Section: News & Summaries

      IMF notes progress in cooperation with Ukraine, although provides no specific dates of new loan tranche allocation
      Feb24

      IMF notes progress in cooperation with Ukraine, although provides no specific dates of new loan tranche allocation

      Ukraine`s key creditor, the International Monetary Fund, has noted significant progress in its cooperation with Ukraine, as well as in part of Kyiv`s implementation of a reform program, approved in March 2015; however, the Fund`s Executive Board has not yet set a date to consider allocation of a $1 bln tranche for Ukraine, according to the IMF...

      Ukraine reports 54 attacks in Donbas in last day
      Feb24

      Ukraine reports 54 attacks in Donbas in last day

      Russia`s hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 54 times in the past 24 hours with 1 Ukrainian soldier reported as wounded in action (WIA), according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. ”In the Mariupol sector, the occupiers fired portable Grad rocket launchers, 122mm artillery...

      Firtash to remain in custody for another day
      Feb23

      Firtash to remain in custody for another day

      According to the verdict of the Regional Criminal Court in Vienna in the case of an extradition arrest of Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash, the latter will remain in custody at the request of the Vienna prosecutor`s office. Austrian prosecutors submitted to a court a motion to extend the Ukrainian businessman`s detention term under the U.S....

      Also in Media – “The Nuclear Fallout of Trump’s Possible Détente with Putin” – Harvard International Review – February 16, 2017
      Feb23

      Also in Media – “The Nuclear Fallout of Trump’s Possible Détente with Putin” – Harvard International Review – February 16, 2017

      In 1994, Ukraine joined the NPT as a non-nuclear weapons state, a decision that entailed relinquishing world’s third largest nuclear arsenal. This constructive move came at a price: the United States, Russia, and the United Kingdom pledged to Ukraine security assurances in a Memorandum on Security Assurances, signed in Budapest on December...

      Ratification of EU-Ukraine Association deal: Dutch socialists want Kyiv to sign additional document
      Feb23

      Ratification of EU-Ukraine Association deal: Dutch socialists want Kyiv to sign additional document

      Leader of the Socialist Party of the Netherlands Harry van Bommel has offered that the Dutch Parliament vote for a decision, obliging Ukraine to sign an additional political document concerning the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement, Europeiska Pravda reports. The proposal will be considered February 23 following a vote for a government-offered...

      Austrian court turns down prosecutor`s request to arrest Firtash – media
      Feb23

      Austrian court turns down prosecutor`s request to arrest Firtash – media

      The court in Vienna has refused to satisfy the motion of the Austrian prosecutors regarding the arrest of the Ukrainian businessman, Dmytro Firtash, on Spain`s extradition request, Ukrainska Pravda reported citing a source close to Mr Firtash. As reported earlier, on February 17, Austria received Spain`s request for the extradition of Dmytro...

      Lower House of Dutch Parliament supports ratification of Ukraine-EU Association Agreement
      Feb23

      Lower House of Dutch Parliament supports ratification of Ukraine-EU Association Agreement

      Parliament of the Netherlands (the Second Chamber) upheld a government-proposed bill providing for a ratification of the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement, according to an UNIAN news agency correspondent. The voting took place in The Hague Thursday. The roll-call showed 89 votes for the bill and 55 against it. The proposal of Dutch Socialists...

      Representative of Ukraine to the Council of Europe slams Russian peer for lying about Ukraine`s reaction to Churkin`s death
      Feb23

      Representative of Ukraine to the Council of Europe slams Russian peer for lying about Ukraine`s reaction to Churkin`s death

      Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the Council of Europe Dmytro Kuleba has accused his Russian counterpart Ivan Soltanovsky of lying about Ukraine`s reaction to the death of Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin. ”The Russian Foreign Ministry officially launched a section on its website to deal with fake news...

      Ukraine exports almost 29 mln tonnes of grain since July 2016
      Feb23

      Ukraine exports almost 29 mln tonnes of grain since July 2016

      Ukrainian farmers have exported 28.65 million tonnes of grain since the start of the 2016-2017 marketing year, or MY, (July 2016 – June 2017), according to the Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry`s press service. In particular, wheat exports totaled 13.3 million tonnes, barley shipments were about 4.6 million tonnes, and those of maize...

      Ukraine needs to return its tankers from Caspian to Black Sea to privatize shipping companies –  Ukraine`s State Property Fund
      Feb23

      Ukraine needs to return its tankers from Caspian to Black Sea to privatize shipping companies – Ukraine`s State Property Fund

      State-owned Black Sea Shipping Company (BSSC) and Ukrtanker are not subject to privatization, head of Odesa branch of Ukraine`s State Property Fund (SPF) Oleksiy Kosmin said at an Odesa press conference February 22, according to an UNIAN news agency news agency correspondent. ”The government has decided to search for additional assets of the...