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      US stock futures tumble

      US stock futures tumbled while safe-haven assets such as the yen and US bonds gained. ||| Tokyo – US stock futures tumbled while safe-haven assets such as the yen and US bonds gained on Friday after a doctor who returned to New York City from West Africa tested positive for Ebola. S&P 500 mini futures fell as much as 0.7 percent,...

      Terrorists shell Donetsk airport with Grad rocket launchers
      Oct24

      Terrorists shell Donetsk airport with Grad rocket launchers

      Despite the ceasefire, militants fired twice the Donetsk airport with Grad rocket launchers. Head of the ATO press center Vladyslav Selezniov said, Ukrainska Pravda reports. “At the airport today, militants fired the control tower with Grad rocket launchers. “There were two volleys at 8:25 a.m. and at 8:30 a.m.,” he said....

      Ukraine conflict displaces 824 000

      The conflict in Ukraine has driven more than 824 000 people from their homes, the UN refugee agency said on Friday. …read more Source:...

      Finnish prime minister names situation in Crimea frozen conflict
      Oct24

      Finnish prime minister names situation in Crimea frozen conflict

      Russian troops are not withdrawn from the east of Ukraine, the situation in Crimea looks like a frozen conflict. Prime Minister of Finland Alexander Stubb said on his arrival at the EU summit in Brussels, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty informs. “I do not think that the debate on Ukraine will be very long. The situation has not improved. On...

      Tusk: Putin never proposed to divide Ukraine
      Oct24

      Tusk: Putin never proposed to divide Ukraine

      Former head of the Polish government Donald Tusk said that Russian President Vladimir Putin has never offered him to divide Ukraine. He said on air of Radio TOK FM Friday. “There was no such a proposal at any meeting with President Putin (to divide Ukraine – Ed.),” Tusk assured. Former Polish Prime Minister said that Ukraine was...

      Bohatyriova declared wanted, her property arrested
      Oct24

      Bohatyriova declared wanted, her property arrested

      The Prosecutor General’s Office announced a search for former Vice Prime Minister – Minister of Health Raisa Bohatyriova and arrested her property. This was reported by the PGO press service. October 21, 2014, she was declared wanted by a decision of an inspector of the Prosecutor General’s Office, and on October 23, the court...

      Results of National Exit Poll will be announced at Ukrinform
      Oct24

      Results of National Exit Poll will be announced at Ukrinform

      The Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation will announce results of the National Exit Poll on the day of the parliamentary elections October 26 at Ukrinform. Online, there will be two press conferences: one starts at 19:45, and at 20:00 exactly, where Foundation Chairman Iryna Bekeshkina will announce preliminary results; at 23:00 there...

      European Union ready to allocate USD billion Kyiv
      Oct24

      European Union ready to allocate USD billion Kyiv

      European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Thursday to the EU leaders that the EC may soon provide a maximum of USD 1 billion to help Kyiv finance the purchase of Russian gas. Interfax reports with reference to The Wall Street Journal. These funds may be provided in the short term, the negotiators told the newspaper, but this...

      Today is last day of campaigning
      Oct24

      Today is last day of campaigning

      Today is the last day of campaigning in Ukraine before the early elections to the Verkhovna Rada, designated for October 26. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty informs. All 29 parties, participating in the election campaign, and self-nominated candidates in single-mandate constituencies can continue to fight for voters over Friday. With the onset of...

      Merkel asks EU to help Ukraine with gas payments
      Oct24

      Merkel asks EU to help Ukraine with gas payments

      German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on the EU to help Ukraine pay for Russian gas supplies. The DW reports. “We need to provide a kind of interim financing,” she said Friday morning after the first day of the EU summit in Brussels. According to Merkel, it is necessary to provide funding for gas deliveries for a period from November...