Section: News & Summaries

      ICU Group rejects ties with Russian official after Panama Paper leak
      Apr05

      ICU Group rejects ties with Russian official after Panama Paper leak

      ICU Group, which was owned by Valeriya Gontareva prior to her appointment as Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), says it does not have any business relations with First Deputy President of Russian state-owned VTB Bank Yuri Soloviev.This statement was issued in response to accusations that have appeared in the media following the...

      Parties to Nagorno-Karabakh conflict agree to cease hostilities
      Apr05

      Parties to Nagorno-Karabakh conflict agree to cease hostilities

      The parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict have reached an agreement to cease hostilities starting 12:00 local time (11:00 Moscow time) on Tuesday, the Armenian Defense Ministry told TASS.Talks are currently underway on the details of the truce, according to TASS.The press service of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry has confirmed...

      Obama doesn`t think Trump to become U.S. President
      Apr05

      Obama doesn`t think Trump to become U.S. President

      U.S. President Barack Obama does not think that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will win the elections, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said at a daily press briefing on Monday.”The President has said in public is he is not particularly concerned about Mr. Trump becoming President of the United States. He doesn`t think...

      EU to give EUR 97mln to Ukraine for support of local governance
      Apr05

      EU to give EUR 97mln to Ukraine for support of local governance

      Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine Jan Tombinski says that the European Union will provide EUR 97 million to support local governance in Ukraine.Tombinski said at a press conference in UNIAN that the European Union had developed a large-scale program to support local governance in Ukraine with a budget of EUR 97 million to be...

      ISIS used mustard gas during attack on Syrian military airbase in Deir Ezzor
      Apr05

      ISIS used mustard gas during attack on Syrian military airbase in Deir Ezzor

      The Islamic State group, also known as ISIS, used mustard gas to attack Syrian troops during an offensive against a military airport in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor, state media reported late Monday, according to International Business Times (IBT).The number of casualties from the attack remains unclear, Syrian state media reported, adding...

      Two Ukrainian soldiers killed, 10 wounded in Donbas in last day
      Apr05

      Two Ukrainian soldiers killed, 10 wounded in Donbas in last day

      Two Ukrainian soldiers were killed and another 10 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 Tuesday, according to an UaPosition correspondent.”In the last day, we lost two Ukrainian soldiers, and another...

      Ukraine’s Got a Real Shot at NATO Membership
      Apr05

      Ukraine’s Got a Real Shot at NATO Membership

      A Reply to Andreas Umland Andreas Umland writes that it would be senseless for Ukraine to aspire to NATO membership though it is desirable. The main reasons he cites are the dawning realization of the danger and potent threat that Russia presents to both Eastern Europe and the West, coupled with a residual unwillingness to accept the full...

      Artyomsol to open logistics centers in Bulgaria, Romania
      Apr05

      Artyomsol to open logistics centers in Bulgaria, Romania

      Acting Director of Ukraine`s state-owned salt producer Artyomsol Volodymyr Dolia says that the enterprise plans to set up logistic centers in Europe to enter new markets and boost sales.”We plan to open logistics centers in Ukraine and Europe. This will help solve a problem with delivering products from the producer to the consumer within the...

      Vietnam reports first Zika cases
      Apr05

      Vietnam reports first Zika cases

      Mosquitoes have infected two women with the Zika virus in Vietnam, health authorities said on Tuesday, in the country`s first cases of a disease linked in Brazil to thousands of suspected cases of microcephaly, a rare birth defect, according to Reuters.A 64-year-old woman in the beach city of Nha Trang and a pregnant 33-year-old in Ho Chi Minh...

      Ukraine’s Understandable But Senseless Hope for NATO Membership
      Apr05

      Ukraine’s Understandable But Senseless Hope for NATO Membership

      Moscow’s aggression against Kyiv has led to a marked growth in Ukrainians’ support for their country’s accession to NATO. During the last two years, Ukrainian public opinion has made a U-turn, from skepticism of the Atlantic alliance to an enthusiastic embrace. Until 2013, almost two-thirds of Ukrainians strongly opposed NATO...