Section: Main news
Ukraine expects reaction of Polish government to slogans “Death to Ukrainians!” during the March of eaglets
On the “March of eaglets of Przemysl and Lvlovski”, which was held on December 10 in the Polish city Przemysl, the participants near the building of the Ukrainian National Center chanted “Death to Ukrainians.” Video: UaPosition memo: Eaglets (Polish: Orlęta) is a term of affection applied to the Polish teenagers who fought...
Q&A: What Does a Friend of Putin at Foggy Bottom Mean for Ukraine?
President-elect Donald Trump has picked ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as his secretary of state. In 2013, Russian President Vladimir Putin personally bestowed Russia’s Order of Friendship on Tillerson. As CEO of ExxonMobil, he’s argued for sanctions relief on Russia. By October 2016, some reports estimate that Exxon has lost $1 billion...
Nadiia Savchenko abandons Tymoshenko`s Batkivschyna party
Member of Parliament Nadiia Savchenko has left Yulia Tymoshenko`s Batkivschyna party, MP from the party Ivan Krulko told UNIAN. ”Yes, I confirm this,” he said, providing no other details. Savchenko`s press service neither confirmed nor denied this information yet. She was earlier reported to have secretly visited Minsk on December 7. There she...
Visa-free travel for Ukraine will be available in a few months – Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine
Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine, Ambassador Hugues Mingarelli says that visa-free travel for Ukraine will be available in a few months, according to an UNIAN correspondent. ”European authorities have decided that in a few months, citizens of Ukraine will be able to travel to EU countries without visas. This decision has...
Hryvnia strengthens to UAH 26.11 to dollar on interbank market
Hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank currency market on Tuesday strengthened to UAH 26.07/26.11 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 27.6915/27.7340, while those against the Russian ruble have settled at UAH...
SWIFT confirms new cyber attacks, hacking tactics
Cyber attacks targeting the global bank transfer system have succeeded in stealing funds since February`s heist of $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank as hackers have become more sophisticated in their tactics, according to a SWIFT official and a previously undisclosed letter the organization sent to banks worldwide, Reuters reported....
New “Soviet” Union is possible – Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev, the first and last president of the USSR, has said that a new Union state is possible, according to Russian news agency TASS. ”The Soviet Union cannot be restored. But a new Union can be established,” he said in an interview with TASS. ”In the former borders, with the same members, on the basis of free will. I think a new Union...
S&P positive about withdrawal of 80 banking licenses in Ukraine by National Bank of Ukraine
S&P Global Ratings notes an improvement in Ukraine`s banking sector and says it views positively the withdrawal of 80 banking licenses. ”Conditions in the financial sector have improved but further recovery will be slow due to high credit risk. We view positively the withdrawal of 80 banking licenses due to a lack of transparency regarding...
United Nations Security Council underlines need for stronger judicial cooperation to combat terrorism
Condemning acts of terrorism and their impact on innocent civilians and on peace and stability, the United Nations Security Council emphasized the need for establishing willful violation of prohibition on financing of terrorist organizations or individual terrorists as serious criminal offenses in national laws and regulations. In...
Ukrainians are ready not pay bribes in order to stop corruption
2016 Global Corruption Barometer survey from Transparency International showed that 29% of Ukrainians are ready to not pay bribes, in order to stop corruption. While according to the previous 2013 Global Corruption Barometer survey (before the Revolution of Dignity) one in three Ukrainians were ready to go to the streets to fight corruption, this...