Section: Main news
Latvian prosecutors indict organizer of trips to occupied Crimea
Latvian prosecutor`s office has brought charges against the person who organized illegal trips to Crimea in violation of EU sanctions imposed against Russia for the occupation of Ukraine`s Crimean peninsula, according to Delfi.In late April, the Security Police appealed to the prosecutor`s office of the Riga judicial district concerning criminal...
Ukraine`s gas stocks in underground facilities grow to 9 bcm
The stocks of natural gas in Ukraine`s underground storage facilities grew by 96 million cubic meters (mcm) from May 14 to May 21, or 1.1%, to 9.019 billion cubic meters (bcm) from 8.923 bcm, according to the operator of Ukraine`s gas transport system, Ukrtransgaz.The average daily volume of gas pumping into the underground storage stood at about...
Ukraine not to revise public debt restructuring terms
Ukrainian Minister of Finance Oleksandr Danylyuk says the government will not revise the terms of Ukraine`s public debt restructuring deal with partial write-off that was carried out in 2015.”Currently, I do not see, and I myself belonged to the investment community, how to revise these terms. Other instruments have to be available and they...
Martin Schulz: Turkey on way to becoming ”one-man state”
Recent moves by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan represent a ”stunning rejection of the values of Europe” and make any discussion of Turkey becoming a member of the EU ”effectively impossible,” European Parliament President Martin Schulz said in an interview published Monday, according to POLITICO.”We see that Turkey under Erdogan is on the...
Adele wins Top Artist Award at Billboard Music Awards
Adele and The Weekend were the big winners at Sunday night`s Billboard music Awards, according to The Daily Mirror.The British superstar, who received eight nominations but wasn`t present at the ceremony as she continues her world tour, scooped the award for Top Artist, beating Justin Bieber, Drake, Taylor Swift and The Weeknd, The Daily Mirror...
Fitch affirms Ukrainian city of Kharkiv at `CCC`
Fitch Ratings has affirmed the Ukrainian City of Kharkiv`s Long-Term Foreign and Local Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) at `CCC,` and Short-Term Foreign Currency IDR at `C`, Fitch Ratings said in its press release.Fitch has also affirmed the city`s National Long-Term rating at `A+(ukr)` with a Negative Outlook, according to the press...
Libya requests EU help training security services
Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj has appealed to the EU requesting a rapid support contributing to the training of the Libyan Navy and Coast Guard, as well as the security service, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini was quoted as saying following the talks in Vienna on May 16...
Russia offers to impose fines on agencies choosing foreign software over Russian equivalents – media
The Russian Ministry of Economic Development together with the relevant agencies have offered to deal with the dominance of foreign software in the market by fining officials for purchasing foreign soft if there are equivalent Russian-made software products, Russian information agency Rosbalt reports, with reference to the agreed draft report to...
Cabinet to address issue on simplifying customs control
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine plans to adopt a number of decisions at the next government meeting, tentatively scheduled for May 25, which will allow Ukraine to implement a ”single window” system at the country`s customs houses.”We will consider a number of customs-related issues at a government meeting, for example, the ”single window”....
Obama lifts U.S. arms ban on Vietnam
President Obama has announced that the United States is fully lifting the ban on the sale of military equipment to Vietnam which has been in place for decades, according to CNN.In a joint news conference with Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang, Obama said that the removal of the ban was part of a deeper defense cooperation with the country and...