Section: News & Summaries

      Germany opens Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine
      Oct11

      Germany opens Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine

      State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Matthias Machnig has announced that Germany has opened the German Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine to represent German business interests and help attract investment. The statement was made during the Ukrainian-German Business Forum which is held in Kyiv. Machnig urged the...

      Poroshenko anticipates signing of Ukrainian-Polish defense cooperation deal
      Oct11

      Poroshenko anticipates signing of Ukrainian-Polish defense cooperation deal

      President Petro Poroshenko on October 10 held a meeting in Kyiv with Head of the National Security Bureau of the Republic of Poland Pawel Soloch where the parties discussed the situation in Donbas, according to the president`s press service. The President of Ukraine thanked Poland for supporting the decision of the European Council to prolong...

      EU envoy highlights some aspects of e-declaration system functioning
      Oct11

      EU envoy highlights some aspects of e-declaration system functioning

      Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Hughes Mingarelli has stated that changes to the operation of the e-declaration system, now being discussed in the Ukrainian society, should not affect the transparency of the array of information, nor should they de-emphasize the importance of control over income and expenditures of state officials. During a...

      Putin shuns Paris visit after France offers talks only on Syria – Reuters
      Oct11

      Putin shuns Paris visit after France offers talks only on Syria – Reuters

      Russian President Vladimir Putin will not come to Paris next week after declining an offer to meet President Francois Hollande only for talks on Syria, a French presidency source said on Tuesday, Reuters reports. ”There were contacts between the Kremlin and the Elysee this morning to offer to Putin a working visit on Syria, but excluding all...

      German police arrest ”IS link” bomb suspect
      Oct11

      German police arrest ”IS link” bomb suspect

      German police say a Syrian man arrested after a two-day manhunt probably had links to so-called Islamic State (IS), according to the BBC. Jaber al-Bakr, who arrived in Germany as a refugee, was detained in a flat in the eastern city of Leipzig early on Monday. He had been tied up there, the BBC reported. He had sought help from another Syrian,...

      Stocks of scarce coal in Ukrainian thermal power plantswarehouses grow by almost 15%
      Oct11

      Stocks of scarce coal in Ukrainian thermal power plantswarehouses grow by almost 15%

      Stocks of scarce anthracite coal in warehouses of Ukrainian thermal power plants (TPPs) grew by 14.5% from October 2 to October 9, 2016 to 630,000 tonnes, according to state-run company Ukrenergo, the operator of Ukraine`s power grids. Stocks of gas coal increased by 11.5% from 703,000 tonnes to 784,000 tonnes. In total, coal stocks in TPPs...

      Merkel invites Normandy Four leaders for dinner in Berlin Oct 19
      Oct11

      Merkel invites Normandy Four leaders for dinner in Berlin Oct 19

      German Chancellor Angela Merkel has invited the other three leaders of the ”Normandy Quartet” – Ukraine, France and Russia – for dinner in Berlin on October 19, that`s according to Russian Ambassador to France Alexander Orlov, who spoke with Europe 1 Radio station on Tuesday, Ukrainska Pravda reports. ”Yes, it is so. Merkel has...

      Ukraine envoy: Return of Russian delegation may discredit PACE
      Oct11

      Ukraine envoy: Return of Russian delegation may discredit PACE

      The return of the Russian delegation to PACE may discredit the Assembly, said Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the Council of Europe Dmytro Kuleba, Ukrainian TV Channel 5 reported. ”In terms of the overall diplomatic situation, from the international perspective – if the Russians next year manage to return by hook or crook, failing to...

      UN chief calls for Syria case to be probed by ICC – media
      Oct11

      UN chief calls for Syria case to be probed by ICC – media

      UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday again asked the Security Council to formally request that the International Criminal Court (ICC) begin investigations of war crimes in Syria, The Daily Mail reported citing AFP. Such a request was blocked in 2014 by Russia and China, which have veto powers, but Ban said the council should try again,...

      Swedish Def.Minister: Russian missiles in Kaliningrad provocation
      Oct11

      Swedish Def.Minister: Russian missiles in Kaliningrad provocation

      Minister of Defense of Sweden Peter Hultqvist commented on Russia`s decision to move its nuclear-capable advanced Iskander missiles to Kaliningrad, considering this a provocative signal policy, according to Sydsvenskan. ”This is something that we see as a provocative signal policy fundamentally, because it creates a sharper situation throughout...