Section: Politics

      EU three-year anti-corruption program to be launched in Ukraine on February
      Jan30

      EU three-year anti-corruption program to be launched in Ukraine on February

      Foreign Minister of Denmark Anders Samuelsen announces that Denmark will begin implementing the anti-corruption scheme of the European Union (EU) in Ukraine from February 1, 2017. Denmark as the Europe’s least corrupt country will officially head the EU anti-corruption program in Ukraine. “As Europe’s least corrupt country, we come to...

      German Minister-President of Bavaria calls to lift sanctions against Russia in 2017
      Jan30

      German Minister-President of Bavaria calls to lift sanctions against Russia in 2017

      Minister-President of Bavaria , Germany, the head of Germany’s Christian Social Union in Bavaria party, Horst Seehofer, stated that sanctions imposed against the Russian Federation by the EU and the USA for Russian illegal annexation of Crimea and Russian military actions in Ukraine had to be lifted in 2017, according to Bild am Sonntag. Horst...

      Poland issued an ultimatum demanding an immediate lift the ban for the Polish Mayor of Przemyśl to enter Ukraine
      Jan26

      Poland issued an ultimatum demanding an immediate lift the ban for the Polish Mayor of Przemyśl to enter Ukraine

      The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland Jan Dziedziczak states that if the ban to enter Ukraine for the Polish Mayor of Przemyśl Robert Choma isn’t cancelled immediately, Poland will not cooperate with Ukraine. “Without clarifying this situation, without the cancellation of this decision, it is difficult to imagine further...

      Russian aggression against Ukraine isn’t in Europe’s agenda in 2017 – PACE
      Jan25

      Russian aggression against Ukraine isn’t in Europe’s agenda in 2017 – PACE

      Thorbjørn Jagland, the 13th Secretary General of the Council of Europe, addressing the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Strasbourg, France, with thirty minutes speech, didn’t point the Russian aggression against Ukraine in the list of problems. Populism, fake news, migration, Turkey, terrorism…my look ahead to...

      The President of PACE calls for the lifting sanctions against Russia
      Jan24

      The President of PACE calls for the lifting sanctions against Russia

      President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Pedro Agramunt, stated that all political sanctions against Russia imposed as a result of the illegal annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation should be lifted and the Assembly should make everything possible to return Russian delegation. During his visit to Moscow...

      Memorial plaque of Ukrainian Nationalists leader Konovalets unveiled in Kyiv
      Jan24

      Memorial plaque of Ukrainian Nationalists leader Konovalets unveiled in Kyiv

      The opening ceremony of a commemorative plaque to the military commander of the Ukrainian National Republic (UNR) army and the founder of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) Yevhen Konovalets took place on January 22, 2017, on the Day of Unity and 98th anniversary of signing Unification Act, reports the Ukrainian Institute of...

      Ukraine has celebrated the Day of Unity and 98th anniversary of signing Unification Act
      Jan24

      Ukraine has celebrated the Day of Unity and 98th anniversary of signing Unification Act

      Ukraine marked the 98th anniversary of signing Unification Act (“Act Zluky”) and celebrated Unity Day (Day of Unification) on January 22, 2017. “Act Zluky” was signed by the Ukrainian People’s Republic (UNR) and the West Ukrainian People’s Republic (ZUNR) on 22 Jan 1919 at Sofia square in Kyiv and symbolized the unity of two separate republics...

      World Congress of the Crimean Tatars appeals to recognize the Stalin`s deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944 as genocide
      Jan23

      World Congress of the Crimean Tatars appeals to recognize the Stalin`s deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944 as genocide

      World Congress of the Crimean Tatars (WCCT) has sent an appeal to three hundred various government agencies around the world to recognize the deportation of the Crimean Tatars in 1944 as genocide. “Mass deportation of the Crimean Tatars in 1944 with the purpose of the complete destruction of this people was classified as a crime in WCCT...

      Patriots of Ukraine Worldwide Movement in Australia held a rally against Russian invasion in Ukraine
      Jan23

      Patriots of Ukraine Worldwide Movement in Australia held a rally against Russian invasion in Ukraine

      Patriots of Ukraine Wordwide Movement held a protest against Russian invasion into Ukraine “Stop Putin’s War in Ukraine 3.0”. Protesters gathered in Sydney, Australia, according to the official Facebook of Patriots of Ukraine Worldwide Movement. “Although now the events in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine are scarcely covered by...

      Russia is so glad about Trump’s inauguration that minted coins with his profile image
      Jan20

      Russia is so glad about Trump’s inauguration that minted coins with his profile image

      A Russian weapons foundry Art-Grani located in the Urals city of Zlatoust in the Ural Mountains has minted silver and gold coins containing the profile of U.S. President-elect Donald J. Trump with the slogan, “In Donald Trump We Trust”, according to TASS. The weight of one coin is about 1 kilogram and is about 12 centimeters in diameter. The...