Section: News & Summaries

      Putin advises Russian businessmen against selling Ukrainian assets
      Mar25

      Putin advises Russian businessmen against selling Ukrainian assets

      Russian President Vladimir Putin advises Russian businesses against selling their Ukrainian assets as the leadership in Ukraine may change, Russian news agency RBC reported citing one of the participants in a closed meeting between Putin and business representatives in Moscow. ”The president has made it clear that the leadership there may change,...

      Batkivschyna to support Groysman as PM
      Mar25

      Batkivschyna to support Groysman as PM

      Member of the Batkivschyna parliamentary faction Andriy Kozhemiakin says that his faction will support the candidacy of the incumbent Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Groysman for the post of Prime Minister of Ukraine, according to an UaPosition correspondent.”We will support the candidacy of Groysman,” he told journalists.As UaPosition reported...

      CIA estimates inflation in Ukraine in 2015 at 49%
      Mar25

      CIA estimates inflation in Ukraine in 2015 at 49%

      The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) estimates last year`s inflation in Ukraine at 49% as compared to the previous year, according to a posting on the CIA website. Ukraine ranks the last in the ranking of the 225 countries that have provided inflation data (no inflation data only for Venezuela). Based on GDP data, Ukraine was placed 222nd,...

      N. Korean leader warns Seoul`s govt organizations will be destroyed
      Mar25

      N. Korean leader warns Seoul`s govt organizations will be destroyed

      North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called on the military to be ready to strike South Korea`s presidential office and government bodies, the North`s state media said Friday.The North`s leader said that the North`s military should be ready to ”ruthlessly” destroy Seoul`s government bodies during his inspection of long-range artillery exercises,...

      Militants massing in Yasynuvata for new attacks near Avdiyivka
      Mar25

      Militants massing in Yasynuvata for new attacks near Avdiyivka

      The Russian-backed militants have massed up to 3,000 personnel in the town of Yasynuvata allegedly for new attacks on the areas near the town of Avdiyivka, the Ukrainian TSN news service reported. It reports that the militants` target is the industrial area near Avdiyivka. The combat activity was on the rise near Avdiyivka at night as the enemy...

      Syrian troops storming last IS stronghold near Palmyra — media
      Mar25

      Syrian troops storming last IS stronghold near Palmyra — media

      The Syrian troops are storming the last Islamic State stronghold near the ancient town of Palmyra in Syria, a well-informed source in Damascus told TASS by telephone.”The army has regained control over a very large part of the territory. The government troops are storming the last militant-held height near Palmyra,” the source said, according to...

      IS video calls for jihad after Brussels blasts
      Mar25

      IS video calls for jihad after Brussels blasts

      Islamic State released a video on social media on Thursday calling on its followers to claim victory and wage jihad after deadly blasts in Brussels this week that the group said it had carried out, according to Reuters.In the footage, Islamic State noted that Belgium was part of a coalition fighting militants in the Middle East, as reported by...

      Attacks on Ukraine troops in Mariupol sector grow to 14 on Thursday
      Mar25

      Attacks on Ukraine troops in Mariupol sector grow to 14 on Thursday

      The number of attacks by Russian proxies on Ukrainian troops in the Mariupol sector in Donetsk region grew to 14 in the last day from four recorded in the previous day, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO). ”The number of attacks in the Mariupol sector has increased compared to the previous day. If there were four...

      Six arrests in Brussels police operation after bombings
      Mar25

      Six arrests in Brussels police operation after bombings

      Belgian police detained six people on Thursday in the course of investigations into Tuesday`s Islamic State suicide bombings in Brussels, the federal prosecutor`s office said in a statement, Reuters wrote.It said the arrests were made during police searches in the Brussels boroughs of Schaerbeek in the north and Jette in the west, as well as in...

      NBU cuts official exchange rate to UAH 26.25 to dollar
      Mar25

      NBU cuts official exchange rate to UAH 26.25 to dollar

      The National Bank of Ukraine on Thursday evening lowered the official hryvnia exchange rate by 24 kopiykas, bringing the national currency to UAH 26.25 to the dollar. The Central Bank set the following official exchange rates of the hryvnia against leading foreign currencies for March 25:$100 costs UAH 2,625.2159 (on March 24, it was UAH...