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Ukraine, Spain want to cooperate in infrastructure, engineering projects
National Nuclear Energy Generating Company Energoatom intends to partner with Spanish company IDOM in infrastructure and engineering projects, the Ukrainian company`s press service announced.It was reported that Energoatom held talks with IDOM representatives in early July. A special focus was placed on projects carried out by the company in the...
NBU identifies sources of slower price growth in Ukraine
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) reported that inflation has slowed to 6.9% in annual terms, remaining below the projected expectations the regulator published earlier.The reduction in inflation has been attributed to a sharper-than-expected slowdown in annual core inflation and a steeper decline in raw food prices, according to a posting on...
Ukraine reports 13 KIA`s, 59 WIA`s in Donbas war in past six days
Thirteen Ukrainian soldiers were reported to have been killed in action (KIA`s), and another 59 wounded in action (WIA`s), inside the Anti-Terrorist Operation zone (ATO) in eastern Ukraine in the past six days, according to a Ukrainian Member of Parliament.”In the past six days, Ukraine lost 13 soldiers in the ATO zone. Fifty-nine were wounded,”...
Ten killed in Italy train crash near Bari
Ten people have been killed and dozens more hurt in a head-on collision involving two passenger trains in southern Italy, BBC reported. The two trains were on a single-track line at the time of the crash, between the coastal towns of Bari and Barletta, according to BBC. Emergency services are trying to free passengers from the wrecked carriages...
Tribunal says China has no historic title over South China Sea
An arbitration court ruled on Tuesday that China has no historic title over the waters of the South China Sea and that it has breached the sovereign rights of the Philippines with its actions there, Reuters reported. China, which has boycotted the hearings at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, vowed again to ignore the ruling and...
Former Kyiv mayor`s son accused of money laundering in Barcelona – media
Barcelona police have detained 11 persons, including a son of former Kyiv Mayor Leonid Chernovetsky, on suspicion of money laundering, according to Ukrainian news portal Evropeiska Pravda, which cites Spain`s El Mundo.”Among the detainees are mainly Ukrainians and Russians residing in Barcelona. It is known that Stepan Chernovetsky, the son of...
Ukraine, Canada to set up joint locomotive production
One of the world`s largest manufacturers of rail equipment, Canadian firm Bombardier, plans to set up a joint venture in Ukraine to build locomotives and other equipment.A Memorandum of Intention was signed by Chairman of the Board of PJSC Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) Wojciech Balczun and Board Member Oleksandr Buzhor, along with Erwin...
New NABU win: Railways procurement officials detained for embezzlement
Detectives from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) have detained three officials suspected of embezzlement during state procurement tenders for the Ukrainian railways, according to the NABU`s press service.In particular, the deputy director of state-run UkrZaliznychPostach, which purchases equipment and fuel for state-owned railways in...
Iraq: Deaths in car bomb market attack near Baghdad
At least nine people have been killed and dozens wounded in a car bombing at an outdoor market in a district just north of Iraq`s capital, Baghdad, according to police sources, Al Jazeera reported. Police said a parked car packed with explosives blew up on Tuesday morning at a vegetable and fruit market in Rashidiyah town, according to the...
Ukraine, Canada discuss opportunities for strengthening bilateral relations
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said a free trade agreement between Ukraine and Canada, which the two parties signed in Kyiv on July 11, would help bring the two countries` markets closer, resulting in an increase in production and trade.”We have much room for cooperation – in the economic sector, in support of reforms, and other...