Section: News & Summaries

      NBU cuts official exchange rate to UAH 26.34
      Nov17

      NBU cuts official exchange rate to UAH 26.34

      The National Bank of Ukraine on Wednesday evening lowered the official hryvnia exchange rate by 33 kopiykas, bringing the national currency to UAH 26.34 to the dollar. The Central Bank set the following official exchange rates of the hryvnia against leading foreign currencies for November 17: $100 costs UAH 2,634.5680 (on November 16, it was UAH...

      Oil prices fall on U.S. crude stock build, OPEC remains in focus
      Nov17

      Oil prices fall on U.S. crude stock build, OPEC remains in focus

      Crude oil futures dropped on Thursday after official inventory reports indicated a larger-than-expected build in U.S. oil stocks, according to Reuters. Crude inventories in the United States rose by 5.3 million barrels in the week to November 11, compared with expectations for an increase of 1.5 million barrels, Reuters said. The climb in...

      Russia to be brought to justice for aggression against Ukraine despite plans to withdraw from Rome Statute – MFA Ukraine
      Nov17

      Russia to be brought to justice for aggression against Ukraine despite plans to withdraw from Rome Statute – MFA Ukraine

      The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine states that despite Russia`s intention to withdraw from the Rome Statute, it will sooner or later be held responsible for unleashing an aggression against Ukraine, MFS speaker Mariana Betsa wrote on Twitter. ”Russia intends to withdraw from the Rome Statute. And [it wants to do it] urgently. Especially...

      Evidence says shooting of Euromaidan activists was planned – Lawyer
      Nov17

      Evidence says shooting of Euromaidan activists was planned – Lawyer

      Berkut officer`s testimonies, tensions between prosecutors and the date when a possible verdict will be handed down are discussed in an interview by Ukraine Today with a Ukrainian lawyer Markiyan Halabala. Several chiefs of the Prosecutor General`s office vowed to bring the people behind the killings to justice. The latest of them, Mr. Yuriy...

      European leaders, Obama to discuss Russia sanctions in Berlin
      Nov17

      European leaders, Obama to discuss Russia sanctions in Berlin

      European leaders and President Barack Obama on Friday will discuss extending sanctions imposed on Russia for its intervention in Ukraine, and possible new sanctions for its bombing in Syria, sources familiar with the plans said, according to Reuters. The meeting in Berlin, hosted by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and including the leaders of...

      Yanukovych to testify via video conference Nov 25
      Nov17

      Yanukovych to testify via video conference Nov 25

      Disgraced Ukrainian ex-president Viktor Yanukovych is expected to testify via a video conference in a criminal case of the five former Berkut riot police officers on November 25, that`s according to Yanukovych`s lawyer Vitaliy Serdiuk. Sviatoshynskiy district court in the city of Kyiv earlier obtained an approval from the Russian side to set up a...

      EU Ambassadors to greenlight talks on Ukraine visa liberalization Nov 17
      Nov17

      EU Ambassadors to greenlight talks on Ukraine visa liberalization Nov 17

      The European Union Ambassadors tomorrow, November 17, are expected to allow start of negotiations between the EU Council and the European Parliament on visa liberalization for Ukraine, according to RFE/RL correspondent in Brussels Rikard Jozwiak. ”It looks likely that the EU ambassadors tomorrow will give green light to the [EU] council to start...

      Ukraine`s farm produce exports in 9 months estimated at over $10 bln
      Nov17

      Ukraine`s farm produce exports in 9 months estimated at over $10 bln

      Ukrainian farmers shipped farm produce abroad to the tune of $10.4 billion in the nine months of 2016, which accounted for 40.2% of total national exports over the period under review, according to the Agrarian Policy Ministry`s press service. Grain exports alone were estimated at $4.1 billion, exports of animal fat and vegetable oil amounted to...

      Johnny Depp supports Oleh Sentsov illegally imprisoned in Russia
      Nov17

      Johnny Depp supports Oleh Sentsov illegally imprisoned in Russia

      The ”Imprisoned for Art” campaign enlists Peter Gabriel, Johnny Depp, Pussy Riot`s Nadya Tolokonnikova, Edward Sharpe`s Alex Ebert, Tom Morello and Ana Tijoux to advocate on behalf of artists imprisoned around the world for freedom of expression, The Voice Project reports. Each artist is paired with a currently imprisoned counterpart, whose...

      Mariupol sector remains epicenter of Russian attacks in Donbas
      Nov16

      Mariupol sector remains epicenter of Russian attacks in Donbas

      Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 37 times in the past 24 hours, most of the attacks focused on the Mariupol sector, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. View map in full size In the Mariupol sector, the enemy used 152mm artillery systems to shell...