Section: News & Summaries

      Income for IS drops 30%
      Apr18

      Income for IS drops 30%

      A U.S.-based analysis firm says the Islamic State (IS) militant group`s income has dropped by about one-third in the past 15 months, describing the decline as a threat to its long-term rule over its self-proclaimed caliphate, according to Radio Liberty.In a report released on April 18, IHS says revenue for the group fell to $56 million in March...

      Ukraine`s Cabinet names average gas price for 2016
      Apr18

      Ukraine`s Cabinet names average gas price for 2016

      The Ukrainian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade announces the average price of natural gas in Ukraine in 2016 calculated on the basis of a consensus forecast given by interviewed experts.The price of imported gas for Ukraine this year will be about $202 per 1,000 cubic meters, according to the consensus forecast.The average gas price in...

      One Ukrainian soldier killed in booby-trap blast in Stanytsia Luhanska
      Apr18

      One Ukrainian soldier killed in booby-trap blast in Stanytsia Luhanska

      One Ukrainian soldier was killed and another one was wounded in the Donbas conflict zone over the last 24 hours, presidential administration spokesman for the Anti-Terrorist Operation Colonel Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Monday, according to an UaPosition correspondent.”Over the last day, we lost one Ukrainian soldier in a...

      Ukrainian banks see rise in share of foreign capital in Feb
      Apr18

      Ukrainian banks see rise in share of foreign capital in Feb

      The share of foreign capital in solvent Ukrainian banks` charter capital grew by 0.4 percentage points (pp) in February 2016, to 43.2% as of March 1, 2016, according to the National Bank of Ukraine.The data does not include the insolvent banks` information.At the same time, the share of foreign capital in the solvent banks` charter capital has...

      Russian-made UAV downed by Ukraine troops in Donetsk region
      Apr18

      Russian-made UAV downed by Ukraine troops in Donetsk region

      Ukrainian troops participating in the Anti-Terrorist Operation in Donbas, eastern Ukraine, have downed a Russian-made unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) near the village of Novoselivka in Donetsk region`s Volnovakha district, according to the press center of the SBU Security Service of Ukraine. ”Terrorist groups regularly use drones in that area,...

      Hryvnia trades at UAH 25.52 to dollar on interbank market
      Apr18

      Hryvnia trades at UAH 25.52 to dollar on interbank market

      Hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank currency market on Monday set at UAH 25.42/25.52 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 28.7320/28.8420, while those against the Russian ruble have settled at UAH...

      PACE President calls on Russia to urgently free Nadia Savchenko
      Apr18

      PACE President calls on Russia to urgently free Nadia Savchenko

      President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Pedro Agramunt has called on Russia to free the illegally convicted Ukrainian pilot, MP and member of the Ukrainian delegation to PACE Nadia Savchenko and other Ukrainian hostages held in that country.”At the beginning of the April 2016 part-session, I have to reiterate once...

      Ukrainian banks` assets expand by almost 3% in Feb
      Apr18

      Ukrainian banks` assets expand by almost 3% in Feb

      Operating Ukrainian-based banks` assets in February expanded by 2.9%, or UAH 38 billion, to UAH 1.331 trillion as of March 1, 2016, according to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).The data does not include the insolvent banks` information.Since the beginning of the year, the operating banks` assets have grown by 6.1%, or UAH 77 billion, the NBU...

      Russia wants Crimea referendum denial to be equalized with extremism
      Apr18

      Russia wants Crimea referendum denial to be equalized with extremism

      Russian Investigative Committee chairman Alexander Bastrykin says that the denial of the results of a nationwide referendum, including the referendum on making Crimea part of Russia, should be equalized with extremist activity, according to Russian news agency TASS.Bastrykin said ”there are attempts to form anti-Russian moods” in Crimea ”and, by...

      FT: Brexit will cost households GBP 4,300 a year
      Apr18

      FT: Brexit will cost households GBP 4,300 a year

      Leaving the EU would cost households GBP 4,300 a year making them ”permanently poorer,” chancellor George Osborne will say on Monday when the government publishes its long-term assessment of the economic costs of Brexit, according to the Financial Times.Saying that British people should be ”builders, not wreckers,” the chancellor will say,...