Section: News & Summaries

      EP adopts resolution on Brexit: speed up divorce, improve EU
      Jun28

      EP adopts resolution on Brexit: speed up divorce, improve EU

      The European Parliament Tuesday, June 28, voted to pass the resolution calling for a swift Brexit to end uncertainty and for deep EU reform, according to an UNIAN correspondent in Brussels reporting from an extraordinary plenary debate.395 MEPs supported the resolution, with 200 deputies having voted against the document and 71 MEPs abstained.In...

      Memo to NATO: Wake Up Before Putin Turns the Black Sea into a Russian Lake
      Jun28

      Memo to NATO: Wake Up Before Putin Turns the Black Sea into a Russian Lake

      By invading Ukraine and annexing Crimea, Russian President Vladimir Putin has transformed the security situation in the Black Sea.Upon capturing those territories, Moscow lost no time in seizing Ukrainian energy facilities in the Black Sea and accelerating its ongoing military modernization there. As a result, Moscow has built a combined arms...

      Merkel, Hollande to assess Minsk-2 implementation at EU summit: Tusk
      Jun28

      Merkel, Hollande to assess Minsk-2 implementation at EU summit: Tusk

      European Council President Donald Tusk said in his doorstep briefing before the EU Summit in Brussels there would be discussions during the summit regarding the implementation of the Minsk agreements aimed at reaching peace in the east of Ukraine, according to an UNIAN correspondent.”Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande will inform us about their...

      Ukraine, Eurojust sign Agreement on Cooperation
      Jun28

      Ukraine, Eurojust sign Agreement on Cooperation

      In the framework of the working visit of President Petro Poroshenko to the EU institutions, the Agreement on Cooperation between Ukraine and the European Organization for Justice (Eurojust) was signed, according to the Ukrainian President`s press service.The document was signed by Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko and President of...

      Militants mortar Ukrainian positions in ATO zone
      Jun28

      Militants mortar Ukrainian positions in ATO zone

      Shelling of positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Donbas by the Russian occupation forces is continuing. 71 attacks were recorded in last day, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation.”In Mariupol direction, there were 46 attacks, 19 in the Donetsk direction and another six – in the Luhansk direction,” the ATO press...

      Poroshenko signs Constitutional amendments on judiciary
      Jun28

      Poroshenko signs Constitutional amendments on judiciary

      President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has signed the law on amendments to the Constitution regarding the judiciary.The law will be published tomorrow, June 29, according to an UNIAN correspondent reporting from the Verkhvona Rada`s session hall where a solemn meeting on the occasion of Constitution Day was held, attended by the Ukrainian...

      Ukraine celebrating 20th anniversary of Constitution
      Jun28

      Ukraine celebrating 20th anniversary of Constitution

      Today, 28 June, the Ukrainians celebrate the 20th anniversary of the moment when the country`s current Constitution came into force.Constitution Day is a public holiday, therefore June 28 is an official day-off in Ukraine.The country`s main law was adopted by the Verkhovna Rada overnight June 28, 1996 – on the fifth year after the proclamation of...

      New EU policy document calls Russia ”strategic challenge”
      Jun28

      New EU policy document calls Russia ”strategic challenge”

      A new European Union policy document describes Russia as ”a key strategic challenge,” wording that constitutes a compromise between member states that are more hawkish toward Moscow and those resisting an escalation of rhetoric, RFE/RL reports.The document, which is set to be endorsed at a June 28 summit of leaders, was produced by the bloc`s...

      Poroshenko expects positive messages on sanctions against Russia at EU summit
      Jun28

      Poroshenko expects positive messages on sanctions against Russia at EU summit

      President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko expects positive messages about anti-Russian sanctions to come during the EU summit to be held June 28-29, the president told the reporters in Brussels following his meeting with the EU leadership June 27, the press service of the Head of State reported.”Today we discussed in detail the issue of sanctions....

      What Brexit Means for Ukraine
      Jun28

      What Brexit Means for Ukraine

      After British voters approved a referendum to leave the EU on June 23, Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister for European Integration Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze said: “We respect the British citizens’ decision, but Ukraine feels sorry for these events. To my mind this will weaken the EU and it will have to concentrate on its own...