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Germany to give Ukraine EUR 5.85 mln for city development concept
Ukraine`s Minister of Regional Development Hennadiy Zubko and representative of the German Society for International Cooperation (Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit, GIZ) Sabine Muller have signed an agreement worth EUR 5.85 million on the implementation of the project on ”Integrated Urban Development in Ukraine.”The project...
Kremlin: Sentsov, Kolchenko swap being discussed, Putin to decide
Russia and Ukraine are discussing the exchange of Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov and Ukrainian activist Oleksandr Kolchenko, but everything will depend on a decision to be taken by Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov.”Contacts are being maintained. Ukrainian representative for humanitarian...
Ukraine stops shipping anthracite coal from ATO zone on June 1
Head of the National Commission of Ukraine for Energy, Housing and Utilities Services Regulation (NCER) Dmytro Vovk says that shipments of anthracite coal from the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone in eastern Ukraine were suspended on June 1, 2016.”There have been no coal shipments from the ATO zone since the beginning of this month [June 1,...
Head of Mykolaiv Regional Administration resigns – Poroshenko
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announces that Chairman of Mykolaiv Regional State Administration Vadym Merikov has tendered his resignation, according to an UNIAN correspondent.”I can tell that yesterday I had a meeting with Chairman of Mykolaiv Regional State Administration Vadym Merikov and, despite certain achievements, work related to...
Energoatom sees revenue from electricity sales rise in five months
State-run enterprise Energoatom, which operates all Ukrainian-based nuclear power plants, reported that its revenue from electricity sales in January-May 2016 grew by 9.6% year-over-year (y-o-y), to UAH 16.831 billion.Wholesale electricity market payments for electricity supplied by Energoatom amounted to UAH 14.168 billion (84.2%) in the...
Two Ukrainian soldiers killed, seven wounded in Donbas in last day
Two Ukrainian soldiers were killed and another seven were wounded in the Donbas conflict zone in the last 24 hours, presidential administration spokesman for the Anti-Terrorist Operation Colonel Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Wednesday, according to an UNIAN correspondent.”In the last day, we lost two Ukrainian soldiers amid...
Russian Federation Council appoints Yuriy Chaika prosecutor-general for another 5-year term
Russia`s Federation Council has appointed Yuri Chaika Russia`s prosecutor-general for another five-year term. The decision was carried by a unanimous 152 majority vote, according to Russian news agency TASS.Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko said Chaika had displayed himself as ”exceptionally professional and demanding” head of the...
NATO steps up support for Ukraine with Comprehensive Package of Assistance
Defense Ministers of NATO member states on Wednesday agreed to boost NATO`s support for Ukraine with a Comprehensive Package of Assistance, according to a statement posted on NATO`s official website.”The Package aims to help Ukraine strengthen its defenses by building stronger security structures,” the statement said.Secretary General Jens...
Hryvnia strengthens to UAH 24.91 to dollar on interbank market
Hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank currency market on Wednesday strengthened to UAH 24.87/24.91 to the dollar by the middle of trade, a broker at a commercial bank has told an UNIAN correspondent.Hryvnia quotes against the euro have settled at UAH 27.9090/27.9540, while those against the Russian ruble have settled at UAH...
Ukraine`s former tax chief Klymenko boasts rollback of EU sanctions
Former head of the State Tax Service (2011-2012) and Income and Tax Minister (2012-2014) Oleksandr Klymenko has said that the European Union has lifted sanctions from him.”In less than two years, the General Court of the European Union has acknowledged the obvious: sanctions against me were applied groundlessly in 2014. In this connection, they...