Section: News & Summaries

      Poroshenko confident Ukraine to get visa-free regime with EU as early as this year
      Jun03

      Poroshenko confident Ukraine to get visa-free regime with EU as early as this year

      Ukraine has fulfilled all the requirements of the Visa Liberalization Action Plan put forward by the European Union, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said at his big press conference in Kyiv Friday, June 3.”After that, the European Commission decided to provide legislative proposals, having fully and unanimously supported granting a visa-free...

      South Africa wants to buy Ukrainian pork
      Jun03

      South Africa wants to buy Ukrainian pork

      The Republic of South Africa may start buying Ukrainian pork, according to the press service of the Association of Pig Producers of Ukraine.The Ukrainian State Service for Food Safety and Consumer Rights Protection has received an offer from South African authorities to start supplying Ukrainian pork to that market, the press service reported...

      Mykolaiv shipyard completes tests of Pryluky missile boat
      Jun03

      Mykolaiv shipyard completes tests of Pryluky missile boat

      State-run enterprise Shipyard named after 61 Communards, which is part of Ukraine`s major state-owned arms manufacturer Ukroboronprom, has completed mooring trials of the Pryluky missile boat of the Ukrainian Navy.The shipyard upgraded external elements of the vessel`s deck, repaired and set up mechanisms of the vessel`s system, Ukroboronprom`s...

      IMF First Deputy Managing Director to visit Kyiv
      Jun03

      IMF First Deputy Managing Director to visit Kyiv

      First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) David Lipton is scheduled to visit Kyiv for a meeting of Dutch constituency member-states of the IMF and the World Bank on June 3-5, according to IMF Deputy Spokesperson William Murray said in a briefing on Thursday, June 2.”First Deputy Managing Director David Lipton is...

      Migrant crisis: Rescue under way from capsized boat off Crete – BBC
      Jun03

      Migrant crisis: Rescue under way from capsized boat off Crete – BBC

      About 250 people have been rescued from a migrant boat that has capsized in the Mediterranean sea, Greek officials say, according to the BBC.A coast guard spokesman said four ships were involved in the operation, with helicopters on their way, the BBC wrote.Hundreds of migrants were ”in distress” in the water. The boat was found in international...

      The Times: Kyiv allows torture and runs secret jails, says UN
      Jun03

      The Times: Kyiv allows torture and runs secret jails, says UN

      Ukraine`s spy agency, the SBU, is systematically rounding up and torturing suspected rebel sympathisers, the United Nations has told The Times.Ivan Simonovic, UN assistant secretary-general for human rights, said that in some areas Kyiv`s ”disregard for human rights” had become entrenched and systemic and needed to be urgently addressed, The...

      European Parliament reaches out to Russia`s State Duma – media
      Jun03

      European Parliament reaches out to Russia`s State Duma – media

      The European Parliament has decided to reestablish contacts with Russia`s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, according to Radio Liberty.The decision was taken on June 2 during a meeting of the European Parliament`s Conference of Presidents, which includes European Parliament President Martin Schulz and the chairmen of the eight political...

      Ukraine, U.S. sign agreement on $1 bln in loan guarantees
      Jun03

      Ukraine, U.S. sign agreement on $1 bln in loan guarantees

      The governments of Ukraine and the United States on June 3, 2016, signed the declaration of intent and the agreement on $1 billion in loan guarantees between Ukraine and the United States as part of arrangements between the two countries` leaders.The document was signed by Ukrainian Finance Minister Oleksandr Danylyuk and by U.S. Ambassador to...

      Hryvnia strengthens to UAH 25.01 to dollar on interbank market
      Jun03

      Hryvnia strengthens to UAH 25.01 to dollar on interbank market

      Hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank currency market on Friday strengthened to UAH 24.96/25.01 to the dollar by the middle of trade, a broker at a commercial bank has told an UNIAN correspondent.Hryvnia quotes against the euro have settled at UAH 27.8300/27.8810, while those against the Russian ruble have settled at UAH...

      UN Human Rights Office: Donbas crisis far from over
      Jun03

      UN Human Rights Office: Donbas crisis far from over

      UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic says there are all indicators that the Donbas crisis is far from over, according to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.”The increase in heavy weaponry near the contact line, and the hostilities around Avdiyivka and Yasynutava, in Donetsk region since early March,...