Section: News & Summaries

      Dutch PM: It may take months to find solution to Ukraine-EU Association Agreement
      Apr08

      Dutch PM: It may take months to find solution to Ukraine-EU Association Agreement

      It will probably take several months to reach the decision on further steps regarding the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement after a No vote in the Dutch referendum, according to Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, De Telegraaf reported from Rutte`s weekly press conference. ”It is quite a challenge to meet the feelings of the no-voters,” said the...

      Key suspect in Paris attacks Abrini ”arrested” – BBC
      Apr08

      Key suspect in Paris attacks Abrini ”arrested” – BBC

      The key remaining suspect in November`s Paris terror attacks, Mohamed Abrini, has been arrested, BBC reports citing Belgian media say.Sources cited in Belgian media say Abrini is also likely to be the ”man in the hat” seen on CCTV before the blasts in the Brussels airport departure hall on March 22, according to BBC News.Prosecutors confirmed...

      NATO-Russia Council meeting to be held shortly, 1st time in 2 yrs
      Apr08

      NATO-Russia Council meeting to be held shortly, 1st time in 2 yrs

      The NATO-Russia Council meeting will be held in the next two weeks, for the first time since the illegal annexation of the Ukrainian Crimea by the Russian Federation, according to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.”Following consultations with Russia, we have agreed to hold a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council at Ambassadorial level,” reads...

      Poroshenko`s staff: Ukraine not to agree to revision of EU association deal
      Apr08

      Poroshenko`s staff: Ukraine not to agree to revision of EU association deal

      Ukraine strongly opposes a possible revision of the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement, but it will support any strengthening of the deal in terms of the recognition of the country`s prospects of membership in the European Union, that`s according to Deputy Chief of the Presidential Administration Kostyantyn Yeliseyev, an UNIAN correspondent...

      Inflation back in Ukraine in March – prices rise 1%
      Apr08

      Inflation back in Ukraine in March – prices rise 1%

      The State Statistics Service reports on a 1% inflation recorded in Ukraine in March 2016 compared with the previous month, after a 0.4% deflation in February compared to January 2016. As reported on the website of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, the inflation in March 2016 slowed down year over year from 32.7% recorded the previous month...

      Russia holds secret drills on potential ”Moscow Maidan” suppression
      Apr08

      Russia holds secret drills on potential ”Moscow Maidan” suppression

      A video was released by the Open Russia foundation founded by Russian opposition`s Mikhail Khodorkovsky of a secret training of the newly-created Russian National Guard simulating dispersal of mass protests.”An Open Russia correspondent became an unintentional witness of drills near Lyubertsy (Moscow region). Hundreds of riot police troops,...

      PM Groysman, Prosecutor General Lutsenko, Rada Speaker Parubiy: media report on new deal
      Apr08

      PM Groysman, Prosecutor General Lutsenko, Rada Speaker Parubiy: media report on new deal

      As part of negotiations on forming a new coalition and a future Cabinet, the Presidential Administration together with the Rada`s leadership drafted the documents, aimed, if approved, at formally resolving the current power crisis, ZN.UA reports.First, the amendments to the Law On Prosecution have been drafted, allowing for the agency to be...

      Russia may transfer to Ukraine Sentsov, another 3 political prisoners
      Apr08

      Russia may transfer to Ukraine Sentsov, another 3 political prisoners

      The Russian Ministry of Justice instructed the Federal Penitentiary Service to draft the documents for resolving the issue of transfer to Ukraine of four convicts, including film director Oleh Sentsov, for serving the remaining prison term in their homeland, according to RIA news agency referring to the press service of the ministry.At the same...

      Militants shell Avdiyivka with incendiary mines and tanks, civilian woman killed
      Apr08

      Militants shell Avdiyivka with incendiary mines and tanks, civilian woman killed

      The Russian militants started using incendiary mines while shelling the industrial and suburban areas at the outskirts of Avdiyivka in Donetsk region, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation. ”Smoke is tight over the area around the industrial zone of  Avdiyivka. Suburban summer houses are on fire as well as gardens and...

      Russian military drone downed near Avdiyivka (photos, video)
      Apr08

      Russian military drone downed near Avdiyivka (photos, video)

      Officers of the Security Service of Ukraine on Friday shot down a Russian multipurpose UAV Orlan-10 during the raid in the area of Avdiyivka SBU downed UAV Orlan-10, according to the SBU press service.It is noted that the drone was put to service with the Russian Armed Forces in 2010. According to SBU`s operative data, the Russians do not entrust...