Section: News & Summaries

      Ukraine state debt projected to reach 80% of GDP by end of 2016
      Sep08

      Ukraine state debt projected to reach 80% of GDP by end of 2016

      Ukraine`s state and state-guaranteed debt, estimated at US$67 billion in late July, or 77% of the country`s GDP, is projected to increase to US$ 68 billion, or 80% of GDP, by the end of 2016, but will decline to 75% of GDP in 2017, chief economist at Dragon Capital Olena Belan has told UNIAN. ”We expect a slight acceleration in growth of the...

      Azarov wins Ukrainian pension in court
      Sep08

      Azarov wins Ukrainian pension in court

      Kyiv`s Podil District Court has ordered the Pension Fund to restore the accrual and payment of pensions to former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister Pavlo Rozenko wrote on Facebook. Kyiv`s Podil District Court has ordered the Pension Fund to restore the accrual and payment of pensions to former Ukrainian Prime...

      Ukraine Border Guard Service fines 38 crews on vessels that entered occupied Crimea
      Sep08

      Ukraine Border Guard Service fines 38 crews on vessels that entered occupied Crimea

      Officers of the State Border Service of Ukraine said that 38 crew members from vessels that sailed into the temporarily occupied Crimea have been fined, the Border Service reported. It is noted that a special division within the Border Service is equipped with a modern system of monitoring the territorial waters, which enables a remote monitoring...

      EBRD allocates $37 mln for grain terminal at Yuzhny port
      Sep08

      EBRD allocates $37 mln for grain terminal at Yuzhny port

      The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has granted a $37 million loan for the construction of a grain terminal at the port of Yuzhny in Odesa region, that will have an annual capacity of 5 million tonnes, former Deputy Finance Minister of Ukraine Artem Shevalev wrote on Facebook .”This project has everything – an active and...

      Car crash that killed Putin`s chauffeur was assassination attempt on Russian president`s life – media
      Sep08

      Car crash that killed Putin`s chauffeur was assassination attempt on Russian president`s life – media

      Conspiracy theorists have claimed that a car crash that killed Vladimir Putin`s chauffeur was part of an assassination plot, it has been reported, according to The Daily Mail. CCTV footage taken on Kutuzovsky Avenue in the Russian capital, Moscow, show how another vehicle collided head-on with the presidential BMW, The Daily Mail has reported....

      Rada urges foreign parliaments not to recognize State Duma elections in occupied Crimea
      Sep08

      Rada urges foreign parliaments not to recognize State Duma elections in occupied Crimea

      The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has adopted a resolution calling upon parliaments of foreign states, parliamentary assemblies and international organizations to refrain from participating in monitoring the illegal elections for the State Duma of the Russian Federation on the territory of the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea, as...

      Sale of Russian VTB`s Ukrainian subsidiary fails – media
      Sep08

      Sale of Russian VTB`s Ukrainian subsidiary fails – media

      Russian state-owned VTB Bank has failed to sell its Ukrainian subsidiary, Russian newspaper Kommersant reported, citing several sources close to the bank. ”Since May, when VTB Head Andrey Kostin announced plans to sell its Ukrainian subsidiary, the group has actively undertaken work in this direction. There were two potential buyers showing...

      Ex-head of Ukraine`s investment agency detained in Panama – PGO
      Sep08

      Ex-head of Ukraine`s investment agency detained in Panama – PGO

      The former head of the State Agency for Investment and National Projects of Ukraine, Vladyslav Kaskiv, has been detained in Panama, Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko said, according to RBC-Ukraine. Further, Lutsenko said that a court hearing of Kaskiv`s case will be held within 48 hours. ”In the case of his consent for voluntary...

      EU extends sanctions against blacklisted

      There was no voting or discussion, and no changes made to the sanctions against these Russian, Ukraine supporters of the pro-Moscow rebels. …read more Source:...

      ”Silence mode in Donbas”: Russian troops attack Ukraine 20 times in 24 hours
      Sep08

      ”Silence mode in Donbas”: Russian troops attack Ukraine 20 times in 24 hours

      Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 20 times in the past 24 hours, including nine times in the Mariupol sector, eight times in the Donetsk sector and three times in the Luhansk sector, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation headquarters (ATO HQ). View map in full size The...