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      Russia`s envoy to NATO claims no Russian military activity in Ukraine
      Jul14

      Russia`s envoy to NATO claims no Russian military activity in Ukraine

      Russia`s permanent representative to NATO, Alexander Grushko, claims there is no Russian military activity in Ukraine, adding that NATO`s recent decision taken at the Warsaw summit to step up their military presence along the Alliance`s eastern flank is counterproductive.”At any rate, there is no Russian military activity in Ukraine,” he told the...

      DW: IOM highlights refugee drownings
      Jul14

      DW: IOM highlights refugee drownings

      Drownings in the Mediterranean killed two-thirds of the 3,694 refugees who perished while trying to reach Europe since January, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported, according to Germany`s international broadcaster Deutsche Welle.Fatalities among refugees heading for Europe across the Mediterranean from Africa rose 18...

      One Ukrainian solider killed, six injured in Donbas in past 24 hours
      Jul14

      One Ukrainian solider killed, six injured in Donbas in past 24 hours

      One Ukrainian soldier was killed in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, while six others were wounded, according to presidential spokesman for ATO issues Oleksandr Motuzianyk.”One Ukrainian serviceman was killed and four were wounded in fighting in the past 24 hours. Another two were injured in a blast by a...

      Agrarian Minister names state enterprises for privatization
      Jul14

      Agrarian Minister names state enterprises for privatization

      Ukrainian Minister of Agrarian Policy Taras Kutovyi has announced which state enterprises will be the first to be put up for sale.”At least one important state-owned enterprise should be proposed in a memorandum for investors by the end of the year, and the proposal should  be submitted to the State Property Fund,” Kutovyi said, in an interview...

      VOA: Obama: America `not even close` to healing people-police divide
      Jul14

      VOA: Obama: America `not even close` to healing people-police divide

      After a nearly four hour-long meeting at the White House Wednesday with leaders in law enforcement and prominent members of the black community, President Barack Obama said that America is still nowhere close to healing the decades-long build up of mistrust between the two sides, according to Voice of America (VOA).”We`re not there yet, we`re not...

      UN to provide technical assistance to Ukrainian agriculture
      Jul14

      UN to provide technical assistance to Ukrainian agriculture

      The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations will provide $15 million in technical assistance to Ukraine to develop its agricultural sector, according to Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Olena Kovalova.The assistance will be provided as part of the Country Programming Framework signed by the FAO and...

      NATO Summit: Collective Defence & Nuclear Deterrence
      Jul14

      NATO Summit: Collective Defence & Nuclear Deterrence

      When the NATO heads of state and government convened in Wales in 2014 following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, their meeting was widely heralded as historic; and yet it is likely that last week’s Warsaw NATO summit will be the more important one. This is because it is only now that NATO genuinely has returned to its roots as an...

      Ukraine urges NATO to use country`s air transport potential – Defense Ministry
      Jul14

      Ukraine urges NATO to use country`s air transport potential – Defense Ministry

      Ukraine has invited the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to make use of Ukraine`s air transport capabilities to carry alliance troops and cargo, a UNIAN correspondent reported, referring to comments made by Head of Defense Ministry`s Department on military policy, strategic planning and international cooperation, Major-General Anatoliy...

      Sajdik supports creation of Minsk subgroup on Ukraine`s regaining border with Russia
      Jul14

      Sajdik supports creation of Minsk subgroup on Ukraine`s regaining border with Russia

      Ambassador Martin Sajdik, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group on the implementation of the peace plan in the East of Ukraine, says he supports the creation of a fifth subgroup that will tackle Ukraine`s recovering its border with Russia.”This issue has long been discussed….it...

      Reuters: EU moving ahead on giving China market economy status
      Jul14

      Reuters: EU moving ahead on giving China market economy status

      The European Union is moving ahead with the process of giving China market economy status to boost trade, but is concerned about overcapacity, a senior European Commission official said on Thursday, according to Reuters.”We are in favor of free trade…as long as overcapacity is harming fair trade it`s very difficult to do free trade,” Jyrki...