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      Minsk talks: Parties agree to separate forces in two Donbas towns – Sajdik
      Jun29

      Minsk talks: Parties agree to separate forces in two Donbas towns – Sajdik

      Special Representative of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in the Trilateral Contact Group on Donbas conflict settlement told reporters in Minsk the negotiators agreed on separating forces in Zolote and Petrovske, according to BELTA.The security subgroup continued considering the issues that were discussed at the...

      Poroshenko sacks Mykolaiv Governor amid corruption in region
      Jun29

      Poroshenko sacks Mykolaiv Governor amid corruption in region

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has fired head of the Mykolayiv Regional State Administration Vadym Merikov, according to a presidential decree No.277 from June 29, 2016.”To dismiss Merikov, Vadym Ivanovich from the post of a chairman of the Mykolaiv Regional State Administration according to a letter of resignation filed,” the document...

      Paris Opera singer Vasyl Slipak shot dead by Russian sniper in Donbas
      Jun29

      Paris Opera singer Vasyl Slipak shot dead by Russian sniper in Donbas

      Ukrainian opera singer Vasyl Slipak (Wassyl Slipak) was killed in the warzone in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian journalist Yury Butusov wrote on Facebook, according to Ukraine Today. ”Vasyl Slipak, a well-known opera singer, one of the world`s best baritones, lived and worked in France for 19 years, where he was a soloist of the Paris Opera House,”...

      Toyota recalls 1.4 million cars over faulty airbags
      Jun29

      Toyota recalls 1.4 million cars over faulty airbags

      Japanese carmaker Toyota says it will recall 1.43 million vehicles worldwide over faulty airbags, BBC reported. The cars affected are Prius and Lexus models from 2008 to 2012, according to the report.Toyota and other carmakers have over the past years been rocked by millions of recalls over problems with airbags from Japanese supplier company...

      Gazprom cuts investment for Power of Siberia pipeline by 10%
      Jun29

      Gazprom cuts investment for Power of Siberia pipeline by 10%

      Russia`s energy giant Gazprom has cut investment in the construction of the Power of Siberia pipeline in 2016 by nearly 10% from $2.8 billion to $2.6 billion, RIA Novosti reported citing Gazprom Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee Andrey Kruglov.”As for the Power of Siberia last year I said that the financing would stand at around RUB 200...

      Scotland determined to stay in EU, Sturgeon says in Brussels – Reuters
      Jun29

      Scotland determined to stay in EU, Sturgeon says in Brussels – Reuters

      Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Wednesday on a short-notice visit to Brussels that Scotland was intent on remaining in the European Union, despite last week`s British vote to quit the bloc, according to Reuters.After meeting European Parliament President Martin Schulz, the pro-independence leader told reporters: ”Scotland is...

      Hryvnia strengthens to UAH 24.86 to dollar on interbank market
      Jun29

      Hryvnia strengthens to UAH 24.86 to dollar on interbank market

      Hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank currency market on Wednesday strengthened to UAH 24.84/24.86 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 27.4755/27.4951, while those against the Russian ruble have settled at UAH...

      Poroshenko to make official visit to Bulgaria on June 30
      Jun29

      Poroshenko to make official visit to Bulgaria on June 30

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will make an official visit to the Republic of Bulgaria on June 30, 2016, according to the president`s press service.The agenda of the visit provides for the negotiations of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko with President of Bulgaria Rosen Plevneliev and Prime Minister of Bulgaria Boyko Borissov. The...

      Government plans provision of direct aid to small farmers in 2017
      Jun29

      Government plans provision of direct aid to small farmers in 2017

      The Ukrainian government has approved and submitted for consideration of the Ukrainian parliament the main areas of the budgetary policy for 2017, which provides for state funding from budgets at all levels to small and medium-sized agricultural producers in the amount of 1% of gross agricultural production volumes in 2016.In his commentary on...

      Erdogan, Putin agree during phone call to meet in person – media
      Jun29

      Erdogan, Putin agree during phone call to meet in person – media

      Russian President Vladimir Putin made a phone call to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday, to thank him for the letter of condolence the Turkish president recently sent regarding the jet downing crisis which took place in November 2015, according to Daily Sabah.Shortly after the phone call, Turkish presidential sources said that the...