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      Hryvnia strengthens to UAH 25.94 to dollar on interbank market
      Oct03

      Hryvnia strengthens to UAH 25.94 to dollar on interbank market

      Hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank currency market on Monday strengthened to UAH 25.91/25.94 to the dollar by the middle of trade, a broker at a commercial bank has told an UNIAN correspondent. Thus, the national currency has strengthened by three kopiykas against the U.S. dollar as compared to the opening of trade. Hryvnia...

      Hungarians reject migrant quotas on referendum
      Oct03

      Hungarians reject migrant quotas on referendum

      Almost all Hungarians who voted in Sunday`s referendum rejected the European Union`s migrant quotas but turnout was too low to make the poll valid, frustrating Prime Minister Viktor Orban`s hopes of a clear victory with which to challenge Brussels, according to Reuters. Hungary`s maverick right-wing leader, whose hardline policy on migration has...

      Deficit of Ukraine`s foreign trade in goods 1.7 times up in eight months
      Oct03

      Deficit of Ukraine`s foreign trade in goods 1.7 times up in eight months

      The deficit of Ukraine`s foreign trade in goods in January-August 2016 was estimated at $3.567 billion, which was 1.7 times up on the deficit registered in the eight months of 2015 at $2.154 billion. Goods exports in the period under review totaled $20.869 billion, having declined by 10.1% year-over-year, while imports shrank by 3.6%, to $24.436...

      In Ukraine successfully tested a brand new Sarmat combat module
      Oct03

      In Ukraine successfully tested a brand new Sarmat combat module

      In Ukraine successfully tested a new system of combat module “Sarmat” with anti-tank missiles, said Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko in the evening of 2 October. The Sarmat combat module launches precision guided anti-tank missiles, capable of hitting pillboxes, tanks in the trenches, hovering helicopters, maritime surface targets, and...

      ”Ceasefire” in Donbas: Number of Russian attacks remains high in last day
      Oct03

      ”Ceasefire” in Donbas: Number of Russian attacks remains high in last day

      Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 48 times in the past 24 hours, including 20 times in the Mariupol sector, 12 times in the Donetsk sector and 16 times in the Luhansk sector, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) headquarters. In the Luhansk sector, the occupiers...

      Oil prices fall on high production despite planned OPEC output cut
      Oct03

      Oil prices fall on high production despite planned OPEC output cut

      Oil prices fell away from $50 per barrel on Monday despite an agreement last week by exporters to cut output, with traders doubting the step was enough to rein in production that has exceeded consumption for the better part of three years, according to Reuters. Brent crude futures LCOc1 were trading down 25 cents, or 0.5 percent, at $49.94 per...

      Media publish correspondence between Donbas militants and Kremlin propaganda mentors
      Oct03

      Media publish correspondence between Donbas militants and Kremlin propaganda mentors

      Russian militants have a propaganda campaign ongoing against the Kyiv authorities and the West on orders from Moscow consultants, according to the published e-mail correspondence, which is at the disposal of Die Zeit. About 11 gigabytes leaked from the ”Ministry of Information” of the militants. ”Moscow mentors who control the propaganda war are...

      Ukrainian reporter arrested in Moscow on ”espionage” charges
      Oct02

      Ukrainian reporter arrested in Moscow on ”espionage” charges

      Ukrainian journalist Roman Sushchenko of Ukrinform news agency was spotted in the Moscow-based pre-trial detention facility Lefortovo by members of NGO Public Monitoring Commission of Moscow, Ukrinform reports. Lefortovo court in Moscow has arrested Mr Sushchenko on ”espionage” charges (Art.276 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). ”In...

      UN humanitarian chief says besieged areas of Aleppo ”living hell” – BBC
      Oct02

      UN humanitarian chief says besieged areas of Aleppo ”living hell” – BBC

      Civilians in the rebel-held part of the Syrian city of Aleppo are enduring a ”living hell”, the UN humanitarian chief, Stephen O`Brien, has said, as fighting rages on, according to BBC News. ”I am deeply alarmed by the ferocious pummelling of eastern Aleppo city,” Mr O`Brien, UN under-secretary for humanitarian affairs, said in a statement, BBC...

      Stanytsia Luhanska crossing point closed due to political reasons, not repairs: Russian militants get caught in lie
      Oct02

      Stanytsia Luhanska crossing point closed due to political reasons, not repairs: Russian militants get caught in lie

      Deputy Chairman of the Luhansk regional state administration Yuriy Klymenko stated militants had closed a crossing point through a bridge in the village of Stanytsia Luhanska due to political reasons and not because of repairs. It is noted that according to the official version the crossing point through the bridge was closed due to repairs of...