Section: Politics

      Austria receives request for Firtash extradition to Spain
      Nov30

      Austria receives request for Firtash extradition to Spain

      Austrian authorities have received an extradition request regarding a Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash to Spain, which had earlier put him on an international wanted list, Deutsche Welle reports citing a press secretary of the Vienna prosecutor`s office. The request was sent through official channels and is now being assessed, according to...

      Tuka forecasts return of Donbas in 2018 the latest
      Nov30

      Tuka forecasts return of Donbas in 2018 the latest

      Ukrainian Deputy Minister for temporarily occupied areas George Tuka predicts that Russia will give back the areas occupied by such terrorist organizations as Donetsk and Luhansk People`s Republics (”DPR” and ”LPR”) within a year or two, but it will keep ”seizing Crimea in an iron grip.” ”I am confident they will give the `DPR` and `LPR` back....

      Yatsenyuk: Ukraine can`t be held hostage to internal bureaucratic conflicts in Brussels
      Nov30

      Yatsenyuk: Ukraine can`t be held hostage to internal bureaucratic conflicts in Brussels

      Ukraine expects that the EU will fulfill its part of the arrangements and its strong political will in the current international circumstances, Popular Front Party leader and former Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk wrote on Facebook following his speech at a meeting of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs in Brussels...

      EU visa suspension mechanism to be considered in Jan
      Nov29

      EU visa suspension mechanism to be considered in Jan

      The official website of the European Parliament (EP) has announced a preliminary date for consideration of a European Union visa suspension mechanism, which visa waivers for Ukraine depend on. The consideration is preliminarily scheduled for January 18, 2017, the EU services said. MEPs plan to consider relevant regulation 2016/0142 (COD) in first...

      Yanukovych summoned for questioning as suspect in treason case
      Nov29

      Yanukovych summoned for questioning as suspect in treason case

      The Prosecutor General`s Office (PGO) of Ukraine has summoned former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, who now resides in Russia, for questioning in Ukraine as a suspect in the treason case. Summonses for interrogation have been posted on the PGO`s official website. Yanukovych was invited to appear at 10:00 local time on December 5 and...

      Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine reacted on journalists’ investigation about President`s Spanish villa
      Nov29

      Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine reacted on journalists’ investigation about President`s Spanish villa

      National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine has changed its position on whether President Petro Poroshenko should have declared ownership of a Spanish seaside villa, raising questions about the state agency`s independence from the presidential administration, RFE/RL reports. Poroshenko`s ownership of the multimillion-dollar luxury villa...

      Norway resumes high-level trade talks with Russia after two-year break
      Nov29

      Norway resumes high-level trade talks with Russia after two-year break

      Norway has resumed high-level talks with Russia on trade and economic cooperation that were broken off after Moscow annexed Crimea in 2014, according to Reuters. ”This is the first time Norway and Russia hold bilateral meetings at the ministerial level since 2014,” the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries said in a statement on...

      Public procurement reform: Savings due to Prozorro e-procurement system exceed UAH 7 bln
      Nov29

      Public procurement reform: Savings due to Prozorro e-procurement system exceed UAH 7 bln

      The average savings in tenders was at 13%, while the average number of bidders was 2.5 for each tender. Budget savings due to the use of the system of electronic public procurement Prozorro, extended to all state customers from August 1, was UAH 7.03 billion as of November 28. Relevant information was published in Prozorro business analytics...

      Lutsenko: Azarov next to be charged with high treason
      Nov28

      Lutsenko: Azarov next to be charged with high treason

      Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko does not rule out that former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov may soon be served with charges of high treason and encroachment on Ukraine`s territorial integrity and inviolability, according to an UNIAN correspondent. ”I do not rule out that former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov will be...

      Yanukovych`s testimony void, he was caught lying many times – prosecutor
      Nov28

      Yanukovych`s testimony void, he was caught lying many times – prosecutor

      Prosecution was not satisfied with the fact that, given the limited time of the interrogation, it was unable to ask Yanukovych most questions. PGO prosecutor Oleksiy Donskoy said that the questioning of ex-president Viktor Yanukovych has shown that his testimony was void and that he had lied repeatedly, an UNIAN correspondent reported from a...