Section: News & Summaries

      Russia pulling 10,000 troops, armored regiment to Belarus border
      Jul05

      Russia pulling 10,000 troops, armored regiment to Belarus border

      Russia`s motorized rifle division that is being created in Smolensk region and that will be part of the 1st Guards Tank Army will be finally deployed by the middle of 2017, a source in the Russian General Staff told TASS on Tuesday.”The General Staff with the approval of the defense minister has made the final decision that the new Yelnya...

      Industrial sales in Ukraine up by over 12% year to date
      Jul05

      Industrial sales in Ukraine up by over 12% year to date

      The volume of industrial sales in Ukraine in January-May 2016 amounted to UAH 660.8 billion, which is UAH 72.6 billion, or by 12.3% more year-over-year, according to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine.According to the State Statistics Service, the volume of industrial sales in the processing industry, which in January-May 2016 accounted for...

      New version of bill on asset recovery to be submitted to Rada – MP
      Jul05

      New version of bill on asset recovery to be submitted to Rada – MP

      MPs from the parliamentary coalition intend to withdraw a draft law on special confiscation from the Verkhovna Rada and submit a new one, said Ivan Vinnyk, MP from the Bloc of Petro Poroshenko, the press service of the BPP reports.”We have agreed on a new version of the bill with the Prosecutor General`s Office. The PGO believes that the new...

      SBU detains infamous Kharkiv journo Borodavka suspected of separatism
      Jul05

      SBU detains infamous Kharkiv journo Borodavka suspected of separatism

      The operatives of the SBU Security Service of Ukraine in Kharkiv region have detained the infamous Kharkiv journalist Andriy Borodavka, who was hiding in Russia and was wanted on suspicion of infringement of the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine.According to the SBU`s posting on Facebook, the Security Service conducted a special...

      Fifty trucks with Ukrainian goods bound for Kazakhstan stuck in Russia
      Jul05

      Fifty trucks with Ukrainian goods bound for Kazakhstan stuck in Russia

      About 50 trucks with Ukrainian goods to Kazakh companies, who were detained because of the new Russian restrictions, have been stuck in the Russian town of Smolensk, near the border with Belarus, BusinessCensor reports, with reference to the press service of the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan.It is noted that 10 out of the 50...

      Car traffic unblocked at all checkpoints at Ukrainian-Polish border
      Jul05

      Car traffic unblocked at all checkpoints at Ukrainian-Polish border

      Shehyni, Rava-Ruska, and Krakovets checkpoints have been unblocked at the Ukrainian-Polish border, Ukrainian Border Guard Service spokesman Oleh Slobodian wrote on Facebook.”Regarding the blocking of checkpoints on the Ukrainian-Polish border… Due to joint efforts of the border guards, local authorities and the National Police last night,...

      Russia`s aging population piles pressure on public finances
      Jul05

      Russia`s aging population piles pressure on public finances

      An aging population and related public spending on pensions and health care could put significant pressure on Russian government finances and lead to a strongly rising debt burden by the middle of this century in the absence of policy measures to contain spending, according to Standard & Poor`s Financial Services.”We project Russia`s elderly...

      First municipal bike rental to start work in Kyiv today
      Jul05

      First municipal bike rental to start work in Kyiv today

      On July 5, the first municipal bike rental opens in Kyiv, 112.ua reportsThe bike rental will work in a test mode, reads the report.”The presentation will be held at noon. Rental locations are all over Kyiv. In general, there are eight locations with the municipal bike rental: 1B Obolonskiy Ave., Druzhby Narodiv Park (Park of Friendship of...

      OSCE Parliamentary Assembly passes declaration condemning Russian aggression in Crimea
      Jul05

      OSCE Parliamentary Assembly passes declaration condemning Russian aggression in Crimea

      The Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has adopted at its meeting held in Georgia a so-called ”Tbilisi Declaration” which condemns the aggression of the Russian Federation in Crimea, according to a Ukrainian MP Anton Gerashchenko.”Right now, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly at its meeting in Tbilisi...

      Hungary grants every 80th asylum-seeker refugee status in 2016
      Jul05

      Hungary grants every 80th asylum-seeker refugee status in 2016

      Every 80th asylum-seeker applying for refugee status this year in Hungary has been granted protection, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban`s national security advisor has revealed, according to Hungary Today.Gyorgy Bakondi said that Hungarian authorities have so far caught 17,351 individuals attempting to enter the country illegally – down from...