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      Odesa-Brody oil pipeline technologically ready for Azerbaijani oil transit: Ukrtransnafta
      Sep01

      Odesa-Brody oil pipeline technologically ready for Azerbaijani oil transit: Ukrtransnafta

      Ukrtransnafta, the state-owned operator of oil transport infrastructure, has reported the technological readiness of Ukraine`s Odesa-Brody main oil pipeline, linking the Ukrainian port city of Odesa at the Black Sea and the town of Brody on the Ukrainian-Polish border, to launch oil transits through the Ukrainian territory from Azerbaijan to the...

      SBU chief responds to accusations of alleged presence of ”secret prisons” in Ukraine
      Sep01

      SBU chief responds to accusations of alleged presence of ”secret prisons” in Ukraine

      Chairman of Ukraine`s SBU Security Service Vasyl Hrytsak has said that the SBU has no secret detention centers for citizens, according to a UNIAN correspondent. ”We have no secret SBU prisons. I declare this with full responsibility. We have a department for pre-trial investigations, which is located in the city of Kyiv and works for the Central...

      Russian jets attack Idlib with phosphorus bombs
      Sep01

      Russian jets attack Idlib with phosphorus bombs

      Russian fighter jets on Wednesday attacked Syrian opposition-held areas with white phosphorous bombs, killing at least two victims in Idlib province, local defense sources told Anadolu Agency. Warplanes struck the town of Taftanaz, located northeast of the province, according to the sources who spoke on condition of anonymity due to concerns for...

      Ukraine raises electricity price for households from September 1
      Sep01

      Ukraine raises electricity price for households from September 1

      The National Energy and Utility Regulation Commission (NEURC) raised the electricity price for Ukrainian households today (Sept 1) by 25-30%, as provided for in a plan to increase tariffs previously adopted by the NEURC. Thus, as of today, electricity tariffs for households have risen to UAH 0.71 per kWh, with a consumption volume up to 100 kWh...

      Reuters: Oil prices rebound on weaker dollar, supportive China manufacturing data
      Sep01

      Reuters: Oil prices rebound on weaker dollar, supportive China manufacturing data

      Oil prices rose in Asian trade on Thursday as the U.S. dollar weakened, rebounding from a more than 3% drop in the previous session following surprisingly large builds in U.S. crude and distillate stockpiles last week, Reuters reported. An unexpected boost in China`s manufacturing sector also lent support to oil prices after official data on...

      Russian troops attack Ukraine 25 times in past 24 hours, fire grenade launchers on Avdiyivka
      Sep01

      Russian troops attack Ukraine 25 times in past 24 hours, fire grenade launchers on Avdiyivka

      Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 25 times in the past 24 hours – 14 times in the Donetsk sector, 10 times in the Mariupol sector and once in the Luhansk sector – according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation headquarters. In the Donetsk sector, the enemy fired 120mm mortars on...

      Antonov to manufacture An-225 Mriya aircraft in China
      Sep01

      Antonov to manufacture An-225 Mriya aircraft in China

      Ukraine`s state-owned Antonov enterprise and Aerospace Industry Corporation of China (AICC) on August 30 signed an agreement to complete the world`s second example of the An-225 Mriya aircraft and launch the large-scale Antonov-licensed manufacture of the said model in China. ”On August 30, 2016, Antonov and AICC signed an agreement on...

      Capital investments in Ukraine`s agricultural sector increase to UAH 17 bln
      Sep01

      Capital investments in Ukraine`s agricultural sector increase to UAH 17 bln

      Capital investment in Ukraine`s agricultural sector in the first half of 2016 amounted to UAH 17 billion, a 73.8% rise over the same period last year, the press service of the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club Association reported. ”The growth of capital investment is attributed to a relatively stable economic situation in the country over the past...

      Relatives of MH17 victims seek EU help in getting radar data
      Sep01

      Relatives of MH17 victims seek EU help in getting radar data

      Frustrated relatives of those killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot out of the sky over eastern Ukraine are appealing to the EU`s top diplomat to put pressure on Russia, Ukraine and the United States to hand over intelligence and radar data to investigators, according to Voice of America (VOA). An international team of investigators is...

      U.K. calls on Russia to free Crimean Tatar activist Umerov, return Crimea to Ukraine
      Sep01

      U.K. calls on Russia to free Crimean Tatar activist Umerov, return Crimea to Ukraine

      The United Kingdom has called on Russia to free Deputy Chairman of Mejlis of the Crimea Tatar People Ilmi Umerov and return occupied Crimea to Ukraine. ”The detention and treatment of the Deputy Chairman of Mejlis of the Crimea Tatar People, Ilmi Umerov, is a cause of deep concern. Umerov`s forced detention and examination in a psychiatric unit,...