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      Extreme snowfalls in Ukraine: 400 vehicles stranded, 30 trains behind schedule
      Nov14

      Extreme snowfalls in Ukraine: 400 vehicles stranded, 30 trains behind schedule

      Heavy snowfalls across Ukraine have left about 350-400 vehicles stranded in Ternopil, Khmelnytsky, and Ivano-Frankivsk regions, while about 30 trains are behind their schedule, according to recent reports. It started to snow heavily on Sunday evening, it snowed overnight and snow depths vary from 5 to 20 cm, the operator of Ukrainian roads,...

      Steinmeier poised to be German President – Deutsche Welle
      Nov14

      Steinmeier poised to be German President – Deutsche Welle

      Chancellor Angela Merkel`s Christian Democratic Party (CDU) has backed Social Democrat Frank-Walter Steinmeier to be the ruling coalition`s candidate for the German presidency, following talks among party leaders on Monday morning, according to Deutsche Welle. The CDU`s Bavarian sister-party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), also gave its...

      Ukraine sees 1.8% GDP growth in Q3 year-on-year
      Nov14

      Ukraine sees 1.8% GDP growth in Q3 year-on-year

      Ukraine`s GDP grew by 1.8% in the third quarter of 2016 year-on-year, against a 1.3% increase in the second quarter of 2016 compared to the same period of 2015, according to the State Statistics Service. GDP in the third quarter of 2016 compared to the previous, second quarter of 2016, grew by 0.4% against a 0.6% increase in the second quarter...

      Russian Mig-29 crashes near its aircraft carrier in Mediterranean – U.S. officials
      Nov14

      Russian Mig-29 crashes near its aircraft carrier in Mediterranean – U.S. officials

      A Russian fighter jet crashed in the Mediterranean Sea shortly after launching from its aircraft carrier near the coast of Syria Sunday, two U.S. officials told Fox News. Three Russian MiG-29 fighter jets took off from their Soviet-era aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov, and flew in the direction of Syria. Once airborne, one of the Russian jets...

      Members of Saakashvili’s team – National Police chief and Chief of Odesa customs resigned
      Nov14

      Members of Saakashvili’s team – National Police chief and Chief of Odesa customs resigned

      Chief of Ukraine`s National Police Khatia Dekanoidze has resigned, the Obozrevatel media outlet reported, citing sources. Dekanoidze was appointed to the post on November 4, 2015. Prior to that, she was advisor to Interior Minister Arsen Avakov. According to the report, her deputy Vadym Troyan has been appointed Acting Chief of the National...

      Britain and France snub EU`s emergency Trump meeting
      Nov14

      Britain and France snub EU`s emergency Trump meeting

      Britain and France on Sunday night snubbed a contentious EU emergency meeting to align the bloc`s approach to Donald Trump`s election, exposing rifts in Europe over the U.S. vote, the Financial Times reported. Hailed by diplomats as a chance to ”send a signal of what the EU expects” from Mr. Trump, the plan fell into disarray after foreign...

      Watch Out, Silicon Valley. Here Comes Ukraine
      Nov14

      Watch Out, Silicon Valley. Here Comes Ukraine

      Ukraine has the potential to become Europe’s top hub for information technology and other innovation-based industries. Some major private sector businesses have already chosen Ukraine as the site of their research and development centers; among them are Aricent, Boeing, Ericsson, Oracle, and Siemens. Private business initiatives in Ukraine...

      We Are Building the New Ukraine, Three Years after Euromaidan
      Nov14

      We Are Building the New Ukraine, Three Years after Euromaidan

      The need for reconciliation between eastern and western Ukraine is often emphasized in Ukrainian and international media, and has been the subject of dozens of roundtables in the past couple of years. Though originally from western Ukraine, I have lived and worked in the east for nearly two years, and I have come to realize that the approach and...

      Hryvnia weakens to UAH 25.83 to dollar on interbank market
      Nov14

      Hryvnia weakens to UAH 25.83 to dollar on interbank market

      Hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank currency market on Monday fell to UAH 25.76/25.83 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 28.72/28.78, while those against the Russian ruble have settled at UAH 0.4020/0.4030....

      Ukraine to launch nuclear fuel production for own reactors in 2020
      Nov14

      Ukraine to launch nuclear fuel production for own reactors in 2020

      Ukraine plans to launch the production of nuclear fuel and elements (rods) containing nuclear fuel in 2020, aiming to provide Ukrainian nuclear reactors with fuel of own production and reduce imports. This is stated in the concept of the development of the nuclear industrial complex until 2020, which was previously adopted at a Cabinet meeting....