Section: Main news
Organic grain terminal to be built in Ukraine
LLC Bio-Line-Reni, an agro science supply company, plans to build an organic grain handling terminal at the Reni Seaport in Odesa, Ukraine, according to a report from UkrAgroConsult. The technology of the complex will comply with standards and rules of Ukraine`s Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FIBL). The port`s representatives...
Russia`s Gazprom doubling down on ”anti-Ukraine” Baltic pipeline – Forbes
Russia`s biggest gas company is really doubling down on its proposed Nord Stream II pipeline even as political pressure and new realities of the global energy markets weigh against it, according to Forbes. Gazprom is relentless, and despite its biggest partners being largely sidelined due to a Polish anti-trust decision last year, the Russian...
Ukraine has right to ban Russian participant – Eurovision Director
The Ukrainian authorities can decide themselves, within the current legislation, on admission contestant from Russia Yulia Samoilova to the Eurovision-2017, the director of the song contest Jon Ola Sand told a Kyiv press conference, according to QHA news agency citing ZN.UA. ”We fully respect and understand the laws of Ukraine, but we at the...
Fighting ”non-stop” – Ukraine`s Defense Ministry on escalation in Donbas
On Sunday, hostilities near the town of Avdiyivka lasted more than 10 hours, and on the eastern outskirts of Mariupol – around-the-clock, speaker for the ATO at Ukraine`s Defense Ministry Andriy Lysenko told a briefing, according to an UNIAN correspondent. According to him, in the Luhansk sector, the enemy in the last day continued with their...
Russia`s Sberbank limits cash withdrawals in Ukraine
PJSC Sberbank has imposed restrictions on cash withdrawal through the bank`s cash desk in the amount of UAH 30,000 or the equivalent of this amount in foreign currency per day for any client, according to the bank`s press service. The press office of Sberbank of Russia`s subsidiary in Ukraine said that temporary restrictions were caused by a...
Kyiv ready to launch joint aircraft production with Ankara – Ukraine Prime Minister
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman says Kyiv is ready to cooperate with Ankara in joint production of aircraft, according to the Russian language service of Turkey`s Anadolu news agency. Groysman announced this at a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart Binali Yildirim after talks in Ankara on Tuesday, Anadolu said. ”Turkey...
Activists of London Euromaidan picket Akhmetov`s residence in London
Participants of London Euromaidan public movement rallied outside the house owned by Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov at One Hyde Park, 100 Knightsbridge London. Activists demanded that the UK authorities verify whether the orligarch`s revenues have a legal origin, based on the UK anti-bribery law (UK Bribery Act) and the Counter-Terrorism Act,...
Decisions of Arbitration in The Hague on Ukrainian assets in Crimea mandatory for Russia – lawyer
The decisions of the Arbitration Tribunal in The Hague of February 24 on the protection of Ukrainian assets in annexed Crimea in the case of Airport Belbek and Igor Kolomoysky vs the Russian Federation, as well as in the case of PJSC CB PrivatBank and Finance Company Finilon vs the Russian Federation, are mandatory for Russia. ”Russia will no...
Ukraine to boost agritrade with Azerbaijan
Ukraine intends to develop trade and economic relations with Azerbaijan in the agri-industrial complex and increase bilateral trade, Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Minister Taras Kutoviy said during his meeting with the Azerbaijani delegation headed by Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev, according to the ministry`s press service. ”Ukraine is...
Member of the UK House of Lords Richard Balfe calls occupied Crimea ”historical part of Russia”: Ukraine embassy seeks explanations
The Embassy of Ukraine in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland expects explanations from a member of the UK House of Lords Richard Balfe (Conservative Party), regarding his statement claiming Crimea is a historic part of Russia. The diplomatic mission took into consideration Balfe`s statement in an interview with the Russian...