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      Klimkin started his working visit Netherlands over issues with Association Agreement ratification
      Oct26

      Klimkin started his working visit Netherlands over issues with Association Agreement ratification

      On October 25 Ukraine`s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin started his working visit to the Netherlands, according to the ministry`s press service. The main purpose of the visit is to hold political talks with Dutch officials on completion of the ratification of the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement, the press service reports. Ukraine`s top diplomat...

      US and Russia: A Pacific Reconciliation?
      Oct26

      US and Russia: A Pacific Reconciliation?

      Russia’s Far East is just as susceptible to Chinese power as the countries of the Indo-Pacific and if the country wants to shore up control over this region, repairing relations with the US will be essential. It is also in America’s interest to have Russia as an independent power in Asia rather than being China’s satellite....

      Ukraine`s state debt soars by $1.9 bln in September
      Oct25

      Ukraine`s state debt soars by $1.9 bln in September

      The total sum of Ukraine`s state and government-guaranteed debt as of the end of September 2016 stood at US$68.61 billion, which was 2.8%, or $1.9 billion, up on the beginning of that month, according to the Ukrainian Finance Ministry. State and government-guaranteed debt in the hryvnia equivalent was UAH 1.778 trillion, which was 3.9%, or UAH...

      U.S. extends ban on flights over eastern Ukraine, Crimea by late Oct 2018
      Oct25

      U.S. extends ban on flights over eastern Ukraine, Crimea by late Oct 2018

      The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Ministry of Transport of the United States have extended the ban imposed on December 29, 2014 on flights of U.S. airlines over Simferopol and Dnirpo, including all flight zone of responsibility in these areas, until October 27, 2018. According to the report, the ban will come into force on October...

      The Doctor Is In: Ukraine’s New Health Minister Already Shaking Up Sclerotic System
      Oct25

      The Doctor Is In: Ukraine’s New Health Minister Already Shaking Up Sclerotic System

      Health care in Ukraine has not worked in the past—not for hospitals, clinics, doctors or nurses, and most important, not for the Ukrainian people, regardless of where they live or work, unless they are fortunate enough to pay under the table to receive the most basic care.Entrenched, bureaucratic, and corrupt interests, wielding a combination of...

      Maidan cases may be sent to Hague court – Ukrainian Prosecutor General
      Oct25

      Maidan cases may be sent to Hague court – Ukrainian Prosecutor General

      Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko says he does not rule out that the cases related to Maidan events when over a hundred people were killed downtown Kyiv between the end of 2013 and the beginning of 2014 could be transferred to the International Criminal Court. ”I think the public also wants those who committed [these crimes], especially...

      Poroshenko`s Office expects OSCE to step up measures to protect freedom of expression, journalists in Crimea
      Oct25

      Poroshenko`s Office expects OSCE to step up measures to protect freedom of expression, journalists in Crimea

      The Presidential Administration has said that in spite of the EU and the OSCE`s concerns over the situation in the occupied Crimea, real steps ”are sometimes not seen”, the head of the main department of information policy of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine Andriy Zhyhulin said at the international conference on safety of journalists...

      Council on National Bank of Ukraine greenlights transfer of UAH 38 bln profit to state budget
      Oct25

      Council on National Bank of Ukraine greenlights transfer of UAH 38 bln profit to state budget

      An updated Council of the National Bank of Ukraine at the first meeting after a year`s break has approved the annual consolidated financial statements of the central bank for 2015 and the distribution of profits of the central bank, which will allow to transfer UAH 38 billion of profit to the state budget. ”I am pleased to join the work of the...

      Russia may use “Admiral Kuznetsov” carrier group for airstrikes against Aleppo – Stoltenberg
      Oct25

      Russia may use “Admiral Kuznetsov” carrier group for airstrikes against Aleppo – Stoltenberg

      NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg does not rule out that the Russian battle group of warships heading toward the Mediterranean can be used as a platform for more airstrikes against war-torn Aleppo, an UNIAN correspondent in Brussels reported from a press conference ahead of the Alliance`s ministerial meeting. Having noted that any country...

      Russia still present in Donbas – NATO Secretary General
      Oct25

      Russia still present in Donbas – NATO Secretary General

      NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has assured that the Alliance will continue to support Ukraine, and called on Russia to fulfill the Minsk agreements aimed at resolving the situation in the east of Ukraine, according to an UNIAN correspondent in Brussels. Speaking at a press conference on the eve of the meeting of NATO Defense Ministers in...