Section: News & Summaries

      Ukraine ahead of CIS countries in Social Progress Index – study
      Jul04

      Ukraine ahead of CIS countries in Social Progress Index – study

      Ukraine has ranked 63rd out of 133 countries in the social progress index compiled by the Social Progress Imperative with the support of international consulting firm Deloitte, as stated in a new report published by the company.The index was prepared on the basis of 53 different indicators including the level of health care, education, access to...

      Ukraine urges Russia to disclose information about children illegally taken out of Donbas
      Jul04

      Ukraine urges Russia to disclose information about children illegally taken out of Donbas

      Ukraine`s representative in the humanitarian subgroup at the Trilateral Contact Group on Donbas settlement and First Deputy Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Iryna Gerashchenko stated that Kyiv has reiterated its request to Russia to provide information about children unlawfully taken out of Ukraine`s Donbas.”The Ukrainian side...

      Israel’s tech boom under threat

      In the high tech hub of Tel Aviv, Or Offer never thought it would be hard to find workers for his fast-growing Internet data firm SimilarWeb. ||| Tel Aviv – In the high tech hub of Tel Aviv, where companies have been responsible for ground-breaking advances like the USB stick, Or Offer never thought it would be hard to find workers for his...

      Ukraine extracts 10 bln cubic meters of gas in 6 months
      Jul04

      Ukraine extracts 10 bln cubic meters of gas in 6 months

      Ukraine boosted its natural gas production in January-June 2016 by 2% year-over-year, or 200 million cubic meters, to 10 billion cubic meters (bcm), according to Ukrtransgaz, the operator of the gas transportation system and underground storage facilities of natural gas.The company noted that the data was provided excluding the annexed Crimea and...

      NATO pledges political and practical support for Ukraine
      Jul04

      NATO pledges political and practical support for Ukraine

      NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has stated that NATO will provide political and practical assistance to Ukraine, an UNIAN correspondent in Brussels reported. Stoltenberg said he expects that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will update NATO on the recent developments in the country during a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission that...

      Klitschko congratulates new Ukrainian police on 1st anniversary of their service
      Jul04

      Klitschko congratulates new Ukrainian police on 1st anniversary of their service

      Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko has congratulated patrol police officers on the occasion of the 1st anniversary of their service, the city council chief`s press service reported.Klitschko recalled that the new police service that was established a year ago had faced a new challenge. It was tasked with helping bring to life a new philosophy of work...

      Ukraine`s Interior Ministry mulling to install over 3,000 speed cameras on roads
      Jul04

      Ukraine`s Interior Ministry mulling to install over 3,000 speed cameras on roads

      The Interior Ministry is planning to install more than 3 million cameras to record violations of traffic rules on the Ukrainian roads, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said at a briefing in Kyiv, according to an UNIAN correspondent.”As promised, we`re launching a pilot project, and then the Cabinet of Ministers will accept the procedure for...

      Russian officer on active service killed in Donbas – Ukraine intel
      Jul04

      Russian officer on active service killed in Donbas – Ukraine intel

      A Russian officer Alexander Bushuev was killed near the militant-occupied city of Donetsk, the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported on Facebook Monday.”The death is confrmed of the commander of the 7th separate motorized rifle brigade, Colonel of the Russian Armed Forces Alexander Bushuev near the town...

      Ukraine to host one of biggest tech conferences in Eastern Europe
      Jul04

      Ukraine to host one of biggest tech conferences in Eastern Europe

      More than 2500 tech lovers from Ukraine and Eastern Europe will gather in Lviv for a major IT event, Lviv IT Arena 2016, to be held on September 30 – October 2 in Ukraine`s western city. Named by organizers the best IT event in the country, it will unite professionals to network while discussing business, IT trends, and products, according to...

      Ukrainians protesting against Poland`s suspension of small border traffic with Ukraine
      Jul04

      Ukrainians protesting against Poland`s suspension of small border traffic with Ukraine

      On Monday morning, residents of three districts of Lviv region partially blocked the traffic near the Ukrainian-Polish border checkpoints, protesting against the suspension by Poland of the small border traffic with Ukraine, head of the press service of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Lviv region Svitlana Dobrovolska told an UNIAN...