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      Savchenko: ”Ready to talk with enemy and friend” for release of hostages
      Jun08

      Savchenko: ”Ready to talk with enemy and friend” for release of hostages

      Ukrainian MP Nadia Savchenko is ready to talk ”with the enemy and with a friend” in order to bring back those who are now held hostage by the enemy, according to an UNIAN correspondent.”I am ready to speak with anyone. I am ready to talk with the enemy and with a friend in order to return a child to his or her mother. So that the state could...

      State budget expenditures on subsidies may reach 3.8% of GDP in 2017
      Jun08

      State budget expenditures on subsidies may reach 3.8% of GDP in 2017

      Finance Minister Oleksandr Danylyuk says that the share of budget expenditures on payments of housing and utility subsidies is growing rapidly and may reach 3.8% of the country`s GDP by 2017.”Provision of subsidies for half of Ukraine`s population creates a huge burden on the state budget, which can reach 3.8% of GDP in 2017,” he said in a report...

      ”ANACONDA-2016”: NATO exercises war against Putin – BILD
      Jun08

      ”ANACONDA-2016”: NATO exercises war against Putin – BILD

      NATO allies and friendly states are working out the scenario of a possible attack – a Russian invasion of Poland. It is the largest military exercise of NATO and partner countries since the end of the Cold War, according to BILD.The scenario is the following: the country on the eastern flank of NATO is attacked by the Baltic Sea, soldiers without...

      Groysman pledges more state support for Ukrainian farmers
      Jun08

      Groysman pledges more state support for Ukrainian farmers

      Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman calls on the government to seek ways to ensure additional state support for agricultural enterprises, particularly small and medium-sized farms.”We need to envisage state support for farmers when drafting the budget for 2017 and during the revision of the 2016 budget,” Groysman said at a government...

      EU likely to extend Russia sanctions before summit
      Jun08

      EU likely to extend Russia sanctions before summit

      The EU is preparing to extend its economic sanctions on Russia before the June summit, as Russian diplomats target a winter deadline instead, Brussels-based independent online newspaper EUObserver reported.The preferred option of EU Council chief Donald Tusk is for EU states` ambassadors to conclude the Russia decision so that leaders can focus...

      Euronews Exclusive: Ukraine says French national had plans for 15 attacks in France
      Jun08

      Euronews Exclusive: Ukraine says French national had plans for 15 attacks in France

      In an exclusive interview with Euronews, the head of Ukraine`s state security service (SBU) Vasyl Hrytsak says the French national detained with a cache of weapons and explosives talked of plans for 15 attacks on government buildings and Jewish and Muslim places of worship during the EURO-2016 football tournament.SBU chief Vasyl Hrytsak told...

      Poll: Three-quarters of Russians believe Russia should continue its policy despite sanctions
      Jun08

      Poll: Three-quarters of Russians believe Russia should continue its policy despite sanctions

      The poll by Levada Cener shows three-quarters of Russians believe that their country should pursue its policy, despite Western sanctions, an UNIAN correspondent in Russia reports.Answering the question, how Russia should act in response to the sanctions of the Western powers, 75% of respondents answered ”to continue its policy, despite...

      Global Peace Index: Ukraine ranks 156 out of 162 countries (infographics)
      Jun08

      Global Peace Index: Ukraine ranks 156 out of 162 countries (infographics)

      According to the Global Peace Index 2016 Report, Ukraine is on the 156th place, i.e. it is in the second place after Yemen in the rating of fall, which dropped to 158th place during the year. The top five countries where the Global Peace Index fell the most for the year is Turkey – 145th place, Libya – 154th, Bahrain – 132nd.Compared to last...

      OSCE employee reportedly illegally held in Donetsk
      Jun08

      OSCE employee reportedly illegally held in Donetsk

      OSCE`s Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine has information that its employee missed in Luhansk region may be held in Donetsk.”The OSCE SMM can confirm that one of our local staff in Luhansk region did not return from leave as planned, on June 7. The police was informed,” reads a statement of OSCE SMM published on the mission`s Facebook page.”We...

      Fiscal Service chief Nasirov seeks to deshadow Ukrainian salaries
      Jun08

      Fiscal Service chief Nasirov seeks to deshadow Ukrainian salaries

      The average amount of single social security tax collected has decreased by 27% after a two-fold reduction in the tax rate, said Head of the Ukrainian State Fiscal Service (SFS) Roman Nasirov in an interview with TV Channel 24.”The average amount of single social security tax collected in October-November last year stood at UAH 15 billion,...