Section: News & Summaries

      Kyiv expects to receive $1 bln in U.S. loan guarantees by end of September
      Sep16

      Kyiv expects to receive $1 bln in U.S. loan guarantees by end of September

      Ukraine expects to receive $1 billion of loan guarantees from the U.S. Government by the end of September and to issue Eurobonds, a source in the government told UNIAN. ”We think, [it will happen in] the end of the month,” the source said. The receipt of funds has become possible following the positive decision of the International Monetary Fund...

      Poroshenko: Sanctions only mechanism to keep Putin at negotiating table
      Sep16

      Poroshenko: Sanctions only mechanism to keep Putin at negotiating table

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has urged the international community to impose new sectoral sanctions against Russia for its occupation of Crimea and Donbas, a UNIAN correspondent reported. ”Perhaps it is time to respond to Russia`s actions in the occupied territories, including in relation to Crimean Tatars. This means that it is necessary...

      Russian troops attack Ukraine 30 times in last day, use 120mm and 82mm mortars
      Sep16

      Russian troops attack Ukraine 30 times in last day, use 120mm and 82mm mortars

      Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 30 times in the past 24 hours, including 16 times in the Mariupol sector, 12 times in the Donetsk sector and twice in the Luhansk sector, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) headquarters. View map in full size In the Donetsk...

      Ukraine PM announced the plan to set up UAH 3.5-4 bln energy fund
      Sep16

      Ukraine PM announced the plan to set up UAH 3.5-4 bln energy fund

      Ukraine`s Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has announced the Government`s plans to stimulate domestic natural gas production in Ukraine and set up an energy efficiency fund with the budget of UAH 3.5-4 billion, as provided for in the 2017 draft budget, with the view of making Ukraine fully self-sufficient in the energy sector within four to five...

      EU to allocate EUR 600 mln to Ukraine if necessary laws adopted
      Sep16

      EU to allocate EUR 600 mln to Ukraine if necessary laws adopted

      The European Union will provide Ukraine with the second tranche of macro-financial assistance in the amount of EUR 600 million before the end of this year if the required legislative changes are adopted, Vice-President of the European Commission for the Euro and Social Dialogue Valdis Dombrovskis said during a meeting with Ukrainian Prime...

      Hryvnia strengthens to UAH 25.90 to dollar on interbank market
      Sep16

      Hryvnia strengthens to UAH 25.90 to dollar on interbank market

      Hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank currency market on Friday strengthened to UAH 25.85/25.90 to the dollar by the middle of trade, a broker at a commercial bank has told an UNIAN correspondent. Thus, the national currency has strengthened by 20 kopiykas against the U.S. dollar as compared to the opening of trade. Hryvnia...

      Naftogaz warns changes of Statute threaten loan receipt required to buy gas
      Sep16

      Naftogaz warns changes of Statute threaten loan receipt required to buy gas

      National Joint Stock Company Naftogaz of Ukraine states that changes of the company`s statute initiated by the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade jeopardize the allocation of a $500 loan for Naftogaz necessary to carry out gas purchases, the company`s press service reported. ”These events jeopardize the conclusion of a loan agreement by...

      Poroshenko announces return of another prisoner to Ukraine
      Sep16

      Poroshenko announces return of another prisoner to Ukraine

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko hopes that Ukrainian prisoner Volodymyr Zhemchuhov will return to Ukraine tomorrow, a UNIAN correspondent reported. ”I can give you a little bit of optimism: we have a great hope that tomorrow we will bring Zhemchuhov home,” Poroshenko said at the annual meeting of Yalta European Strategy (YES) in Kyiv. As...

      Latvia ready to discuss return of EUR 50 mln seized from Yanukovych team accounts – PGO
      Sep16

      Latvia ready to discuss return of EUR 50 mln seized from Yanukovych team accounts – PGO

      Latvia`s Prosecutor General`s said he was ready to discuss possibilities of a return or allocation of funds confiscated from the accounts of Viktor Yanukovych team, deputy head of the PGO of Ukraine Yevhen Yenin has told 112 TV channel. The Latvian side confirmed that the money is Ukraine-related. For the negotiations to started, Ukraine must...

      Poll: Over 80% of Russians not ready to protest
      Sep16

      Poll: Over 80% of Russians not ready to protest

      The protest wave of 2011-2012 brought the Russians a sense of frustration and impossibility of change, according to Russian newspaper Vedomosti with reference to the findings of a survey by the Levada Center, an independent Russian polling and sociological research organization. Only 18% of respondents see the possibility of mass protests against...