Section: News & Summaries

      Ukraine should regulate timber exports under WTO, EU rules
      May06

      Ukraine should regulate timber exports under WTO, EU rules

      First Deputy Chairperson of the State Forest Resources Agency Khrystyna Yushkevych says Ukraine needs to handle issues related to the moratorium on timber exports as a reliable member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and a partner committed to fulfilling all the requirements stipulated by agreements with the WTO and the European Union.”The...

      No Ukrainian soldiers killed, but one wounded in Donbas in last day
      May06

      No Ukrainian soldiers killed, but one wounded in Donbas in last day

      No Ukrainian soldiers were killed in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone in eastern Ukraine in the last day, but one was wounded, according to the press center of the ATO headquarters.”No Ukrainian soldiers were killed in the past 24 hours, but one our soldier was wounded in hostilities,” spokesperson for the Ukrainian presidential...

      Reuters: Early signs from new Ukraine government encouraging, IMF says
      May06

      Reuters: Early signs from new Ukraine government encouraging, IMF says

      The early signs coming from Ukraine`s new government are ”very encouraging” one of the International Monetary Fund`s top officials said on Friday, according to Reuters.Mahmood Pradhan, deputy head of the IMF`s European department delivered the Fund`s first public thumbs up to the new-look set up in Kyiv following the departure of a number of key...

      Klimkin: Important to implement DCFTA, visa-free regime this summer
      May06

      Klimkin: Important to implement DCFTA, visa-free regime this summer

      Ukraine`s Foreign Affairs Minister Pavlo Klimkin stresses the importance of the implementation of the DCFTA (Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement) between Ukraine and the European Union, and the introduction of the EU visa-free regime for Ukraine and Georgia this summer. Klimkin shared this opinion with his peers from the Visegrad Group...

      Rozenko: Rural households may use alternative energy instead of gas
      May06

      Rozenko: Rural households may use alternative energy instead of gas

      Vice Prime Minister Pavlo Rozenko suggests that households in the rural areas should consider the possibility of using alternative energy sources instead of natural gas.”It is expedient for residents in rural areas in terms of energy saving. Yes, this is a radical step … but they should consider giving up gas consumption,” Rozenko told...

      Abe breaks Putin`s isolation as rare G-7 leader to visit Russia
      May06

      Abe breaks Putin`s isolation as rare G-7 leader to visit Russia

      President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a rare bilateral meeting with a Group of Seven leader, marking a breakthrough in Kremlin efforts to end Russia`s isolation since it intervened in Ukraine more than two years ago, Bloomberg reported. Abe, who is due to meet with Putin on Friday in the Black Sea...

      Zakarpattia governor concedes defeat in war on tobacco mafia, wants to resign
      May06

      Zakarpattia governor concedes defeat in war on tobacco mafia, wants to resign

      Head of Zakarpattia Regional State Administration Hennadiy Moskal has conceded defeat in the fight against the tobacco mafia in the region and asked Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman to tender his resignation request with President Petro Poroshenko, according to an announcement on Moskal`s official website.”I see no point in remaining in office...

      Ukraine boosts power exports by 30% in Q1
      May06

      Ukraine boosts power exports by 30% in Q1

      Ukraine boosted power exports by 30.4% in January-March 2016 (Q1) compared to the same period in 2015, to 1.158 billion kWh, according to the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry. Power exports in March alone grew by 15% from March 2015, to 0.449 billion kWh, the ministry said. As UNIAN reported earlier, unable to supply enough coal to...

      NBU eases forex restrictions for foreign investment
      May06

      NBU eases forex restrictions for foreign investment

      The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) continues gradual liberalization of the temporary anti-crisis restrictions introduced on the foreign exchange market in 2014-2015, scrapping the mandatory sale of foreign currency received as foreign investment in Ukraine. Respective NBU resolution No. 308 will come into effect on May 11. The NBU also shortened...

      Ukraine reports 11 attacks on its forces in Donbas in last day
      May06

      Ukraine reports 11 attacks on its forces in Donbas in last day

      The situation in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone in eastern Ukraine remains tense after Russian proxies attacked Ukrainian forces 11 times on Thursday, May 5, according to the press center of the ATO headquarters.”As soon as it got dark, militants repeatedly opened fire on our strongholds near the village of Novotroyitske in the Mariupol...