Section: Latest news

      Russian tycoon Prokhorov`s Onexim Group selling all its assets – Reuters
      Jul04

      Russian tycoon Prokhorov`s Onexim Group selling all its assets – Reuters

      Russian tycoon Mikhail Prokhorov`s Onexim Group is selling all its assets, according to Reuters citing the Russian newspaper Vedomosti.Onexim owns stakes in aluminium giant Rusal, potash firm Uralkali and power generator Quadra, among other firms, Reuters reports.Prokhorov, the owner of U.S. basketball franchise the Brooklyn Nets, has a net worth...

      Poroshenko to meet with Obama at NATO Summit in Warsaw
      Jul04

      Poroshenko to meet with Obama at NATO Summit in Warsaw

      U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry during his visit to Kyiv will discuss issues of cooperation between Ukraine and NATO with Ukrainian leaders, as well as will pay attention to the reform of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the implementation of the Minsk agreements, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Kostiantyn Yeliseyev said on...

      Lagarde says Brexit to give EU more freedom for reform
      Jul04

      Lagarde says Brexit to give EU more freedom for reform

      Christine Lagarde, the head of International Monetary Fund, has expressed optimism that Europe will emerge from the Brexit crisis ”on top”, saying Britain`s exit from the EU could leave the bloc with more freedom to implement decisions, according to The Financial Times.Ms Lagarde suggested the UK`s vote last month to leave the EU left European...

      Ukraine to supply missiles to Polish fighter jets – media
      Jul04

      Ukraine to supply missiles to Polish fighter jets – media

      A consortium formed by Polish WB Electronics and Ukrainian SpetsTechnoExport won the tender for the supply of 40 missiles to war planes of the Polish air force, according to Radio Poland.”The Ukrainians will supply R-27ER radar-guided medium-range missiles. It is not a too modern technology, but the requirement is met regarding their full...

      Bomber killed, two police wounded in blast outside U.S. consulate in Jeddah – Reuters
      Jul04

      Bomber killed, two police wounded in blast outside U.S. consulate in Jeddah – Reuters

      A suicide bomber was killed and two other people wounded in a blast near the U.S. consulate in Saudi Arabia`s second city of Jeddah early on Monday, state TV said, the first bombing in years to attempt to target foreigners in the kingdom, according to Reuters.The attacker parked his car outside a hospital opposite the consulate at about 02:15 and...

      Russia imposes new restrictions on transit of Ukrainian goods
      Jul04

      Russia imposes new restrictions on transit of Ukrainian goods

      Russia has imposed additional restrictions on the transit of Ukrainian goods through its territory, the press service of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine reports.The ministry notes that the decree of the President of the Russian Federation was promulgated on July 3, 2016, introducing additional restrictions on the transit...

      Russian proxies attack Ukraine 61 times in last day
      Jul04

      Russian proxies attack Ukraine 61 times in last day

      The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked the Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 61 times in the past 24 hours, including 38 times in the Donetsk sector, 20 times in the Mariupol sector, and thrice in the Luhansk sector, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.In the Donetsk sector, the...

      Ukraine to determine at NATO summit next steps with Normandy Four – Poroshenko
      Jul04

      Ukraine to determine at NATO summit next steps with Normandy Four – Poroshenko

      Ukraine along with its partners in the Normandy format will coordinate further actions during the meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Commission at the level of state leaders in the framework of the NATO Summit in Warsaw, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said in Odesa Sunday during celebrations on the occasion of Navy Day, an UNIAN correspondent...

      Ukraine should abandon dreams of NATO membership
      Jul04

      Ukraine should abandon dreams of NATO membership

      Former Polish President Alexander Kwasniewski has said in an interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that Ukraine should abandon dreams to become one day a NATO member state.However, Kwa?niewski said nothing about Ukraine`s aspirations to become a member of the European Union.Speaking at the event organized by a Koerber Foundation in Warsaw...

      Sanctions great motivation for Russia to fulfill Minsk accords – Poroshenko
      Jul03

      Sanctions great motivation for Russia to fulfill Minsk accords – Poroshenko

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is confident that sanctions will remain a powerful mechanism that makes Russia take part in negotiations on the settlement of the situation in Donbas and lead to the fulfillment of the Minsk agreements, according to the president`s press service.”It is a powerful motivation for Russians to sit down at the...