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      European Parliament against activities with new RF Duma because of the illegal annexation of Crimea
      Sep12

      European Parliament against activities with new RF Duma because of the illegal annexation of Crimea

      The European Parliament has no plan of carrying out activities with the future State Duma of the Russian Federation which might run counter to its non-recognition policy of the illegal annexation of Crimea, Giacomo Fassina, a spokesman of European Parliament President Martin Schulz, told a UNIAN correspondent in Brussels. ”The position of the...

      Russia to vote against IMF loan tranche to Ukraine – Russian Finance Minister
      Sep12

      Russia to vote against IMF loan tranche to Ukraine – Russian Finance Minister

      Russia will vote against the allocation of the next loan tranche of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to Ukraine, an UNIAN correspondent in Russia reported referring to Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov. ”Today, we will give necessary instructions to our representative at the International Monetary Fund to vote against a decision on the...

      Ukraine can attract $3-5 bln investment in 2017 – Head of the National Investment Council
      Sep12

      Ukraine can attract $3-5 bln investment in 2017 – Head of the National Investment Council

      Head of the National Investment Council Boris Lozhkin believes Ukraine can attract up to $3-5 billion in investment in 2017 should it demonstrate a progress in implementing the reforms. ”I hope that next year the National Investment Council will be able to implement a number of serious institutional initiatives, as well as to attract $3-5...

      Europe`s top diplomats to to visit Ukraine on September 14-15 – Klimkin
      Sep12

      Europe`s top diplomats to to visit Ukraine on September 14-15 – Klimkin

      Not only Germany`s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault are planning to visit Kyiv this week, Ukraine`s FM Pavlo Klimkin said speaking on Inter TV channel, Ukraine Today reports. They will be joined by their British and Danish counterparts – Boris Johnson and Kristian Jensen, Klimkin...

      EU Parliament to vote in favor of a visa-free regime for Ukrainians until November – Klimkin
      Sep12

      EU Parliament to vote in favor of a visa-free regime for Ukrainians until November – Klimkin

      Ukraine`s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin expects that the European Parliament will decide on a visa-free regime with Ukraine in the near future, DW reports with reference to Die Welt. ”I expect that later this month or in October, the European Parliament will vote in favor of a visa-free regime, and we will get a positive decision of the EU until...

      Ukraine unemployment is about 10% lower as compared to 2015 – Vice Prime Minister
      Sep12

      Ukraine unemployment is about 10% lower as compared to 2015 – Vice Prime Minister

      The number of people registered as unemployed with the State Employment Service has decreased by 10% as compared to the previous year, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Rozenko told Ukrainian 112 Channel. ”The situation we have now is stable. The number of people registered as unemployed with the State Employment Service is about 10% lower as...

      OSCE not to mention occupied Crimea in report on Russian pseudo-elections
      Sep12

      OSCE not to mention occupied Crimea in report on Russian pseudo-elections

      The representatives of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) will not mention annexed Crimea in the report on the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation, the representative of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Jan Petersen said in an interview with the Russian newspaper Izvestia. Since the OSCE...

      Ukrainian athletes won 49 medals over the four days of Paralympics
      Sep12

      Ukrainian athletes won 49 medals over the four days of Paralympics

      Ukrainian athletes won six gold medals on the fourth day of the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and continue to rank third in the medal standings. On September 11, the Ukrainians also won three silver and bronze medals. A rower Roman Polianskyi, a sprinter Leilia Adzhametova, a tennis player Natalia Kosmina, and swimmers Yelyzaveta Mereshko,...

      Ukraine`s underground gas stocks exceed 13.1 bcm
      Sep12

      Ukraine`s underground gas stocks exceed 13.1 bcm

      Stocks of natural gas in Ukraine`s underground storage facilities grew by 3.4%, or 425 million cubic meters (mcm), from 12.687 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas on September 3 to 13.112 bcm of gas on September 10, according to Ukrtransgaz, operator of Ukraine`s gas transport system. The amount of gas pumped daily into the underground storage...

      Elections to State Duma in Crimea could trigger new wave of repression – human rights activist
      Sep12

      Elections to State Duma in Crimea could trigger new wave of repression – human rights activist

      The electoral process in Russia-annexed Crimea could lead to a new wave of repression in case Crimeans publicly refuse to vote, Chairman of the Crimean Human Rights Group Olga Skrypnyk has told Hromadske.tv. ”The so-called electoral process in Crimea could trigger a new wave of repression if people publicly refuse or write that they disagree with...