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      Ukraine expects $1bln IMF tranche to replenish NBU reserves – Groysman
      Jul20

      Ukraine expects $1bln IMF tranche to replenish NBU reserves – Groysman

      Ukraine expects to receive $1 billion in loan tranche from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the country`s key creditor, which will be used to replenish the National Bank of Ukraine`s (NBU) reserves, according to Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman.”The amount [of tranche] for Ukraine will be determined at the Executive Board...

      Estonian MEP: Donbas, Crimea must not vanish in shadow of new conflicts
      Jul20

      Estonian MEP: Donbas, Crimea must not vanish in shadow of new conflicts

      Worldwide attention to the circumstances in eastern Ukraine and Russian-annexed Crimea must not decrease as, unfortunately, nothing has changed, Estonian member of the European Parliament Urmas Paet stressed at a meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Kyiv, The Baltic Times reports.”As new crises emerge, the danger exists that...

      Militants deny access for OSCE official to prisons with hostages in Donbas – Ukraine envoy
      Jul20

      Militants deny access for OSCE official to prisons with hostages in Donbas – Ukraine envoy

      Russian-controlled militants denied access to the OSCE coordinator at the humanitarian subgroup of the Tripartite Liaison Group on Donbas settlement Tony Fish to the prison where hostages are held in the occupied territory of Luhansk and Donetsk regions, according to Iryna Gerashchenko, Ukraine`s representative to the subgroup.”I want to say...

      U.S. State Department reacts to recent deadly militant attacks in Donbas
      Jul20

      U.S. State Department reacts to recent deadly militant attacks in Donbas

      The U.S. Department of State has expressed concern in relation to the highest number of casualties in the zone of hostilities in eastern Ukraine reported in a single day over the past year, that`s according to the U.S. State Department`s spokesman Mark Toner.”I know that on July 18, there were some series of attacks in eastern Ukraine that...

      Wikileaks publishes emails from Turkey`s ruling party in response to Erdogan`s purge
      Jul20

      Wikileaks publishes emails from Turkey`s ruling party in response to Erdogan`s purge

      WikiLeaks has said on its website it releases the first part of the emails from Turkey`s ruling AKP party, which is the political force behind the country`s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.The emails come from ”akparti.org.tr”, the AKP`s primary domain, reads a statement on the organization`s website.The most recent was sent on July 6, 2016. The...

      Fake riot staged against pretend monitors in occupied Luhansk
      Jul20

      Fake riot staged against pretend monitors in occupied Luhansk

      A fake riot involving hundreds of local residents was staged in the pro-Russian militant-controlled eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk, according to RFE/RL.The exercise held on city streets on July 19 included a simulation of residents confronting armed international monitors acting as a police force, RFE/RL reported showing a video of an...

      Trump captures Republican nomination
      Jul20

      Trump captures Republican nomination

      13 months after launching an improbable bid for the White House, Donald Trump captured the 2016 Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday, having vanquished 16 party rivals, warred with much of its establishment and provoked controversy at every turn, according to Reuters.Trump won with 1,725 delegates, followed by U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of...

      Famous Ukrainian journalist killed in car blast in Kyiv
      Jul20

      Famous Ukrainian journalist killed in car blast in Kyiv

      An acclaimed Ukrainian journalist Pavlo Sheremet was killed early Wednesday in a car explosion in the center of Ukraine`s capital city of Kyiv.The vehicle exploded at the corner of Bohdan Khmelnytsky and Ivan Franco streets outside a McDonalds restaurant, Ukrainska Pravda reports.The exploded car belonged to Olena Prytula, an owner of Ukrainska...

      Juncker happy with reforms in Ukraine, but calls for their acceleration
      Jul19

      Juncker happy with reforms in Ukraine, but calls for their acceleration

      President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker says that he is satisfied with the speed and content of reforms in Ukraine but calls on the Ukrainian government to accelerate their implementation, according to an UNIAN correspondent.”We are encouraging the Ukrainian government to pursue the reform process which is under way. We are...

      Ukrainian PM: Donbas election possible only after Russia withdraws troops
      Jul19

      Ukrainian PM: Donbas election possible only after Russia withdraws troops

      Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman says that local elections in separate districts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions in the east of Ukraine will be held only after Russia withdraws its troops from the region and security is guaranteed, according to an UNIAN correspondent.”We`ve touched upon the situation in eastern Ukraine. Security is one...