Section: News & Summaries

      Normandy Four talks in Berlin: briefing of President Poroshenko. Video & translation
      Oct20

      Normandy Four talks in Berlin: briefing of President Poroshenko. Video & translation

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko elaborated on the outcome of a five-hour meeting of the Normandy Four leaders in Berlin late Wednesday, speaking at a briefing following the talks. UNIAN translated into English the text of the briefing published by LІGA.net, including answers to questions from reporters. Video: First point The very fact that...

      Ukraine not to raise utility tariffs at IMF request
      Oct20

      Ukraine not to raise utility tariffs at IMF request

      The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine denies the possibility of utility tariff increases at the request of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the country`s key creditor, according to a posting on the government`s Twitter page. ”The arrangements with the IMF stipulate that tariffs must be at a level ensuring the full coverage of costs. No...

      BBC: North Korea carries out second failed missile launch
      Oct20

      BBC: North Korea carries out second failed missile launch

      North Korea has conducted an unsuccessful launch of an intermediate-range missile, according to the South Korean military, the BBC has reported. This is the second failed test in less than a week after the North`s recent launch of a Musudan missile, which has an estimated range of 4,000km (2,500 miles), according to the BBC. It is said to be...

      No Peace without the People: A Case for Grassroots Reconciliation in Ukraine
      Oct20

      No Peace without the People: A Case for Grassroots Reconciliation in Ukraine

      This week’s meeting in Paris of the Normandy Four is a critical one. If there is no measurable progress there to advance a framework for peace in Ukraine, public sentiment that Minsk is exhausted as a peace process will only grow. (Editor’s note: France, Germany, Russia, and Ukraine agreed to a preliminary roadmap for implementing the...

      Ukraine views $3 bln loan as Putin`s bribe to Yanukovych to give up EU integration plans
      Oct20

      Ukraine views $3 bln loan as Putin`s bribe to Yanukovych to give up EU integration plans

      Kyiv authorities consider a $3 billion loan from Russia negotiated between then-President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych and Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2013 as a `political bribe`, which the Kremlin paid to encourage Ukraine to give up its EU integration plans. In this regard, Ukraine is ready to defend its position in court, Ukraine`s...

      Major Russian naval deployment to intensify Aleppo assault – Reuters
      Oct20

      Major Russian naval deployment to intensify Aleppo assault – Reuters

      Russian warships off the coast of Norway are carrying fighter bombers that are likely to reinforce a final assault on the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo in two weeks, a senior NATO diplomat said on Wednesday, citing Western intelligence, according to Reuters. The fleet passed by the Norwegian city of Bergen on Wednesday, the diplomat said, while...

      Retail trade in Ukraine up by 3.3% since year`s start
      Oct20

      Retail trade in Ukraine up by 3.3% since year`s start

      Retail trade turnover in Ukraine grew by 3.3% since the beginning of the year, as compared to the same period last year (in constant prices), to UAH 829.8 billion, according to the State Statistics Service. The highest growth in retail turnover was recorded in Lviv and Kyiv regions – up by 7.6% and 6.9%, to UAH 49.2 billion and UAH 43.9 billion,...

      Berlin meeting: Poroshenko agrees not to restore control of the border by Ukrainian government – armed OSCE mission will control it
      Oct20

      Berlin meeting: Poroshenko agrees not to restore control of the border by Ukrainian government – armed OSCE mission will control it

      The leaders of Ukraine, Germany, France, and Russia agreed to draw up a road map by the end of November to carry out the Minsk peace agreement for eastern Ukraine, according to Radio Liberty. After six hours of talks on the wars in Ukraine and Syria in Berlin on October 19-20, German Chancellor Angela Merkel emerged to say the leaders ”didn`t...

      EU leaders and slackers in supporting Ukraine`s reforms – Euromaidan Press
      Oct20

      EU leaders and slackers in supporting Ukraine`s reforms – Euromaidan Press

      There is a regional divide in the willingness of EU member states to assist Ukraine, which undermines the EU`s effectiveness as a political player: the northern and eastern member states actively support Ukraine`s transition, there is a lack of engagement by many western and southern member states, Euromaidan Press reports. In a report from...

      U.S. presidential debate: Trump won`t commit to accept poll result – BBC
      Oct20

      U.S. presidential debate: Trump won`t commit to accept poll result – BBC

      Republican Donald Trump has refused to commit to accepting the election result if he loses, in the final TV debate against Hillary Clinton, according to BBC. ”I will tell you at the time,” he told moderator Chris Wallace. For days he has claimed the election is ”rigged”, BBC wrote. The Las Vegas debate continued the campaign`s bitter tone, with...