Section: News & Summaries

      Interpol rejects Russia`s appeal to put former prime minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk on international wanted list
      May04

      Interpol rejects Russia`s appeal to put former prime minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk on international wanted list

      Interpol has officially turned down the appeal by the Russian Federation to put on the international wanted list former prime minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Ukraine`s Interior Minister Arsen Avakov wrote on Twitter Wednesday. Posting a copy of Interpol General Secretariat`s notice stating that the data contained in the NCB Moscow`s...

      Budget revenue exceeds targets by almost 19% in 2017 – State Treasury
      May04

      Budget revenue exceeds targets by almost 19% in 2017 – State Treasury

      Ukraine`s state budget in January-April 2017 received UAH 259.785 billion in revenue, which exceeded the budget financing targets by 18.9%, according to Ukraine`s Treasury Service. Revenues of the state budget over the period under review was 51.1% up year-over-year (y-o-y). In April, the state budget received UAH 85.028 billion in revenue,...

      French election: Macron `most convincing` in final debate – BBC
      May04

      French election: Macron `most convincing` in final debate – BBC

      French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron was more impressive than rival Marine Le Pen in Wednesday evening`s final TV debate, a viewers` poll says, according to the BBC. The candidates traded insults for more than two hours, arguing over terrorism, the economy, and Europe, the BBC reported. The French broadcaster BFMTV found voters had a...

      Oil closes near six-week low as supply falls less than expected
      May04

      Oil closes near six-week low as supply falls less than expected

      Crude closed near a six-week low in New York after U.S. inventories declined by less than analysts projected, according to Bloomberg. Crude stockpiles fell 930,000 barrels to 527.8 million, the Energy Information Administration reported Wednesday – less than a third of the 3 million-barrel decline forecast by analysts surveyed by Bloomberg....

      Ukraine MFA comments on Council of Europe`s decision on Crimea
      May04

      Ukraine MFA comments on Council of Europe`s decision on Crimea

      The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has noted that the decision of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on the situation in Crimea and the city of Sevastopol (Ukraine) is a serious contribution of the Council of Europe to ensuring democratic security in Europe, according to a statement published on the ministry`s website....

      Moldova Court declares illegal stay of Russian troops in Transnistria; president Dodon critical of ruling
      May04

      Moldova Court declares illegal stay of Russian troops in Transnistria; president Dodon critical of ruling

      The Constitutional Court of Moldova on Tuesday, May 2, declared unconstitutional the presence of Russian military forces on the territory of the republic`s Transnistrian region, while Moldova President says such a decision will provoke various political speculations. The court stressed the country`s permanent neutrality status, while the...

      Ukraine reports 63 Russian attacks in Donbas, 1 soldier killed, 7 wounded in last day
      May03

      Ukraine reports 63 Russian attacks in Donbas, 1 soldier killed, 7 wounded in last day

      Russia`s hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 63 times in the past 24 hours, with one Ukrainian soldier reported as killed in action (KIA) and seven as wounded in action (WIA), according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. View map in full size ”In the Mariupol sector, the enemy...

      Russia boosts gas transit via Ukraine
      May03

      Russia boosts gas transit via Ukraine

      Transit of natural gas through the Ukrainian gas transport system (GTS) in January-April 2017 increased by 23%, or to 30.5 billion cubic meters year-over-year, according to the press service of Ukrtransgaz. In April, 7.3 bcm was delivered to European consumers, which is 31.5% more than reported for the same period last year, reads the report by...

      Ukraine sees 23.8% decline in deficit of foreign trade in Q1 2017
      May03

      Ukraine sees 23.8% decline in deficit of foreign trade in Q1 2017

      The balance of foreign trade in goods and services in Ukraine recorded a deficit of $1.261 billion in January-March 2017, which was 23.8% down from deficit at $1.655 year-over-year (y-o-y), according to the website of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU). The deficit of foreign trade in commodities grew by 11.8% in Q1 2017, to $1.711 billion y-o-y,...

      Top management, shareholders of 2 bankrupt banks steal UAH 4 bln from accounts – Prosecutor General`s Office of Ukraine
      May03

      Top management, shareholders of 2 bankrupt banks steal UAH 4 bln from accounts – Prosecutor General`s Office of Ukraine

      Criminal investigation is under way by the Prosecutor General`s Office of Ukraine into the embezzlement by officials and shareholders of PJSC CB Pivdencombank and PJSC Terra Bank of funds totaling more than UAH 4 billion, which brought both financial institutions to insolvency, as reported by the PGO`s press office. ”The Office for Investigation...