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      Ukraine, China draw roadmap for economic cooperation
      Aug26

      Ukraine, China draw roadmap for economic cooperation

      Ukraine and China are developing an economic cooperation roadmap for joint implementation of projects in agricultural, industrial, energy and infrastructure areas, Ukraine Trade Representative Natalia Mykolska said following the 4th meeting of the Subcommittee on trade and economic cooperation of the Commission for Cooperation between the...

      Ukrainian Appeal Court rejects recovery of UAH 300 mln from Imexbank owner in favour of NBU
      Aug26

      Ukrainian Appeal Court rejects recovery of UAH 300 mln from Imexbank owner in favour of NBU

      The Court of Appeal of Odesa region has overturned a decision of the Prymorskyi District Court of Odesa city, dated March 16, that ordered MP Leonid Klimov to pay UAH 309.851 million in favor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), as a guarantor under the agreement on the provision of a stabilization loan to Imexbank, which is owned by the MP....

      Militants shell checkpoint in Maryinka, people evacuated
      Aug25

      Militants shell checkpoint in Maryinka, people evacuated

      The Russian-backed separatists have attacked a checkpoint in Maryinka, Ukrainian Border Guard Service press secretary Oleh Slobodyan wrote on Facebook. According to Slobodyan, at about 7:30 p.m. militants shelled the checkpoint in Maryinka using 80-mm mortars from the uncontrolled territory of the village of Oleksandrivka. Slobodyan informed that...

      Tombinski warns against introducing ”mirror” trade sanctions against Russia by Ukraine
      Aug25

      Tombinski warns against introducing ”mirror” trade sanctions against Russia by Ukraine

      Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine, Ambassador Jan Tombinski believes that Ukraine`s decision to respond with ”mirror” trade sanctions against Russia would not be a reasonable measure. Tombinski said this in a radio interview to EU Radio – European Station.  Tombinski pointed to Ukraine`s role as a transit country in trade....

      Five suspects under Onyshchenko ”gas case” plead guilty, agree to cooperate with investigators – NABU
      Aug25

      Five suspects under Onyshchenko ”gas case” plead guilty, agree to cooperate with investigators – NABU

      Five suspects under the so-called ”gas case” of MP Oleksandr Onyshchenko have pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with the investigation, according to the press service of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU). Among those individuals is the director of Lviv Universal Exchange, the director of Ukrainian Universal Commodity...

      Poroshenko discusses escalation of Donbas conflict with NATO Secretary General
      Aug25

      Poroshenko discusses escalation of Donbas conflict with NATO Secretary General

      President Petro Poroshenko has held a telephone talk with Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg, the presidential press service reported. The Ukrainian president informed about the escalation of the situation in Donetsk and Luhansk regions and the growing number of Russian provocations in the occupied Donbas and Crimea, according to the...

      Ukraine`s prosecutors insist Interpol red notice issued against ex-head of investment agency
      Aug25

      Ukraine`s prosecutors insist Interpol red notice issued against ex-head of investment agency

      The Prosecutor General`s Office (PGO) of Ukraine insists that Interpol`s General Secretariat has issued a red notice against former head of the State Agency for Investment and National Projects Vladyslav Kaskiv, who is accused of embezzling state funds. The notice was issued on August 1 to detain Kaskiv and enable his extradition from Panama to...

      Announcement of Eurovision 2017 host city rescheduled again
      Aug25

      Announcement of Eurovision 2017 host city rescheduled again

      A briefing by the Cabinet of Ministers, which was scheduled for Thursday, August 25, to announce the host city of the Eurovision 2017 Song Contest in Ukraine has again been cancelled. The reason for the cancellation has not been disclosed, the Cabinet`s Department of Information and Communication told UNIAN. As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukrainian...

      Border guards record Russian forces` activity near Ukrainian borders
      Aug25

      Border guards record Russian forces` activity near Ukrainian borders

      Ukrainian border guards have recorded the activity of the Russian Armed Forces near the administrative border with the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea and in other areas during the past few days, according to the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. ”The soldiers of the Azov-Black Sea regional government have spotted two Mi-8...

      Ukraine: Forwards or Backwards? A Response to Thomas Theiner and James Brooke
      Aug25

      Ukraine: Forwards or Backwards? A Response to Thomas Theiner and James Brooke

      When driving a car, it is essential to look forward to assess changing road conditions, new obstacles, and new opportunities. Prudent drivers—and investors—regularly check the rear view mirrors, but their main focus is on the future. …read more Source: Atlantic...