Section: News & Summaries

      Donbas militants ”sentence” UN official for ”war crimes”
      Jun15

      Donbas militants ”sentence” UN official for ”war crimes”

      The pro-Russian militants said that UN representative Yuriy Suprun was ”convicted of war crimes,” while a historian Ihor Kozlovskiy was a ”spy,” refusing to release both men, as reported by Ukraine`s representative in the humanitarian subgroup of the Trilateral contact group, Ukrainian President`s envoy on a peaceful settlement of the situation...

      Ukrainian becomes new Chief Technology Officer at Airbus Group
      Jun15

      Ukrainian becomes new Chief Technology Officer at Airbus Group

      A 36-year-old Ukrainian Paul Eremenko, ?a former Google and Motorola executive, has been appointed as new Chief Technology Officer at Airbus Group, according to Ukraine Today.Eremenko is currently heading the Group`s Silicon Valley Innovation Centre based in San Jose, California. Being an aeronautics and astronautics engineer, he has previously...

      NATO chief demands Russia withdraw from Ukraine: RFE/RL
      Jun15

      NATO chief demands Russia withdraw from Ukraine: RFE/RL

      NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has called on Russia to withdraw its troops and military equipment from Ukraine and to stop supporting separatists in Donbas, according to RFE/RL.Jens Stoltenberg spoke to the reporters after a Wednesday meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels also attended by Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan...

      Reagan monument may be erected in Kyiv
      Jun15

      Reagan monument may be erected in Kyiv

      Kyiv residents have offered the Kyiv municipal authorities to consider erecting a monument to U.S. President Ronald Reagan, an UNIAN correspondent reports.”Reagan until his last days was a staunch defender of the independence of Ukraine and other countries affected by the communist system,” reads a statement accompanying the petition.The authors...

      Ukraine’s Grassroots Transformation of Education
      Jun15

      Ukraine’s Grassroots Transformation of Education

      In today’s globalized world, education is perhaps the greatest challenge in a developing country. To keep pace with new technology and innovation, young people must possess not only basic skills but also be proactive, creative, innovative, and able to adjust quickly.According to the New Vision for Education report compiled at the World...

      Germany to give Ukraine EUR 5.85 mln for city development concept
      Jun15

      Germany to give Ukraine EUR 5.85 mln for city development concept

      Ukraine`s Minister of Regional Development Hennadiy Zubko and representative of the German Society for International Cooperation (Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit, GIZ) Sabine Muller have signed an agreement worth EUR 5.85 million on the implementation of the project on ”Integrated Urban Development in Ukraine.”The project...

      Kremlin: Sentsov, Kolchenko swap being discussed, Putin to decide
      Jun15

      Kremlin: Sentsov, Kolchenko swap being discussed, Putin to decide

      Russia and Ukraine are discussing the exchange of Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov and Ukrainian activist Oleksandr Kolchenko, but everything will depend on a decision to be taken by Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov.”Contacts are being maintained. Ukrainian representative for humanitarian...

      Ukraine stops shipping anthracite coal from ATO zone on June 1
      Jun15

      Ukraine stops shipping anthracite coal from ATO zone on June 1

      Head of the National Commission of Ukraine for Energy, Housing and Utilities Services Regulation (NCER) Dmytro Vovk says that shipments of anthracite coal from the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone in eastern Ukraine were suspended on June 1, 2016.”There have been no coal shipments from the ATO zone since the beginning of this month [June 1,...

      Head of Mykolaiv Regional Administration resigns – Poroshenko
      Jun15

      Head of Mykolaiv Regional Administration resigns – Poroshenko

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announces that Chairman of Mykolaiv Regional State Administration Vadym Merikov has tendered his resignation, according to an UNIAN correspondent.”I can tell that yesterday I had a meeting with Chairman of Mykolaiv Regional State Administration Vadym Merikov and, despite certain achievements, work related to...

      Energoatom sees revenue from electricity sales rise in five months
      Jun15

      Energoatom sees revenue from electricity sales rise in five months

      State-run enterprise Energoatom, which operates all Ukrainian-based nuclear power plants, reported that its revenue from electricity sales in January-May 2016 grew by 9.6% year-over-year (y-o-y), to UAH 16.831 billion.Wholesale electricity market payments for electricity supplied by Energoatom amounted to UAH 14.168 billion (84.2%) in the...