Section: News & Summaries

      Penitentiary officer ignites riot in penal colony near Kyiv, flees
      Jul21

      Penitentiary officer ignites riot in penal colony near Kyiv, flees

      Deputy Prosecutor General Yevhen Yenin has reported that the officer of a correctional facility in Irpin, who provoked a conflict involving inmates, has fled his workplace and his whereabouts are unknown at the moment.Yenin has refuted earlier media reports about the alleged escape of 50 prisoners from the colony.”It`s the official of the state...

      Ukraine retains 10th position in world steel producers ranking
      Jul21

      Ukraine retains 10th position in world steel producers ranking

      Ukraine lowered its steel production in June 2016 by 8.6% year-on-year (y-o-y) to 1.830 million tonnes, remaining at 10th position in the list of the world`s major steel producers, according to the World Steel Association.Steel output in Ukraine in January-June 2016 increased by 10.3% y-o-y to 12.413 million tonnes, according to the report.Based...

      Ukrzaliznytsia posts UAH 16 bln loss in 2015
      Jul21

      Ukrzaliznytsia posts UAH 16 bln loss in 2015

      Public Joint Stock Company Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia), established by the State Administration of Railway Transport of Ukraine, posted a loss of UAH 16 billion last year, primarily due to exchange rate fluctuations of the hryvnia against major currencies, according to a post published on the Government website.”Accordingly, the company`s...

      Pro-Russian Militants’ attacks in Donbas continue, civilian casualties reported
      Jul21

      Pro-Russian Militants’ attacks in Donbas continue, civilian casualties reported

      Militant attacks in the area of the Anti-Terrorist Operation in eastern Ukraine have not subsided as Russian proxies opened fire 70 times at positions of the Ukrainian forces as of 06:00 July 21, according to the report of the ATO Headquarters` press center posted on Facebook. Thirty-three attacks were recorded in the Donetsk direction. The enemy...

      Ukraine`s top 100 state-owned companies contribute UAH8.5 bln to state budget
      Jul21

      Ukraine`s top 100 state-owned companies contribute UAH8.5 bln to state budget

      Ukraine`s top 100 state-owned companies transferred UAH 2.5 billion in dividends and UAH 6 billion in net profit to the state budget in 2015, according to First Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade Yuliya Kovaliv.”Out of the UAH 13.8 billion net profit earned by our state-owned enterprises last year, UAH 2.5 billion was added to the...

      Job offer from President: U.S.-born Ukrainian to join Ukraine`s healthcare ministry
      Jul21

      Job offer from President: U.S.-born Ukrainian to join Ukraine`s healthcare ministry

      As notoriously corrupt healthcare ministry of Ukraine still does not have its leader, President Poroshenko has offered a job of deputy healthcare minister to Ulyana Suprun – American-born Ukrainian, director of Patriot Defense initiative, which has provided tactical medicine training to more than 25,000 Ukrainian troops, according to Ukraine...

      U.S. asks Poland to extradite  Ukrainian citizen, owner of most-visited illegal file-sharing website
      Jul21

      U.S. asks Poland to extradite Ukrainian citizen, owner of most-visited illegal file-sharing website

      Washington has requested the extradition of the Ukrainian citizen, the owner of file-sharing website KAT, who was arrested in Poland for copyright infringement related to the distribution of more than US$1 billion worth of movies, video games, music recordings and other content, U.S. justice officials said.Artem Vaulin, 30, of Kharkiv, Ukraine,...

      Trump sets conditions for defending NATO Allies in Baltics against Russian attack
      Jul21

      Trump sets conditions for defending NATO Allies in Baltics against Russian attack

      On the eve of accepting the Republican nomination for president, Donald Trump explicitly raised new questions about his commitment to automatically defend NATO allies if they are attacked, according to The New York Times.Donald Trump said he ”would first look at their contributions to the alliance,” NYT reports.”I would prefer to be able to...

      Kerry to Turkey over Gulen: Send us evidence, not allegations
      Jul21

      Kerry to Turkey over Gulen: Send us evidence, not allegations

      U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is calling on Turkey to provide hard evidence that an exiled U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen was behind a foiled coup attempt last weekend if Ankara wants him extradited, according to The Associated Press.”With respect to Mr Gulen, we have consistently said to our friends in Turkey and allies in Turkey...

      Crimean Tatars` Chubarov: NATO to boost presence in seaport closest to occupied Crimea
      Jul21

      Crimean Tatars` Chubarov: NATO to boost presence in seaport closest to occupied Crimea

      Head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatars and a Ukrainian MP Refat Chubarov said Romania initiated the issue of deploying a permanent contingent of NATO naval forces in the countries in the Black Sea.Chubarov has said the rapprochement between Turkey and Russia will not hinder the implementation of NATO`s plan, according to Apostrophe.”The shift...