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      Ukraine submits new evidence to European Court of Human Rights over Crimea annexation
      May24

      Ukraine submits new evidence to European Court of Human Rights over Crimea annexation

      Ukraine`s Minister of Justice Pavlo Petrenko has told Ukrainian TV Channel 5 that the evidence collected by the Ukrainian side refutes the Russian Federation`s arguments in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in the Crimea annexation case. ”I can say unequivocally the pieces of evidence submitted regarding Crimea refute all those stories of...

      Ukraine`s agriculture minister resigns, waits for parliament`s green light
      May24

      Ukraine`s agriculture minister resigns, waits for parliament`s green light

      Ukraine`s Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Taras Kutovyi has resigned, according to his Facebook post. ”The minister`s decision to resign is an absolutely natural process for any European country and usual practice in the world,” Kutovyi wrote on Wednesday evening. In his words, he is leaving the post, thanking members of the parliamentary...

      Ukraine reports Grad attack on Avdiyivka, one civilian seriously injured
      May24

      Ukraine reports Grad attack on Avdiyivka, one civilian seriously injured

      Russia`s hybrid military forces have mounted an attack on the old part of the Ukrainian-controlled town of Avdiyivka in Donbas, using 122mm Grad-P portable rocket launchers; one civilian has been injured, according to the local police. ”Rockets have hit houses at 96 Kolosova Street and 3 Levanevskoho Street. Fortunately, no one was injured there,...

      U.S. State Department to cut threefold financial aid to Ukraine
      May24

      U.S. State Department to cut threefold financial aid to Ukraine

      The United States State Department suggests in the budget for the 2018 fiscal year to reduce its assistance to Ukraine by three times, according to the draft budget for foreign operations and related programs, posted on the State Department`s website. In the 2016 fiscal year, more than $667 million was allocated for Ukraine. At the same time, it...

      Merkel convening Normandy Four summit
      May24

      Merkel convening Normandy Four summit

      German Chancellor Angela Merkel is calling for the leaders of Ukraine, France, and Russia to meet for another round of talks in the Normandy format on the settlement of the conflict in eastern Ukraine, according to Der Tagesspiegel. According to Der Tagesspiegel, the Ukrainian army has been fighting with the Russian-backed militants in the east...

      Ukraine-Turkey Free Trade Agreement sees progress
      May24

      Ukraine-Turkey Free Trade Agreement sees progress

      Stepan Kubiv, the first vice prime minister and minister of economic development and trade of Ukraine, has said that Turkey and Ukraine are making progress in signing the Free Trade Agreement (FTA), according to Daily Sabah. Kubiv said the trade volume between Ukraine and Turkey increased by 25 percent, adding that relations have developed not...

      Oil settles up slightly on view OPEC will extend output cuts
      May24

      Oil settles up slightly on view OPEC will extend output cuts

      Oil prices settled a bit higher on Tuesday as expectations of an extension to OPEC-led supply cuts overshadowed a White House proposal to sell half of U.S. petroleum reserves, according to Reuters. Brent crude LCOc1 settled up 28 cents at $54.15 per barrel. U.S. light crude CLc1 was up 34 cents at $51.47, Reuters said. On Thursday the...

      Dutch Senate forms majority to support EU-Ukraine Association Agreement
      May24

      Dutch Senate forms majority to support EU-Ukraine Association Agreement

      The majority has been formed in the Dutch Senate in support of the ratification of the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement, according to BNR.nl. In addition to traditional supporters of the Agreement – senators from parties VVD, D66, GroenLinks, and PvdA, nine CDA senators and three representatives of CU are reportedly ready to ratify the deal...

      Normandy Four meeting expected after schedules agreed – Gerashchenko
      May23

      Normandy Four meeting expected after schedules agreed – Gerashchenko

      The Ukrainian side expects that the meeting in the so-called Normandy Format between the leaders of Ukraine, Germany, France, and Russia will be held after the schedules are agreed, Ukraine`s humanitarian envoy in the Trilateral Contact Group for the peaceful settlement in Donbas, First Deputy Chair of the Verkhovna Rada Iryna Gerashchenko said...

      Washington State recognizes Holodomor as genocide of Ukrainians
      May23

      Washington State recognizes Holodomor as genocide of Ukrainians

      On Monday, May 22, the Washington State Senate unanimously approved a resolution calling Holodomor an act of genocide of the people of Ukraine, according to Voice of America. ”The Holodomor was a genocide committed by Joseph Stalin and the Soviet regime against the people of Ukrainian,” reads the document, Voice of America reports. Now the Day of...