Section: News & Summaries

      Kyiv convinces Brussels raising agri export quotas for Ukraine possible – minister
      Jun24

      Kyiv convinces Brussels raising agri export quotas for Ukraine possible – minister

      Minister of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine Taras Kutovyi on the results of the annual Ukraine-EU agricultural dialogue held June 22-23 in Brussels told reporters the Ukrainian side had managed to convince the EU that the quotas for agricultural products supplied to the EU market were not constant numbers and could be revised upwards, an UNIAN...

      UK votes Brexit
      Jun24

      UK votes Brexit

      In the UK, Eurosceptics have won in the referendum on the country`s exit from the EU, according to media reports following the count of most of the votes. Brexit supporters gained 51.8% of votes.Despite the fact that the official results of the final count have not been announced yet, the available data show that more than 16.7 million people...

      Germany shooting: man killed after opening fire at cinema in Viernheim
      Jun24

      Germany shooting: man killed after opening fire at cinema in Viernheim

      An armed and masked man has been shot dead by German special police officers after storming a cinema complex in Viernheim, in the Hesse region, The Guardian reports.The gunman had taken several hostages, all of whom escaped uninjured. A number of people inside the cinema were lightly injured when police deployed CS gas, reports said, according to...

      BBC forecasts UK vote to leave EU
      Jun24

      BBC forecasts UK vote to leave EU

      London and Scotland voted strongly to stay in the EU but the remain vote has been undermined by poor results in the north of England, the BBC reports.Voters in Wales and the English shires have backed Brexit in large numbersThe pound plunged to its lowest level against the dollar since 1985 as the markets reacted to the results.A Labour source...

      Zimbabwe to import maize from Mexico

      Zimbabwe needs to bring in more than 250 000 tons of maize from Mexico to fill the shortfall caused by the severe drought. ||| Harare – Drought-hit Zimbabwe will import more than 250 000 tons of maize from Mexico to fill the shortfall caused by the severe drought sweeping through the southern Africa, the agriculture minister said on...

      Independent Judiciary an ‘Antidote’ to Corruption in Ukraine
      Jun24

      Independent Judiciary an ‘Antidote’ to Corruption in Ukraine

      An independent judiciary and institutional transparency are necessary to root out corruption from government and businesses in Ukraine, according to a transnational criminal lawyer. …read more Source: Atlantic...

      Bellingcat experts to release new summary on MH17 crash in Donbas
      Jun23

      Bellingcat experts to release new summary on MH17 crash in Donbas

      Bellingcat experts have been working on finalizing the summary of the findings concerning the crash of MH17 in Donbas in July 2014, Deutsche Welle Ukrainian news service reported referring to an interview with Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins.Higgins said the document would be released in mid-July and would include all the details obtained by the...

      Man detained in Kyiv, suspected of embezzling UAH 69 mln together with Pshonka
      Jun23

      Man detained in Kyiv, suspected of embezzling UAH 69 mln together with Pshonka

      A man, who resides in Odesa, has been detained in Ukrainian capital Kyiv, being suspected of embezzling together with former Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka over UAH 69 million allocated for repairing premises of Ukraine`s Prosecutor General`s Office (PGO).”Today, the PGO special investigations department jointly with the State Fiscal Service...

      OPEC says its oil revenue plunges $438 bln to 10-year low
      Jun23

      OPEC says its oil revenue plunges $438 bln to 10-year low

      The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said its oil revenue plunged by $438 billion to a 10-year low last year, as an increase in export volumes failed to compensate for the collapse in prices, Bloomberg reported. OPEC earned $518.2 billion in 2015 from the sale of crude and refined fuels, the lowest figure since 2005, the...

      Fomenko officially resigns as coach of Ukraine`s national football team
      Jun23

      Fomenko officially resigns as coach of Ukraine`s national football team

      Mykhailo Fomenko has said that he is resigning from his post as the head coach of the Ukrainian national football team after its poor performance at Euro 2016 in France, the Football Federation of Ukraine`s press service reported.”What sense does it make to continue after failing with the task that was set for the tournament?” Fomenko said.”I...