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      Ukrainian President`s e-declaration includes over 100 firms, UAH 62 mln in income for 2015
      Oct31

      Ukrainian President`s e-declaration includes over 100 firms, UAH 62 mln in income for 2015

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has included over 100 companies and UAH 62.162 million in income in his electronic declaration for 2015; according to the online system of the national registry of government officials` assets declarations. Of the above mentioned sum, UAH 121,000 was his salary, the e-declaration said. See also: Akhmetov still...

      Ukraine`s visa liberalization not on European Parliament`s November agenda
      Oct31

      Ukraine`s visa liberalization not on European Parliament`s November agenda

      The question of a visa waiver for Ukrainians who will travel to the European Union is not incorporated into the agenda of the forthcoming European Parliament (EP) session to be held in Strasbourg on November 21-24. Visa liberalization for neither Ukraine nor Georgia is on the draft agenda of the forthcoming session posted on the EP website. The...

      43 countries, including Russia, to compete in 2017 Eurovision in Kyiv
      Oct31

      43 countries, including Russia, to compete in 2017 Eurovision in Kyiv

      A record high number of participant countries – 43 nations, including Russia – will compete in the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv, equaling the total set in 2008 and 2011. The list includes Romania and Portugal who are returning to the competition after a year`s absence. The 62nd contest will be organized by the European Broadcasting Union...

      Ukrainian Parliament to address to European Parliament this week on visa-free travel for Ukraine
      Oct31

      Ukrainian Parliament to address to European Parliament this week on visa-free travel for Ukraine

      Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Andriy Parubiy has announced Ukraine`s Verkhovna Rada will address to the European Parliament this week regarding a decision on the introduction of visa-free travel for Ukrainian citizens, according to an UNIAN correspondent. ”I think either on Tuesday or Thursday we can jointly reach a decision and issue...

      Poroshenko: Ukraine fulfils all 144 visa-free travel conditions
      Oct31

      Poroshenko: Ukraine fulfils all 144 visa-free travel conditions

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says Ukraine has fulfilled all the requirements of the European Union, namely 144 clauses, for securing visa-free travel, according to Ukrainian TV Channel 112. The president says he hopes a visa-free regime will be granted to Ukraine before November 24. ”Ukraine has fulfilled all 144 requirements for the...

      German EU commissioner accused of racism after remarks about Chinese
      Oct31

      German EU commissioner accused of racism after remarks about Chinese

      Germany`s EU commissioner has tried to play down remarks about Chinese and gay marriage that critics described as clearly racist and discriminatory, Reuters reported. In a speech to businessmen held in Hamburg last week, Guenther Oettinger, the senior member of Chancellor Angela Merkel`s conservative party, used the derogatory term Schlitzaugen...

      Updated Ukrainian sanctions against Russia take effect as of Oct 31
      Oct31

      Updated Ukrainian sanctions against Russia take effect as of Oct 31

      Presidential order No. 467/2016, which enacts a resolution by the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) on the prolongation of earlier introduced anti-Russian sanctions for another 12 months and the introduction of additional sanctions against new companies and individuals, became effective on October 31. The presidential order was signed...

      Georgians vote in second-round parliamentary elections
      Oct31

      Georgians vote in second-round parliamentary elections

      Georgians have gone to the polls on October 30 for a second round of parliamentary elections to decide the outcome of one-third of the seats in the 150-seat legislature, according to Radio Liberty. The ruling Georgian Dream party took 67 of the parliament`s seats in voting three weeks ago, but no candidate received a majority of first-round votes...

      Pro-EU candidate pushes Moldova into runoff vote
      Oct31

      Pro-EU candidate pushes Moldova into runoff vote

      Moscow-friendly Socialist Igor Dodon on Sunday garnered nearly 49% of the vote in Moldova`s first direct presidential election in decades, according to official preliminary results, Deutsche Welle reported. Voter turnout was 48.92%, reported the electoral commission after polling booths closed at 21:00 (19:00 UTC), DW wrote. ”This day is...

      Oil falls as non-OPEC yet to pledge concrete output steps
      Oct31

      Oil falls as non-OPEC yet to pledge concrete output steps

      Oil prices extended declines on Monday after non-OPEC producers made no specific commitment to join OPEC in limiting oil output levels to prop up prices, suggesting they wanted the oil producing group to solve its differences first, according to Reuters. Officials and experts from OPEC countries and non-OPEC nations including Azerbaijan, Brazil,...