Section: News & Summaries
Syrian government launches Aleppo ground attack
Syrian government forces and their allies attacked the opposition-held sector of Aleppo on several fronts on Tuesday, the biggest ground assault yet in a massive new military campaign that has destroyed a U.S.-backed ceasefire, according to Reuters. The United States says the assault on Aleppo is proof that President Bashar al-Assad and his...
Nordic nations deepen cooperation amid worsening Baltic security
The Nordic nations are deepening their cooperation and beefing up their military strength to counter a deteriorating security situation in the Baltic region, according to leaders meeting at a summit, Bloomberg said. The talks, held on the demilitarized Finnish island of Aaland, come as Sweden earlier this month announced it would once again place...
Marchuk: Donbas disengagement agreement to prevent unexpected developments
Ukrainian envoy to the Trilateral Contact Group`s security subgroup Yevhen Marchuk says that a recently concluded framework agreement on the disengagement of forces in Donbas allows the parties to the conflict to independently control their own territory and prevent unexpected developments. The first three sections selected for the disengagement...
National Bank of Ukraine decides to liquidate State Land Bank
On September 27, 2016, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), upon the proposal of the Individual Deposit Guarantee Fund, issued Decision No. 302-r.sh. on Withdrawal of the Banking License and Liquidation of State Land Bank. According to the NBU`s report, on July 26, 2016, pursuant to Article 76 of the Law of Ukraine On Banks and Banking, the NBU...
Ukrainian, Israeli presidents agree to accelerate free trade talks
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and his Israeli counterpart Reuven Rivlin have agreed to accelerate talks on a free trade area (FTA) between the countries, according to an UNIAN correspondent. ”We have agreed to significantly broaden economic cooperation,” Poroshenko said in his press statement following the negotiations in Kyiv on Tuesday....
Demand for bitcoin in Ukraine grows fivefold
Demand for cryptocurrency grows up fivefold during this year, says Stanislav Podyachev of bitcoin selling service Btcu.biz, Ukraine Today reports referring to a report by Forklog. Despite significant growth in demand, trading bitcoin in Ukraine is still non-profitable. The ATMs used for it are too expensive to operate, and the number of...
State Fiscal Service of Ukraine reports 30% increase in tax revenues to consolidated budget
Tax revenues in the consolidated budget of Ukraine, including the state budget and local budgets, in January-August 2016 increased by 30% year-over-year, to UAH 475 billion, head of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine Roman Nasirov said at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. ”The main result is the increase in revenues to the consolidated budget –...
Two robbers attack Kyiv resident, seize $365,000 in cash
Two unidentified perpetrators attacked a Kyiv man, seizing a bag with a large sum in foreign currency, the Department of Communication of the National Police in Kyiv told an UNIAN correspondent. It has been established that a 25-year-old man was assaulted by two men as he came out of an apartment complex in the capital`s Desnianskiy district....
Moscow hosted a ”separatist conference”
It is the second year the convention of non-recognized republics takes place in the Russian capital, according to Ukraine Today. Representatives of the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk people`s republics were not officially included in the ”separatist conference” participation list, however, some of them attended the event anyway, Ukraine Today...
Vilify and Amplify: How the Kremlin’s Disinformation Machine is Attacking the MH17 Probe
The Kremlin has turned its disinformation machine on those who are investigating the shoot-down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over Ukraine in July of 2014, using state employees, state-run media, and the state-run, though unacknowledged, “troll factory” of fake Internet accounts. The primary goal of the media attacks has been to undermine the...