Section: Main news

      Finance Ministry attracts EUR 400 mln from EIB
      Mar29

      Finance Ministry attracts EUR 400 mln from EIB

      The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine has attracted a EUR 400 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for the implementation of projects on development of commercial banks, as well as small and medium-sized businesses, official media reported.”The Finance Ministry acts as a borrower. The loan funds to the tune of EUR 400 million will be...

      Antonov to present number of its aircraft at arms exhibition in India
      Mar29

      Antonov to present number of its aircraft at arms exhibition in India

      Antonov design bureau, Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing and services company and part of the state-run Ukroboronprom Concern, will present some of its latest developments at Defexpo arms exhibition, which will be held March 28-31 in the Indian state of Goa, the press-service of the enterprise reported.According to the report, Antonov will present...

      Goods exports from Ukraine 31.9% down in Jan – Trade Ministry
      Mar29

      Goods exports from Ukraine 31.9% down in Jan – Trade Ministry

      Exports of goods from Ukraine in January 2016 fell by 31.9% year-over-year, to $2 billion, according to the Ukrainian Economic Development and Trade Ministry.Sunflower oil was the leader among the commodities shipped for export, the ministry wrote on Facebook.Other staples of Ukrainian exports were commodities of the food industry, metallurgy,...

      Savchenko may be swapped for Bout and Yaroshenko
      Mar29

      Savchenko may be swapped for Bout and Yaroshenko

      Ukrainian pilot, MP and member of the Ukrainian delegation to PACE Nadia Savchenko, who was sentenced in Russia to 22 years in prison on murder charges, may be exchanged for a group of Russian citizens, including Viktor Bout and Konstantin Yaroshenko, who are serving lengthy prison terms in the United States, an informed source told Interfax on...

      Naftogaz reports annual net income of UAH 112 bln according to published financial statements
      Mar29

      Naftogaz reports annual net income of UAH 112 bln according to published financial statements

      National Joint Stock Company Naftogaz of Ukraine has reported a net income of UAH 112.76 billion for 2015, which is higher by 51% than in the previous year, according to financial statements posted on the company`s website.Gross profit of Naftogaz in 2015 amounted to UAH 12.5 billion against a loss of UAH 11 billion in 2014. However, the...

      Militant attacks on ATO forces increase, hot spot still in Avdiyivka
      Mar29

      Militant attacks on ATO forces increase, hot spot still in Avdiyivka

      The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 72 times in the past 24 hours, using banned weapons, according to press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO).”The situation was most tense in the Donetsk sector, namely in the town of Avdiyivka. The militants attacked our positions 21 times there,...

      Sakvarelidze dismissed from PGO
      Mar29

      Sakvarelidze dismissed from PGO

      Deputy Prosecutor General Davit Sakvaralidze has been dismissed from the prosecution bodies, as well as brought to disciplinary responsibility for the ”gross violation of prosecutorial ethics,” according to a message on the Prosecutor General`s Office (PGO) website. ”Deputy Prosecutor General Davit Sakvaralidze has been dismissed from the...

      Prosecutor General Shokin sacked by Rada
      Mar29

      Prosecutor General Shokin sacked by Rada

      The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine voted to grant consent to the dismissal by President Petro Poroshenko of Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin (Resolution No.4122). The move was supported by 289 Members of Parliament, according to an UaPosition correspondent. Introducing the draft resolution, the representative of the president in parliament Stepan...

      Oil prices fall as concerns rise over rally petering out
      Mar29

      Oil prices fall as concerns rise over rally petering out

      Oil prices fell on Tuesday as concerns mount that a rally since January is fizzling out, while analysts forecast another rise to record levels for U.S. crude stockpiles, Reuters reported.U.S. oil CLc1 was down 30 cents at $39.09 a barrel at 0553 GMT, after finishing down 7 cents at $39.39, the previous session, according to Reuters.Brent LCOc1...

      Huge blaze hits UAE residential towers: BBC
      Mar29

      Huge blaze hits UAE residential towers: BBC

      A large fire has hit at least two residential towers in the United Arab Emirates, in the third such incident in a little more than a year, BBC News reports.The fire struck one tower in Ajman emirate, north of Dubai, before spreading to an adjacent block, according to BBC News.Residents were evacuated, but several have reportedly been treated for...