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      Australian PM: MH17 `killers` will be brought to justice – The Guardian
      Sep29

      Australian PM: MH17 `killers` will be brought to justice – The Guardian

      Australia`s prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has vowed ”the killers” who downed Malaysia Airlines MH17 with a Russian missile in 2014 will be brought to justice, according to The Guardian. Turnbull told reporters on Thursday that Australia would continue to pursue Russia over the tragedy, The Guardian wrote. ”The perpetrator, the criminals, the...

      Central bank mulls reducing level of monetary base to GDP to 7.5% by 2020
      Sep29

      Central bank mulls reducing level of monetary base to GDP to 7.5% by 2020

      The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) aims by 2020 to reduce the level of the monetary base to GDP to 7.5% from 15.6% at end of 2015, NBU Governor Valeria Gontareva said at the Ukrainian Financial Forum, the NBU reported on Facebook. ”Our ambitious goal is to reduce the level of the monetary base to GDP from 15.6% last year to 7.5% in 2020,” she...

      Russia`s Supreme Court begins consideration of claim on Mejlis ban in occupied Crimea
      Sep29

      Russia`s Supreme Court begins consideration of claim on Mejlis ban in occupied Crimea

      Russia`s Supreme Court has begun the consideration of the complaint on the prohibition of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people in the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea. Representatives of the Embassy of Ukraine in Russia, an official from the European Commission delegation in the Russian Federation and EU diplomats came at the court...

      Recent poll reveals how many Ukrainians support Donbas` special status
      Sep29

      Recent poll reveals how many Ukrainians support Donbas` special status

      Half of Ukrainian citizens do not support granting a special status to Donbas, according to a public opinion poll conducted by the Razumkov Centre for Sociological Research on September 9 through September 14, 2016. However, 22.7% of respondents support such an idea and 27.3% found it difficult to answer the question, according to the findings of...

      NBU confirms inflation forecast at 12% in 2016, 8% in 2017
      Sep29

      NBU confirms inflation forecast at 12% in 2016, 8% in 2017

      The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has confirmed inflation forecasts for this year and next year at the level of 12% for 2016 and 8% for 2017, NBU Governor Valeria Gontareva said in the course of Ukrainian Financial Forum, according to the press service of the ICU group – organizer of the event. ”Increasing utility tariffs will lead to certain...

      Ukraine marking 75th anniversary of Babyn Yar tragedy
      Sep29

      Ukraine marking 75th anniversary of Babyn Yar tragedy

      On September 29-30, 1941, the Nazis executed nearly 34,000 Jews at the Babyn Yar in Kyiv, occupied by the Third Reich. In 1946, the Nuremberg trial provided estimates of about 100,000 people killed at the Babyn Yar. In 1941-1943, 621 members of the OUN [Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists] were shot at the Babyn Yar, including Ukrainian...

      ”Ceasefire” in Donbas: Russian proxies attack Ukraine 25 times in last day
      Sep29

      ”Ceasefire” in Donbas: Russian proxies attack Ukraine 25 times in last day

      Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 25 times in the past 24 hours, including eight times in the Mariupol sector, eight times in the Donetsk sector and nine times in the Luhansk sector, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. In the Luhansk sector, the...

      Tusk tells when EU plans to discuss prolongation of anti-Russian sanctions
      Sep29

      Tusk tells when EU plans to discuss prolongation of anti-Russian sanctions

      The European Union is planning to discuss in December the issue of prolonging sanctions against Russia in connection with Moscow`s aggression against Ukraine, President of the European Council Donald Tusk said during the talks with Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman, an UNIAN correspondent reports. Tusk said the EU would continue to...

      Deputy Prosecutor General on MH17 report: ”It contains specific names”
      Sep29

      Deputy Prosecutor General on MH17 report: ”It contains specific names”

      The Joint Investigation Team (JIT) had its reasons not to reveal all results of its findings into the crash of flight MH17 in Donetsk region in the summer of 2014, said First Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine Dmytro Storozhuk, according to Ukrainian TV Channel 5. ”It was not us who voiced this. For objectivity, we said that it should be...

      Ukrainian soldier killed in Avdiyivka industrial zone – media
      Sep29

      Ukrainian soldier killed in Avdiyivka industrial zone – media

      A 25-years-old Ukrainian soldier was gunned down by a sniper in the Avdiyivka industrial zone in Donbas, Ukrainian news service TSN reported, citing its sources. A battle lasted for a few hours the night before. The militants fired from machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and banned mortars, according to the report. As UNIAN reported earlier,...