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      Bloomberg: Obama calls Trump unfit, urges top Republicans to repudiate him
      Aug03

      Bloomberg: Obama calls Trump unfit, urges top Republicans to repudiate him

      U.S. President Barack Obama, delivering his strongest condemnation of Donald Trump yet, said the Republican presidential nominee is unprepared and unfit to hold the nation`s highest office and urged Republican leaders to disavow his candidacy, according to Bloomberg. Trump ”doesn`t appear to have basic knowledge around critical issues” in Europe,...

      CNN: Reports of chemical gas attacks in 2 Syrian cities
      Aug03

      CNN: Reports of chemical gas attacks in 2 Syrian cities

      Two chemical gas attacks have been reported in northern Syria, one in the region where a Russian helicopter was downed a day earlier, killing all five people on board, according to CNN. In the first alleged attack, cylinders suspected of containing chlorine gas were dropped in residential areas in the city of Saraqeb in Idlib province, the...

      Experts predict population crisis in Ukraine this year due to war
      Aug02

      Experts predict population crisis in Ukraine this year due to war

      Experts predict a demographic crisis in Ukraine in 2016 due to the war in Donbas, according to a UNIAN correspondent. Director of the Ukrainian Institute of Research of Extremism Oleh Zarubinsky and his deputy Bohdan Petrenko explained that Ukraine saw a decline in the birth rate in 2013-2015, and although the major consequences of the...

      Visited occupied Donbas, Savchenko reveals
      Aug02

      Visited occupied Donbas, Savchenko reveals

      Member of Parliament Nadiia Savchenko says she has visited the occupied areas of Donbas in eastern Ukraine to talk to the local residents. ”I`ve been there, but the representatives of the self-proclaimed ”DPR” [Donetsk People`s Republic] and ”LPR” [Luhansk People`s Republic] were not aware of this. I entered the territory beyond the contact line...

      SBU security service detains advocate of fake Kyiv People`s Republic
      Aug02

      SBU security service detains advocate of fake Kyiv People`s Republic

      The SBU Security Service of Ukraine has detained an advocate of a fake Kyiv People`s Republic, the SBU press center said. The man posted an electronic announcement on public PCs at a social establishment in Kyiv, urging the creation of a self-proclaimed republic. During a search of his house, security service officers found emails on his PC sent...

      What Trade Policy Does Ukraine Need Now?
      Aug02

      What Trade Policy Does Ukraine Need Now?

      At the informal ministerial meeting of the Eastern Partnership in Kyiv on July 11-12, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin proposed that the six members of the Eastern Partnership (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine) form a single economic space or free trade area. This is implausible. Ukraine does need to open...

      Ukraine reduces gas imports in July by nearly 32%
      Aug02

      Ukraine reduces gas imports in July by nearly 32%

      Ukraine reduced gas imports in July by 31.8% year-on-year (y-o-y) to 409 million cubic meters, according to Ukrtransgaz, operator of the country`s gas transport system. Natural gas imports in Ukraine were undertaken by five companies during the period. ”Gas supplies over the last 248 days have been carried out solely from Europe,” the press...

      Finance Ministry to verify operation of ”single customs window” this week
      Aug02

      Finance Ministry to verify operation of ”single customs window” this week

      Ukraine`s Ministry of Finance will this week inspect checkpoints and places where customs clearance of goods takes place to verify the operation of an automated ”single window” system, which was launched at Ukrainian customs houses from August 1, the ministry`s press service reported. The Finance Ministry noted that the introduction of the...

      Ukraine`s hryvnia ranked world`s most underestimated currency
      Aug02

      Ukraine`s hryvnia ranked world`s most underestimated currency

      The Ukrainian hryvnia has been ranked the world`s most underestimated national currency, according to The Big Mac index for July 2016 compiled by The Economist. According to the data, Ukraine`s national currency is underestimated by 68.8% against the U.S. dollar and by 62.6% against the euro. The estimated value of the dollar against the hryvnia...

      Possible EAEC expansion poses no threat to Ukraine`s foreign trade: Da Vinci AG forecast
      Aug02

      Possible EAEC expansion poses no threat to Ukraine`s foreign trade: Da Vinci AG forecast

      The possible expansion of the Eurasian Economic Community (EAEC) does not represent a serious threat for Ukraine`s foreign trade, according to a forecast of the Da Vinci AG analytical group provided to UNIAN. Chairman of the State Duma Committee on CIS affairs Leonid Slutsky suggested that Tajikistan may this year express its intention to join...