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      71st General Assembly session opens in NY
      Sep14

      71st General Assembly session opens in NY

      The United Nations General Assembly today opened its 71st session, with an emphasis on ensuring that implementation of the new global development goals, adopted by its 193 Member States last year, is well underway, according to the United Nations press center. ”The 70th Session launched the SDGs [Sustainable Development Goals], and for...

      Ukrainian Prosecutor says criminal case opened against Interior Minister Avakov
      Sep14

      Ukrainian Prosecutor says criminal case opened against Interior Minister Avakov

      Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko says that his office (PGO) has opened a criminal case against Interior Minister Arsen Avakov on the basis of a letter sent by Vitaliy Shabunin, head of the board of the Anti-Corruption Action Center (AntAC), a Ukrainian civil society organization, according to Channel 24. ”Every day I get [letters] from...

      Russian troops open fire and kill Ukrainian soldiers but Ukraine ready to observe Donbas truce with no time limit
      Sep14

      Russian troops open fire and kill Ukrainian soldiers but Ukraine ready to observe Donbas truce with no time limit

      Head of the Ukrainian team of the Joint Center for Control and Coordination (JCCC) on the settlement of the Donbas crisis Major General Borys Kremenetsky says Ukraine consistently fulfills its obligations to abide by the ceasefire along the entire contact line in Donbas and is ready to observe the truce with no time limit. ”The Ukrainian members...

      Kremlin`s TV channel RT faces Ofcom inquiry – The Times
      Sep14

      Kremlin`s TV channel RT faces Ofcom inquiry – The Times

      RT, the Kremlin`s English-language TV channel, is to be investigated for bias after it launched an inaccurate attack on a fracking company, The Times reported. Ofcom, the regulator, which has upheld 15 breaches of broadcasting rules against the station, known as RT, has announced a fresh investigation, The Times wrote. Last month The Times...

      Ukraine may decommission part of gas network on lower Russian supplies – Reuters
      Sep13

      Ukraine may decommission part of gas network on lower Russian supplies – Reuters

      Ukraine may decommission part of its gas transit system due to a sharp fall in the amount of Russian gas being pumped to Europe via Ukraine, the head of Ukraine`s gas transport monopoly Ihor Prokopiv was quoted on Tuesday as saying, according to Reuters. Around 40% of Russia`s gas exports to Europe currently pass through Ukraine but several new...

      On way to reconciliation: Ukraine, Poland to jointly analyze Volyn tragedy
      Sep13

      On way to reconciliation: Ukraine, Poland to jointly analyze Volyn tragedy

      Poland`s Foreign Minister Witold Jan Waszczykowski has expressed support for historians who work to search for ways of reconciliation between the Ukrainian and Polish peoples, according to an UNIAN correspondent. ”We do not manipulate these complex and problematic issues that must be solved, especially between neighbors, and have positive...

      An Important Reform Milestone: An Independent Energy Regulator in Ukraine
      Sep13

      An Important Reform Milestone: An Independent Energy Regulator in Ukraine

      It is hard to find anything that unites the Ukrainian parliament as efficiently as the body’s regular and purposeful failure to adopt the bill on the National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Public Utilities. Neither the demands of the expert community, nor the bill’s connection with Ukraine’s international...

      Here’s What Ukrainian-Americans Are Doing For Ukraine
      Sep13

      Here’s What Ukrainian-Americans Are Doing For Ukraine

      Ukraine’s Maidan revolution united Ukraine as a nation like never before, and it reinvigorated Ukrainian-American communities across the United States. While Ukrainian-Americans are well organized nationally through such organizations as the Ukrainian Congress Committee of Ukraine and in metropolitan areas with large Ukrainian communities,...

      The National Bank of Ukraine expects $2.3 bln from IMF in 2016
      Sep13

      The National Bank of Ukraine expects $2.3 bln from IMF in 2016

      The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) expects to receive the third loan tranche from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) worth $1 billion in mid-September, following a meeting of the IMF Executive Directors on Ukraine`s issue, which has been scheduled for September 14. ”It is $1 billion in the SDR equivalent. Funds are usually received within 2-3...

      Ukraine to get visa-free regime with EU in October – Poroshenko
      Sep13

      Ukraine to get visa-free regime with EU in October – Poroshenko

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has stated that he hopes Ukraine will be granted a visa-free travel with the European Union in October. ”I hope that in a few weeks, in October, we will have a visa-free regime [with the EU],” Poroshenko said during the opening ceremony of a new kindergarten in the village of Yuvileyne, in Dnipropetrovsk...