Section: News & Summaries

      One Ukrainian soldier killed, 12 wounded in Donbas in last day
      Apr08

      One Ukrainian soldier killed, 12 wounded in Donbas in last day

      One Ukrainian soldier was killed and another 12 were wounded in the Donbas conflict zone in the last 24 hours, presidential administration spokesman for the Anti-Terrorist Operation Colonel Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Friday, according to an UaPosition correspondent.”In the last day, we lost one Ukrainian soldier, and another 12...

      Hryvnia trades at UAH 25.61 to dollar on interbank market
      Apr08

      Hryvnia trades at UAH 25.61 to dollar on interbank market

      Hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank currency market on Friday set at UAH 25.35/25.61 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 28.8592/29.1439, while those against the Russian ruble have settled at UAH...

      IAC finalizes deciphering voice recorder from crashed flydubai Boeing jet
      Apr08

      IAC finalizes deciphering voice recorder from crashed flydubai Boeing jet

      The Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) finalizes deciphering the data of conversations between pilots of flydubai Boeing 737-800, which crashed in Rostov-on-Don, Russian news agency TASS wrote.”We are finalizing work on putting together protocols of 2-hour sound information from the recorder onboard,” the committee said. The specialists will...

      U.S. hopes Dutch referendum not to affect European integration of Ukraine
      Apr08

      U.S. hopes Dutch referendum not to affect European integration of Ukraine

      U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner has said that the United States hopes that the results of the referendum in the Netherlands on the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union will not affect the European integration of Ukraine.”We`re disappointed by the results [of the referendum], but we do respect the views of the...

      Ukraine`s new Food Safety Service starts work
      Apr08

      Ukraine`s new Food Safety Service starts work

      The State Service for Food Safety and Protection of Consumers of Ukraine (Derzhprodspozhyvsluzhba) has officially started its work, according to the Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry`s press service.”Finally we can announce that the process of creating the State Service for Food Safety and Protection of Consumers has been finalized. We...

      Luhansk authorities close only working checkpoint due to militant fire
      Apr08

      Luhansk authorities close only working checkpoint due to militant fire

      Luhansk region`s only control point of entry/exit in the village of Stanytsia Luhanska suspended its work on April 8, 2016, according to Luhansk Regional Military and Civil Administration`s press service.”Constant provocative actions by terrorists, ongoing attacks, lies announced during the Minsk talks and neglect [by the militants] of their own...

      Radio Poland: Smolensk exhumation was delayed?
      Apr08

      Radio Poland: Smolensk exhumation was delayed?

      A Polish daily has claimed that the exhumation of Smolensk air disaster victim Ryszard Kaczorowski, last president of the Polish government-in-exile, was delayed, according to Radio Poland.A funeral was held for Kaczorowski nine days after the 10 April 2010 air disaster, with the coffin entombed in Warsaw`s Temple of Divine Providence, a recently...

      Foreign lenders get more possibilities to fund projects in Ukraine
      Apr08

      Foreign lenders get more possibilities to fund projects in Ukraine

      The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has allowed international financial institutions to use hryvnia funds received as a loan from an authorized bank to provide lending to Ukrainian businesses, according to a posting published on the regulator`s website.The decision was made following an appeal by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and is...

      Brussels attacks: Belgian police release new video of airport bombing suspect
      Apr08

      Brussels attacks: Belgian police release new video of airport bombing suspect

      Belgian prosecutors have released new footage of the key surviving Brussels airport attacks suspect, showing the route he took after leaving the area, the BBC reported.They have asked members of the public who saw the man to come forward, according to the BBC.The man was tracked on CCTV footage until 09:50 local time and was wearing a hat and a...

      OSCE SMM vehicle hit by bullet near Snizhne
      Apr08

      OSCE SMM vehicle hit by bullet near Snizhne

      The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine has reported that one of their two armored vehicles, driving north-east of the town of Snizhne near the administrative boundary between Donetsk and Luhansk regions, was hit by a bullet.”On April 7 at 09:45hrs, while an SMM patrol, comprised of four SMM members in two armored vehicles, was 3.5km...