukraine, Three Years after Euromaidan

      The need for reconciliation between eastern and western Ukraine is often emphasized in Ukrainian and international media, and has been the subject of dozens of roundtables in the past couple of years. Though originally from western Ukraine, I have lived and worked in the east for nearly two years, and I have come to realize that the approach and...

      Hryvnia weakens to UAH 25.83 to dollar on interbank market
      Nov14

      Hryvnia weakens to UAH 25.83 to dollar on interbank market

      Hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank currency market on Monday fell to UAH 25.76/25.83 to the dollar by the middle of trade, a broker at a commercial bank has told an UNIAN correspondent. Hryvnia quotes against the euro have settled at UAH 28.72/28.78, while those against the Russian ruble have settled at UAH 0.4020/0.4030....

      Ukraine to launch nuclear fuel production for own reactors in 2020
      Nov14

      Ukraine to launch nuclear fuel production for own reactors in 2020

      Ukraine plans to launch the production of nuclear fuel and elements (rods) containing nuclear fuel in 2020, aiming to provide Ukrainian nuclear reactors with fuel of own production and reduce imports. This is stated in the concept of the development of the nuclear industrial complex until 2020, which was previously adopted at a Cabinet meeting....

      Kremlin: No contacts with Trump`s team before inauguration
      Nov14

      Kremlin: No contacts with Trump`s team before inauguration

      The Kremlin has had no contacts with the team of the U.S. president-elect, Donald Trump, because such contacts will be possible only after the inauguration ceremony, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has told the media, according to Russian news agency TASS. ”Trump has not taken office yet. The United States has the incumbent president...

      Bulgarian PM resigns after presidential candidate`s defeat to Rumen Radev
      Nov14

      Bulgarian PM resigns after presidential candidate`s defeat to Rumen Radev

      Following the defeat of his center-right party`s candidate in Bulgaria`s presidential election on Sunday, Prime Minister Boiko Borisov has said he will resign as promised, according to Deutsche Welle. ”In the first working day of the parliament we will tender the government resignation,” Borisov told reporters, DW reported. ”The results clearly...

      Russia-made 300mm Smerch multiple rocket launcher ordnance found unexploded in Donbas
      Nov14

      Russia-made 300mm Smerch multiple rocket launcher ordnance found unexploded in Donbas

      The SBU Security Service of Ukraine has reported an unexploded piece of ordnance of the Russian-made Smerch heavy multiple rocket launcher (MRL) was found in the Anti-Terrorist Operation zone in eastern Ukraine. The rocket landed in the yard of a local resident in the village of Berezove in Maryinsky district, Donetsk region, the SBU`s press...

      EU ambassadors to discuss visa waivers for Ukraine on Nov 17 – journalist
      Nov14

      EU ambassadors to discuss visa waivers for Ukraine on Nov 17 – journalist

      Ambassadors of the European Union will discuss the introduction of a visa-free regime for Ukraine on November 17, according to Rikard Jozwiak, a Brussels-based reporter for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. ”Visa lib for Ukraine will be discussed by EU ambs on Thu (17 Nov). Not sure if they will give green light yet,” he tweeted on November 14,...