Section: News & Summaries

      Head of EU-Ukraine Association Committee in European Parliament demits office early
      Oct14

      Head of EU-Ukraine Association Committee in European Parliament demits office early

      Member of the European Parliament, Head of the Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee Andrej Plenkovic relinquished his mandate ahead of schedule, an UNIAN correspondent in Brussels reported Thursday From October 14, 2016, when will the first meeting of the newly elected parliament of Croatia is to be held, Mr. Plenkovic...

      Norway`s Statoil resumes gas supplies to Ukraine – media
      Oct13

      Norway`s Statoil resumes gas supplies to Ukraine – media

      Norwegian-based Statoil after nearly a year`s break resumed natural gas supplies to Ukraine, LІGA.net reports citing the source in the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry, who referred to the data of the State Fiscal Service (SFS). Supplies were resumed in late July when Statoil has delivered nearly 7.5 million cubic meters of gas. In August,...

      Russia steps up persecution of Crimean Tatars following Mejlis ban – MFA Ukraine
      Oct13

      Russia steps up persecution of Crimean Tatars following Mejlis ban – MFA Ukraine

      After the ban imposed by the Russian court on the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, the persecution of Crimean Tatar has intensified further, speaker of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Mariana Betsa tweeted Thursday. ”After the ban of the Mejlis, the occupiers extend persecution of the Crimean Tatars. We condemn the illegal actions...

      Ukraine expects inflation slowdown by year-end
      Oct13

      Ukraine expects inflation slowdown by year-end

      The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade believes that the inflation trend will be slowing down in the last months of 2016, according to the analytical report posted on the ministry`s website. The report claims that the formation of price dynamics in the domestic consumer market until year-end will be influenced by the gradual expansion of...

      Russia recruits some 600 mercenaries in occupied Donbas for Syria war – Border Guards
      Oct13

      Russia recruits some 600 mercenaries in occupied Donbas for Syria war – Border Guards

      Russia has recently recruited more than 600 volunteers in the occupied areas of eastern Ukrainian Donbas to take part in hostilities in Syria, Ukraine`s Border Guard Service press secretary Oleh Slobodyan told a Kyiv briefing Thursday, October 13, according to an UNIAN correspondent. ”The movement of Russian troops continues through the...

      It`s official: Guterres appointed next UN Secretary-General
      Oct13

      It`s official: Guterres appointed next UN Secretary-General

      The UN General Assembly today appointed by acclamation the former Foreign Minister of Portugal, Antonio Guterres, as the next United Nations Secretary-General, to succeed Ban Ki-moon when he steps down on December 31, the UN press service reported. Mr. Guterres, aged 67, was Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002, and the UN High...

      Poroshenko asks court to check the legality of cancellation Presidential power of Yanukovych by Parliament
      Oct13

      Poroshenko asks court to check the legality of cancellation Presidential power of Yanukovych by Parliament

      On October 19, Ukraine`s Constitutional Court will consider a motion submitted by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to probe into the constitutionality of striping former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych of his title, according to the court`s press service. The plenary session is to begin at 10:00 Kyiv time.It will be held in the form of...

      EU visa waiver for Ukraine ”hung up” – media
      Oct13

      EU visa waiver for Ukraine ”hung up” – media

      The European Parliament is seeking to complete consideration of a visa-free travel for Ukrainians as soon as possible, however the question has hung up in the EU Council, and no one in Brussels takes to predict when the process will be over, Deutsche Welle reports. Once a legislative act on the abolition of visas for Ukrainians late September has...

      Some 5.5 mln households in Ukraine get utilities subsidies – Rozenko
      Oct13

      Some 5.5 mln households in Ukraine get utilities subsidies – Rozenko

      Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Rozenko has stated that some 5.5 million Ukrainian households have applied for utilities subsidies, adding that the number of applicants for subsidizing is expected to grow to 8.5-9 million. ”Over 80,000 households applied for subsidies last week alone,” Rozenko said during an intercom meeting of the...

      Russia withdraws from fuel pipeline agreement with Ukraine
      Oct13

      Russia withdraws from fuel pipeline agreement with Ukraine

      Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed a resolution terminating an intergovernmental agreement with Ukraine on the use of oil products pipelines, which has been in force since 1995. The document was published on the Russian government`s website. ”The agreement specifies that the oil-products pipelines Samara-Zapadnoye and Grozny –...