Section: Politics

      Ukraine`s Parliament may exclude Savchenko from delegation to PACE
      Dec13

      Ukraine`s Parliament may exclude Savchenko from delegation to PACE

      The position of People`s Deputy Nadia Savchenko has not gone unnoticed in the PACE. There are many questions to Savchenko in this regard, MP Leonid Yemets, member of the Ukrainian delegation to the PACE, wrote on Facebook. ”The position of our colleague Savchenko has not gone unnoticed. There are plenty of questions,” Yemets wrote. At the same...

      Trump`s advisor Carter Page on Moscow visit says fate of Russia sanctions unclear
      Dec13

      Trump`s advisor Carter Page on Moscow visit says fate of Russia sanctions unclear

      Advisor to Donald Trump campaign Carter Page during his visit to Moscow said it was too early to talk about the fate of the anti-Russian sanctions, RIA Novosti reports. Answering a reporter`s question on the fate of the Western sanctions against the Russian Federation, Mr Page has told a press conference he believes it is too early to talk about...

      Nadiia Savchenko left Batkivschyna in October – Savchenko`s sister
      Dec13

      Nadiia Savchenko left Batkivschyna in October – Savchenko`s sister

      Member of Parliament Nadiia Savchenko left Yulia Tymoshenko`s Batkivschyna party in October, according to her sister Vira Savchenko. ”When Nadiia was going to court hearings on Karpiuk and Klykh [in Russia on October 26], she wrote a statement to withdraw from the party. But the party has started talking about that only now. Why is that?)” Vira...

      Donald Trump has chosen ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to be secretary of state
      Dec13

      Donald Trump has chosen ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to be secretary of state

      President-elect Donald Trump has chosen ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to be secretary of state, CBS News reported. Mr. Trump`s decision was announced by his transition team Tuesday morning, according to CBS News. ”As Secretary of State, he will be a forceful and clear-eyed advocate for America`s vital national interests, and help reverse years of...

      Nadiia Savchenko abandons Tymoshenko`s Batkivschyna party
      Dec13

      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
      Dec13

      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...

      New “Soviet” Union is possible – Mikhail Gorbachev
      Dec13

      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...

      Ukrainians are ready not pay bribes in order to stop corruption
      Dec13

      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...

      The European Parliament may vote for Ukraine visa-free regime on February 1, 2017
      Dec13

      The European Parliament may vote for Ukraine visa-free regime on February 1, 2017

      In the case of a positive completion of the inter-institutional negotiations on granting Ukraine a visa-free regime, the European Parliament may vote this issue February 1 of next year, according to the website of the EP. The website states the approximate date of the plenary session, when the Ukraine visa liberalization issue may be considered,...

      Netherlands succeeds in agreeing 3 out of 4 requirements on EU-Ukraine Association Agreement
      Dec12

      Netherlands succeeds in agreeing 3 out of 4 requirements on EU-Ukraine Association Agreement

      As of today, three of the four issues have been agreed, in respect of which the Netherlands wishes the legally binding declaration to be adopted, to allow for the ratification of the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement, an UNIAN correspondent in Brussels reported, citing her diplomatic sources. See also: Dutch to demand limits on Ukraine deal at EU...