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      Russia ”gets hysterical” whenever talks touch upon border issues: Ukraine representative in Minsk
      Sep24

      Russia ”gets hysterical” whenever talks touch upon border issues: Ukraine representative in Minsk

      Russia categorically opposes the creation of the fifth working subgroup on border issues, Ukraine`s envoy to the security subgroup in the Trilateral Contact Group to resolve the Donbas conflict Yevhen Marchuk has told reporters during a Rada briefing Thursday. ”Russia gets hysterical  whenever the issue of the border comes up,” Marchuk said. ”The...

      OSCE monitors in Donbas report threats to be detained, handcuffed by Russian militants
      Sep24

      OSCE monitors in Donbas report threats to be detained, handcuffed by Russian militants

      Armed members of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People`s Republic (DPR) have threatened to detain and handcuff monitors of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine. ”Armed `DPR` members threatened to `detain` handcuff SMM monitors near Staromykhailivka. [The] OSCE SMM [is] ready/able to monitor, but prevented,” the OSCE SMM tweeted on...

      Russian planes bomb Aleppo as Syrian army begins assault
      Sep24

      Russian planes bomb Aleppo as Syrian army begins assault

      Russian aircraft dropped dozens of bombs Friday on rebel and Islamic State areas, including civil defense centers, a human rights group said, as the Syrian government announced a major military operation in the city, according to USA Today. The latest violence appears to doom a cease-fire that has been violated repeatedly since it went into...

      How Ukraine Can Signal It’s Serious about Reform
      Sep23

      How Ukraine Can Signal It’s Serious about Reform

      Thirteen months since the last tranche, the IMF has finally allocated the third tranche of its program to Ukraine, bringing the total disbursement to $7.6 billion. Although it is less than the originally planned $1.7 billion and came with substantial delays, the receipt of the $1 billion tranche was celebrated by the Ukrainian government as the...

      Weaker hryvnia pushes Ukraine`s debt up by $1.8 bln in one month
      Sep23

      Weaker hryvnia pushes Ukraine`s debt up by $1.8 bln in one month

      Ukraine`s state and state-guaranteed debt in hryvnias as of the end of August was UAH 1.708 trillion, which was 2.8%, or UAH 46.82 billion (about US$1.8 billion at the current forex rate), up on the beginning of the month, according to a posting on the Ukrainian Finance Ministry. Overall state and state-guaranteed debt in the U.S. dollar by the...

      Poroshenko to visit Brussels in search of compromise over Association Agreement
      Sep23

      Poroshenko to visit Brussels in search of compromise over Association Agreement

      President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko intends to visit Brussels late October to raise the issue of ratification of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union, an UNIAN correspondent reported referring to Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine Kostyantyn Yeliseyev. ”We are making preparations for the...

      UK intercepts Russian bombers near its air borders
      Sep23

      UK intercepts Russian bombers near its air borders

      Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets have intercepted Russian Blackjack bombers approaching the UK airspace, the country`s Ministry of Defense reported on Twitter. ”We can confirm that quick reaction alert Typhoon aircraft from RAF Lossiemouth intercepted two Russian Blackjack bombers and escorted them while they were in the UK area of interest....

      Kyiv to host Ukrainian-German Business Forum Oct 11
      Sep23

      Kyiv to host Ukrainian-German Business Forum Oct 11

      The Ukrainian-German Business Forum, earlier scheduled during the Germany visit of Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman late June, will be held October 11 in Kyiv, according to the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade. The forum will consist of five panel discussions – on industry, infrastructure and logistics, innovation and the digital...

      Financial assistance for agricultural business realistic and fully resourced – Ukraine PM
      Sep23

      Financial assistance for agricultural business realistic and fully resourced – Ukraine PM

      Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman says that the programs of financial assistance for the Ukrainian agricultural businesses as provided for in the draft state budget for 2017 are fully resourced and can be implemented. ”A total of UAH 5.5 billion [earmarked to support farmers] makes up 1% of gross agricultural production volume. This...

      New approach to peace in Ukraine: Stratfor
      Sep23

      New approach to peace in Ukraine: Stratfor

      Though several agreements on ceasefire in Donbas have been made and broken since the fighting in eastern Ukraine began in 2014, the latest deal signed in Minsk on Wednesday stands a much better chance of surviving, according to U.S.-based geopolitical intelligence firm Stratfor. It represents a marked departure from previous attempts to stop the...