Section: News & Summaries

      Remains of all victims of Smolensk plane crash will be exhumed – Poland’s National Public Prosecutor`s Office
      Sep13

      Remains of all victims of Smolensk plane crash will be exhumed – Poland’s National Public Prosecutor`s Office

      Poland is going to exhume the remains of all the victims of the Smolensk plane crash, except those who had already been examined by investigators. A relevant decision was made by a special team of investigators of the National Public Prosecutor`s Office (Prokuratura Krajowa), headed by Deputy Prosecutor General Marka Pasionka, according to RMF...

      Ukraine expects IMF approval of loan tranche – Finance Minister
      Sep13

      Ukraine expects IMF approval of loan tranche – Finance Minister

      Ukraine`s Finance Minister Oleksandr Danylyuk said Monday the country expects a positive outcome of a voting of the International Monetary Fund`s Executive Directors scheduled for September 14 that is to decide on the disbursement of the third loan tranche to Ukraine in the near future. Danylyuk also commented on Russian Finance Minister Anton...

      Russian troops attacked Ukrainian army in Donbas 35 times in 24 hrs, shelled with heavy artillery
      Sep13

      Russian troops attacked Ukrainian army in Donbas 35 times in 24 hrs, shelled with heavy artillery

      Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 35 times in the past 24 hours, including nine times in the Mariupol sector, 16 times in the Donetsk sector. and 10 times in the Luhansk sector, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation Headquarters. In the Mariupol sector, the enemy...

      Ukraine ready to negotiate ”Yanukovych loan” with Russia but prepares for London trial – Finance Minister
      Sep13

      Ukraine ready to negotiate ”Yanukovych loan” with Russia but prepares for London trial – Finance Minister

      Acting in compliance with the current program, approved by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) regarding carrying out negotiations with Russia in ”good faith”, Ukraine is ready to enter into further talks to solve a dispute over a $3 billion loan received in December 2013 as part of an agreement between Russian President Vladimir Putin and then...

      Consumer basket-2016: difference from European minimum
      Sep13

      Consumer basket-2016: difference from European minimum

      The Ukrainian government is going to approve the consumer basket for 2016, a draft of which has already been published online, according to Ukrainian news service TSN. The consumer minimum, which the Cabinet considers sufficient for the average Ukrainian, there is no cell phone included, but there still is a radio set. No international travel...

      2 Ukraine troops killed, 15 wounded in Donbas in last day – president`s adviser
      Sep13

      2 Ukraine troops killed, 15 wounded in Donbas in last day – president`s adviser

      Two Ukrainian soldiers were killed in action and another 15 were reported wounded in the Donbas conflict zone in the last 24 hours, Ukraine`s presidential adviser Yuriy Biryukov wrote on Facebook. Biryukov reported that the two soldiers were killed and five wounded, in an attack launched by an enemy sabotage and reconnaissance group, but he did...

      Ukraine would sue Russia over violation of UN Convention on Law of Sea – Foreign Minister
      Sep13

      Ukraine would sue Russia over violation of UN Convention on Law of Sea – Foreign Minister

      This week Ukraine will lodge with the International Court a comprehensive large-scale lawsuit against the Russian Federation concerning the violation of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, Ukraine`s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin told ICTV, according to Ukrainska Pravda. ”The first big lawsuit will be filed just this week. It regards the...

      Ukraine is ready to boycott PACE if Russian delegation admitted – MFA Klimkin
      Sep13

      Ukraine is ready to boycott PACE if Russian delegation admitted – MFA Klimkin

      Ukrainian side may suspend the membership in PACE if the powers of the Russian delegation are recognized, in spite of the illegitimate nature of the elections to the State Duma of Russia on the territory of annexed Crimea, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said on a Svoboda Slova talk show on Ukraine`s ICTV, Europeiska Pravda reports. ”We...

      71st  session of UN General Assembly to open in NY Sep 13
      Sep13

      71st session of UN General Assembly to open in NY Sep 13

      The delegates will consider 170 issues on the session`s agenda. The main topics are declared the sustainable development goals, the settlement of internal and inter-state conflicts, and migration issues. The official opening ceremony is scheduled for 15:00 local time (22:00 Kyiv time). Delegations from 193 countries will take part in the UN...

      Ex-governor of Kyiv region Melnychuk found in Lavra – media
      Sep13

      Ex-governor of Kyiv region Melnychuk found in Lavra – media

      Former chairman of the Kyiv Regional State Administration Maksym Melnychuk Saturday was spotted on the territory of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, Ukrainska Pravda reported, citing a senior source in the Prosecutor General`s Office. ”He was not arrested and is probably at home now,” said the source. The report claims the PGO has not enough evidence to...