Section: News & Summaries
”Slight” delay in cooperation with IMF – Finance minister
There is a ”slight” delay in cooperation between Ukraine and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ahead of the disbursement of the third loan tranche, Ukrainian Finance Minister Oleksandr Danylyuk said at an expert forum in Kyiv.The minister also noted that such delays are not unusual in the cooperation process and will not jeopardize further...
General Electric signs cooperation agreement with major Ukranian enterprises
American diversified conglomerate General Electric (GE) signed today, July 21, a Memorandum of Cooperation with public joint-stock company Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia) and Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing and services company Antonov, Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan posted on Facebook.”The memorandum with Ukrzaliznytsia provides...
Turkey to suspend European Convention on Human Rights
Turkey will temporarily suspend the implementation of its obligations emanating from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in line with the declaration of a state of emergency in the country, a senior government official has said, while assuring that fundamental rights and freedoms will not be affected during this period, according to...
Sea Breeze 2016: Video shows Ukrainian border guards air dropped without parachutes
As part of the active phase of the Sea Breeze-2016 maritime multinational exercises, Ukraine`s naval border guards for the first time practiced airborne insert from a helicopter to the open sea without parachutes, Ukraine Today reported.Odesa paratroopers were airdropped from a 7-meter height from a helicopter flying with a speed of about 30 km /...
Energy Ministry plans to allocate UAH1 bln to support state coal mines
The Ukrainian Ministry of Energy and Coal Mining has prepared a bill on amending the state budget to provide for the allocation of UAH 1 billion in financial support to state-owned coal mines, the ministry`s press service reported.The draft bill has already been considered by the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Fuel and Energy Complex, Nuclear Policy...
Human rights organizations report on torture, disappearances in Donbas
Both the Ukrainian government authorities and Russia-backed militants in eastern Ukraine are holding civilians in prolonged, arbitrary, and sometimes secret detention and torturing them, according to a joint report by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch released Thursday, July 21.The 56-page report, titled ”`You Don`t Exist`: Arbitrary...
Russian sniper unit arrives in Donbas – Intel
Twelve Russian snipers armed with hi-end rifles have been deployed in the militant-held Svitlodarsk in Donetsk region, speaker for the presidential administration on ATO issues Andriy Lysenko has told the reporters at a Kyiv briefing Thursday, July 21, citing Ukraine`s military intelligence.”Ukrainian military intelligence reports that the unit...
Court of Arbitration for Sport considers Russian athletes ineligible for Rio Olympics
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed both the request for arbitration filed by the Russiam Olympic Committee and 68 Russian Athletes, and the appeal filed by 67 of the same athletes against the IAAF decision to consider them as ineligible for the Olympic Games in Rio.The CAS did not comment on its decision.As UNIAN reported...
Searches underway in mayors` offices in Bucha, Irpin in Kyiv region
Searches at the mayors` offices in Bucha and Irpin began at 07:00 Kyiv time on Thursday, July 21, according to First Deputy Mayor of Buch Yaroslav Dobriansky, TSN news service reported. According to the official, armed law enforcers are seizing the necessary documents while the staff of the Bucha town administration remain outside the building...
Ukroboronprom military products included in NATO Logistics Catalogue: Company CEO
Products used for military purposes, produced by Ukraine`s major state-owned arms manufacturer Ukroboronprom, have been included in the NATO Master Catalogue of References for Logistics (NMCRL), according to the company`s General Director Roman Romanov.”Ukroboronprom products have been published in the catalogue, and they are available to our...