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      Belavia expects compensation from Kyiv for aircraft return
      Nov02

      Belavia expects compensation from Kyiv for aircraft return

      Belavia Belarusian Airlines CEO Anatoly Gusarov says his company expects that Ukraine will cover costs for the forced return of an aircraft to Kyiv`s Zhuliany airport while it was heading for Minsk, according to Belarus Today news agency. The company is now working with the Ukrainian side to determine the sum of the compensation, he said. ”This...

      Expert warns EU may sue Ukraine for ban on timber exports
      Nov02

      Expert warns EU may sue Ukraine for ban on timber exports

      Executive Director of the Bleyzer Foundation Oleh Ustenko warns that Ukraine may become a party to litigation regarding an unlawful ban on timber exports as a country that does not fulfill its obligations under the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA) with the European Union. ”Ukraine is a member of the WTO [World Trade...

      Thousands of Ukrainian teachers picket Parliament, Cabinet over high tariffs,low wages
      Nov02

      Thousands of Ukrainian teachers picket Parliament, Cabinet over high tariffs,low wages

      The Kyiv teachers held a rally outside the Verkhovna Rada against boosting tariffs for housing and communal services, calling for the deputies to raise teachers` salaries, according to an UNIAN correspondent. According to the report, the initiative group of teachers and the scientists and educators` professional union in Kyiv held a meeting...

      Russian troops attacked Ukraine positions 37 times last day, uses of 152mm artillery
      Nov02

      Russian troops attacked Ukraine positions 37 times last day, uses of 152mm artillery

      Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 37 times in the past 24 hours, including 27 attacks in the Mariupol sector, seven in the Donetsk sector and three in the Luhansk sector, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. View map in full size In the Mariupol...

      Eurovision 2017: Ukraine to announce its contestant late in Feb
      Nov02

      Eurovision 2017: Ukraine to announce its contestant late in Feb

      A contestant who will represent Ukraine at the Eurovision 2017 international song contest to be hosted by Kyiv will be selected during February, according to the official website of Ukraine STB TV Channel. The national selection will be carried out by STB jointly with UA: First Channel. The first live broadcast of the national selection is...

      Staff blocked from Amnesty Moscow office
      Nov02

      Staff blocked from Amnesty Moscow office

      The Moscow office of rights group Amnesty International has been sealed off by municipal officials so staff cannot get inside, a member of staff told Reuters on Wednesday. The staff member, Alexander Artemyev, said that official seals had been placed on the entrances to the office, the locks had been changed and that power to the office had been...

      NATO-Russia tensions move to Balkans with military drills
      Nov02

      NATO-Russia tensions move to Balkans with military drills

      NATO is holding a civil emergency exercise in Montenegro while neighboring Serbia prepares for joint training with 150 Russian paratroops, according to the BBC. Russia dislikes Montenegro`s policy of increasing ties with NATO and the EU, the BBC reports. There have also been arrests in Montenegro and Serbia over a suspected plot to topple...

      Parliament of Ukraine ratifies agreement with UK on defense cooperation
      Nov02

      Parliament of Ukraine ratifies agreement with UK on defense cooperation

      Ukraine`s Verkhovna Rada has adopted a law to ratify the Memorandum of Understanding between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on cooperation in the defense sphere (registration No. 0110). The relevant decision was supported by 236 MPs out of 347 registered in the...

      Why the Revelation of Officials’ Cash, Cars, and a Church Will Change Ukraine for Good
      Nov02

      Why the Revelation of Officials’ Cash, Cars, and a Church Will Change Ukraine for Good

      In a bout of extraordinary transparency, 50,000 Ukrainian officials have declared their assets and incomes and it is easily accessible to the interested public. A staggering amount of wealth has been revealed and this very act is likely to have changed Ukraine for good. As declarations arrived on the publicly accessible register, it recorded the...

      Tymchuk: Russia massing military hardware near Ukraine border
      Nov02

      Tymchuk: Russia massing military hardware near Ukraine border

      Head of the Information Resistance Group, military analyst and MP Dmytro Tymchuk reports that the combined Russian-separatist forces are massing military equipment and weaponry in areas near the border with Ukraine. According to his post on Facebook, the accumulation of forces and military hardware of the Russian Armed Forces is being observed...