Section: News & Summaries

      France says lifting sanctions on Russia would be counterproductive
      Nov30

      France says lifting sanctions on Russia would be counterproductive

      French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Tuesday that lifting European Union sanctions on Russia would weaken efforts to resolve the Ukraine crisis and hand a victory to Moscow, Reuters reported. ”It would weaken the objective of resolving this conflict and would be a victory to those who endangered the security of a country,” Ayrault...

      OSCE SMM: Only limited access to disengagement areas in Donbas
      Nov30

      OSCE SMM: Only limited access to disengagement areas in Donbas

      The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine reiterates it has only limited access to three disengagement areas on the contact line in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. ”Today again only limited access for OSCE SMM to Pervomaisk/Zolote, Stanytsia Luhanska and Petrivske/Bohdanivka disengagement areas – UAF (Ukrainian Armed Forces), ”LPR”, ”DPR”...

      Hryvnia strengthens to UAH 25.60 to dollar on interbank market
      Nov29

      Hryvnia strengthens to UAH 25.60 to dollar on interbank market

      Hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank currency market on Tuesday strengthened to UAH 25.57/25.60 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 27.29/27.35, while those against the Russian ruble have settled at UAH...

      Canada adds Crimean officials to sanctions list
      Nov29

      Canada adds Crimean officials to sanctions list

      In order to maintain the necessary pressure on Russia until it fully complies with its international obligations with respect to Ukraine, the Special Economic Measures (Ukraine) Regulations have been amended to list 15 additional separatist individuals, including six members of Russia`s State Duma from Crimea, who are subject to an asset freeze...

      France calls for U.N. Security Council meeting on Aleppo
      Nov29

      France calls for U.N. Security Council meeting on Aleppo

      French foreign affairs minister Jean-Marc Ayrault called on Tuesday for an immediate United Nations Security Council meeting to discuss the situation in the Syrian city of Aleppo, which has been devastated by fighting, according to Reuters. ”More than ever before, we need to urgently put in place means to end the hostilities and to allow...

      Ukraine reports 38 attacks in Donbas in last day, hot spot near Mariupol
      Nov29

      Ukraine reports 38 attacks in Donbas in last day, hot spot near Mariupol

      Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 38 times in the past 24 hours, and most of the attacks were recorded in the Mariupol sector in Donetsk region, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. ”Russia`s hybrid military force used 120mm and 82mm mortars,...

      EU visa suspension mechanism to be considered in Jan
      Nov29

      EU visa suspension mechanism to be considered in Jan

      The official website of the European Parliament (EP) has announced a preliminary date for consideration of a European Union visa suspension mechanism, which visa waivers for Ukraine depend on. The consideration is preliminarily scheduled for January 18, 2017, the EU services said. MEPs plan to consider relevant regulation 2016/0142 (COD) in first...

      Yanukovych summoned for questioning as suspect in treason case
      Nov29

      Yanukovych summoned for questioning as suspect in treason case

      The Prosecutor General`s Office (PGO) of Ukraine has summoned former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, who now resides in Russia, for questioning in Ukraine as a suspect in the treason case. Summonses for interrogation have been posted on the PGO`s official website. Yanukovych was invited to appear at 10:00 local time on December 5 and...

      Ukraine`s budget saves $3 mln due to UNDP drug procurement in first two weeks
      Nov29

      Ukraine`s budget saves $3 mln due to UNDP drug procurement in first two weeks

      Ukraine has already saved US$3 million in budget funds due to medicine procurements through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the first two weeks. ”Few weeks in UNDP`s renewed medicine procurement cycle for 2016, amounts contracted so far already show savings of US$3 million compared to prices from 2015, which are immediately...

      Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine reacted on journalists’ investigation about President`s Spanish villa
      Nov29

      Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine reacted on journalists’ investigation about President`s Spanish villa

      National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine has changed its position on whether President Petro Poroshenko should have declared ownership of a Spanish seaside villa, raising questions about the state agency`s independence from the presidential administration, RFE/RL reports. Poroshenko`s ownership of the multimillion-dollar luxury villa...