Section: News & Summaries
NATO Summit in Warsaw to be one of most important ones in history of Alliance – Stoltenberg
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said during a Berlin press conference in the framework of his working visit to Germany that the upcoming NATO Summit to be held in Warsaw July 8-9 will be one of the most important summits in history of the Alliance, according to an UNIAN correspondent.”That summit is going to be one of the most important...
MPs ban sale of Ukrzaliznytsia
The Verkhovna Rada has included Public Joint Stock Company Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia), established on the basis of the State Administration of Railway Transport of Ukraine, in the list of enterprises prohibited from privatization in the framework of the company`s corporatization, an UNIAN correspondent reports.A corresponding...
Donetsk residents say militants use roofs of their houses as firing positions: OSCE
OSCE monitors have been told by Donetsk residents that armed men from the so-called ”DPR” were using the roofs of their buildings to fire weapons, that`s according to Deputy Chief of OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Donbas Alexander Hug.”Just two days before our monitors actually went to Kuibyshevskyi district and saw damage to residential...
OPEC fails to set oil production ceiling – Reuters
However, OPEC`s largest producer Saudi Arabia moved to soothe market fears that failure to reach any deal would prompt it to raise production further to punish rivals and gain additional market share.Tensions between the Sunni-led kingdom and the Shi`ite Islamic Republic have been the highlights of several previous OPEC meetings, including in...
Don’t Celebrate Ukraine’s New Judicial Changes Yet
Ukraine’s parliament has ignored warnings from human rights organizations and the Reanimation Package of Reforms and passed constitutional amendments and a bill on the judicial system which retain the old ways of exerting influence on judges. There was enormous pressure for judicial reform, and many of the changes are needed. The warnings,...
OSCE shows footage of ceasefire violations
The video has been uploaded to the official YouTube channel of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission.”On Sunday night an SMM unmanned aerial vehicle actually spotted a revealing exchange of fire, 10 kilometers north-east of Donetsk,” reads the report.”The incident constitutes two violations of the Minsk Agreements, both because of the presence of...
EU comments on Ukrainian Rada adopting Constitutional amendments on judiciary
The European Union has called a ”crucial step” the adoption of amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine on justice and now expects a comprehensive reform of the judiciary, that`s according to a statement by High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini and EU Commissioner for European...
Ukrainian lawmakers fail to increase minimum income level
Ukrainian lawmakers did not support a bill envisaging an increase in the minimum income level, the cancellation of pensions taxation and limitations on pension payments to working pensioners.Bill No. 4316 on amendments to the law of Ukraine ”On the State Budget of Ukraine for 2016” (in part of social payments) was supported in the first reading...
Rada introduces justice-related amendments to Constitution
Ukraine`s Verkhovna Rada on Thursday adopted the law on amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine (in part of justice), according to an UNIAN correspondent.Relevant law No. 3524 was supported by 335 MPs out of 391 registered in the session hall.In particular, 138 MPs from the Bloc of Petro Poroshenko faction backed this law. It was also supported...
Ukraine counts savings due to ProZorro e-procurement system
Ukrainian Minister of Economic Development and Trade Stepan Kubiv says the state has saved about UAH 1.5 billion during 14 months since the introduction of the ProZorro e-procurement system.”We have managed to save about UAH 1.5 billion during 14 months since the introduction of the ProZorro e-procurement system. More than 100,000 tenders have...