Bitcoin soars above $1,400 to all-time high – Reuters
Bitcoin surged to an all-time high above $1,400 on Tuesday, after more than tripling in value over the past year, with its most recent rise attributed to strong demand in Japan, where the digital currency has been deemed a legal means of payment, Reuters reported. Cryptocompare, a data website that analyses bitcoin trading across dozens of...
Tillerson names condition for U.S. to engage with Russia on Ukraine issue
The engagement between the United States and Russian Federation in relation to the Ukraine settlement is only possible after a certain level of trust is restored between the two nations, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said during his address to the State Department`s staff. In a video released by C-Span, Tillerson is seen calling the...
Experts explain Ukraine`s trade prospects with EU
The European choice of Ukraine determines the country`s strategy on the European Union as the priority foreign-trade partner. The pattern and pace of the national economy`s growth and the European integration idea`s progress critically depend on the development of commodity relations with the EU, UkrAgroConsult reports. From 2013 till 2015, the...
Ukraine ranks 1st in GICHD and SIPRI report of anti-vehicle mine incidents in 2016
The Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) and SIPRI have released a new global report of anti-vehicle mine incidents in 2016, where Ukraine alone accounted for 24% of global casualties, followed by Mali, Pakistan and Syria, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The report finds recorded...
Third of Ukrainian banks need additional capitalization – National Bank of Ukraine
Twenty-seven financial institutions out of 60 largest banks in Ukraine, on which the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) conducted diagnostics in 2015-2016, are continuing additional capitalization, the NBU reported. According to the NBU, the program of additional capitalization is implemented by eight banks from the first group, whose diagnostics was...
Interpol rejects Russia`s appeal to put former prime minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk on international wanted list
Interpol has officially turned down the appeal by the Russian Federation to put on the international wanted list former prime minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Ukraine`s Interior Minister Arsen Avakov wrote on Twitter Wednesday. Posting a copy of Interpol General Secretariat`s notice stating that the data contained in the NCB Moscow`s...
Budget revenue exceeds targets by almost 19% in 2017 – State Treasury
Ukraine`s state budget in January-April 2017 received UAH 259.785 billion in revenue, which exceeded the budget financing targets by 18.9%, according to Ukraine`s Treasury Service. Revenues of the state budget over the period under review was 51.1% up year-over-year (y-o-y). In April, the state budget received UAH 85.028 billion in revenue,...
French election: Macron `most convincing` in final debate – BBC
French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron was more impressive than rival Marine Le Pen in Wednesday evening`s final TV debate, a viewers` poll says, according to the BBC. The candidates traded insults for more than two hours, arguing over terrorism, the economy, and Europe, the BBC reported. The French broadcaster BFMTV found voters had a...
Oil closes near six-week low as supply falls less than expected
Crude closed near a six-week low in New York after U.S. inventories declined by less than analysts projected, according to Bloomberg. Crude stockpiles fell 930,000 barrels to 527.8 million, the Energy Information Administration reported Wednesday – less than a third of the 3 million-barrel decline forecast by analysts surveyed by Bloomberg....
Ukraine MFA comments on Council of Europe`s decision on Crimea
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has noted that the decision of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on the situation in Crimea and the city of Sevastopol (Ukraine) is a serious contribution of the Council of Europe to ensuring democratic security in Europe, according to a statement published on the ministry`s website....
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