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      Ukraine Ombudsman tells about agreements reached with Russia in Minsk
      Jun21

      Ukraine Ombudsman tells about agreements reached with Russia in Minsk

      Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Valeriya Lutkovska has confirmed that Ukraine and Russia have agreed on the handover of prisoners from the detention facility in Simferopol to Ukraine.”We have agreed to sign a special memorandum on the transfer of those persons who as of March 18, 2014, had already been convicted by Ukrainian...

      Poroshenko comments on national team`s last game at Euro-2016: only fans were 100% committed
      Jun21

      Poroshenko comments on national team`s last game at Euro-2016: only fans were 100% committed

      Ukraine`s President Petro Poroshenko, who was watching the last game of the national football team at Euro-2016, wrote that he was expecting the Ukrainian team would win the match against Poland.”I was expecting a victory. Only fans have been 100% committed today,” Poroshenko wrote on Facebook.He also wished the Polish football team a successful...

      Nuland to visit Kyiv and Moscow for talks on Ukrainian crisis
      Jun21

      Nuland to visit Kyiv and Moscow for talks on Ukrainian crisis

      U.S. Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland is coming to Kyiv on Wednesday to discuss the situation in Donbas, after which she will visit Moscow, BBC Russian news service reported referring to the U.S. State Department.It is reported that Nuland will meet Ukrainian authorities to discuss the situation in the...

      Savchenko tells PACE when Russia to get weary of waging war with Ukraine
      Jun21

      Savchenko tells PACE when Russia to get weary of waging war with Ukraine

      Ukrainian MP Nadia Savchenko believes that Russia`s aggression in eastern Ukraine will end only after the Russian people rise up from their knees and stop tolerate people`s deaths, an UNIAN correspondent reported.”One of the advantages of the `one in power` system is a pyramid. Russia`s biggest reserve is not gold, diamonds, oil or gas, but its...

      Ukraine`s GDP sees decline in Q1 compared to previous quarter
      Jun21

      Ukraine`s GDP sees decline in Q1 compared to previous quarter

      Ukraine`s gross domestic product in the first quarter of 2016 decreased by 0.7% as compared with the fourth quarter of 2015, seasonally adjusted and excluding the occupied Crimea and part of the Anti-Terrorist Operation zone, according to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine.In annual terms, Ukraine`s GDP in the first quarter of 2016 grew by...

      Constitutional Court to review decisions on new public utility tariffs in Ukraine
      Jun21

      Constitutional Court to review decisions on new public utility tariffs in Ukraine

      The Supreme Court of Ukraine has filed a submission to the Constitutional Court of Ukraine regarding the legitimacy of the Ukrainian president`s decrees regulating the activities of the National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission (NEURC), as well as the legitimacy of NEURC decisions concerning the establishment of utility tariffs in...

      French police break up fight among Polish fans in Marseille
      Jun21

      French police break up fight among Polish fans in Marseille

      French police on Tuesday broke up a fight between Polish fans in Marseille and detained two of them ahead of Poland`s final Euro 2016 group stage match against Ukraine, Reuters reported.Thousands of Polish supporters swarmed through the narrow streets of the city`s Vieux Port (Old Port) district, drinking, chanting and letting off smoke bombs...

      Poroshenko names pre-conditions for holding elections in Donbas and amending Constitution
      Jun21

      Poroshenko names pre-conditions for holding elections in Donbas and amending Constitution

      President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has outlined conditions the implementation of which will allow to hold elections in Donbas and amend the country`s Constitution in terms of decentralization.This statement Poroshenko made in an interview with French TV channel ITele.According to Poroshenko, the conditions envisage the withdrawal of Russian...

      Ukraine and Canada ink memorandum on export support, trade, investment
      Jun21

      Ukraine and Canada ink memorandum on export support, trade, investment

      Ukraine and Canada have signed an intergovernmental memorandum on export support, trade and investment, Ukraine`s Ministry of Economic Development and Trade reports on Twitter, according to Ukraine Today.Ukrainian officials expect to sign a free trade agreement with Canada on 11-12 July – during Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau`s...

      Dekanoidze explains why police corruption still alive
      Jun21

      Dekanoidze explains why police corruption still alive

      Chief of the National Police of Ukraine Khatia Dekanoidze says she recognizes that so far the new police authorities fail ”to eliminate all corruption elements” in police, Ukraine`s 112 Channel reports.”Unfortunately, I must say that we have failed so far to eliminate all corruption components. First of all, it is the motivation, which police...