EU ambassadors support visa waivers for Ukraine
On April 26, the Committee of Permanent Representatives of the EU member states (COREPER) supported the move to grant the Ukrainians a visa-free travel across the EU, the Council of the European Union told an UNIAN correspondent in Brussels. The Committee supported without further consideration a draft legislative act of the European Parliament...
Ukraine Embassy in U.S. explains reports on Washington`s possible assistance cut
Information on 68.8% U.S. assistance decrease to Ukraine should be viewed in correlation with American financial assistance in the form of a loan guarantee, the Ukrainian Embassy in the United States wrote on Facebook. ”In 2016, the U.S. Government provided to Ukraine $1 billion loan guarantee that was funded from the U.S. budget in the amount of...
Ukraine offers China Railways to invest in subway, bridge and high-speed rail link
The Ukrainian government on Tuesday offered China Railway International Group (CRIG) a number of infrastructure investment opportunities, including the fourth line of the Kyiv Metro and the construction of a bridge, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade wrote on Twitter, Global Construction Review reports. The ministry published two...
Security Service of Ukraine holds anti-terrorist drills at Eurovision venue in Kyiv
“The coordination group of the Anti-Terrorist Center at the Main Directorate of the Security Service in the City of Kyiv and Kyiv region is conducting tactical special exercises at the International Exhibition Center which will host Eurovision 2017 in May,” the SBU press center reported in the late hours of Tuesday, April 25. The exercises...
Polish gas worth $48.8 mln to be supplied to Ukraine by private company
Private energy company Eru Trading, a subsidiary of Energy Resources of Ukraine, together with the Polish oil and gas company PGNiG in 2017 will supply 218 million cubic meters of gas worth UAH 1.3 billion, or US$48.8 million, for the needs of the state-owned operator of Ukraine`s gas transportation system Ukrtransgaz, according to the PGNiG...
Council of Europe puts Turkey on notice over rights, democracy
A leading European human rights body on Tuesday put Turkey on a watchlist over the crackdown on dissent since last year`s coup attempt, rights violations and concerns about President Tayyip Erdogan`s increased grip on power, according to Reuters. Turkey reacted furiously to the vote at the Strasbourg-based Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of...
So-called Yalta Forum unlikely to bring investment to sanctioned Crimea – European Commission
Unlawful ”international” events, like a recent economic forum in Yalta in Russia-occupied Crimea, which took place on April 20-22, will not bring foreign investment to the peninsula as it is under sanctions, according to a representative of the European Commission. ”The EU does not recognize the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol by the...
Turkey resumes imports of Ukrainian wheat – media
In view of the heightened tension between Russia and Turkey, Ukraine`s shipments to the Turkish market became more active in March, according to BlackSeaGrain. A total of 46,000 metric tonnes of wheat was supplied to Turkey that month – the largest volume since the season`s beginning (a total 73,400 metric tonnes in MY 2016/17). As a reminder,...
North Atlantic Council delegates led by Stoltenberg to visit Ukraine in July
Delegates of the North Atlantic Council (NAC), which is the principal political decision-making body of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), who will be led by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, will visit Ukraine in July, according to Ukraine`s Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Ivanna...
Former political prisoner from Crime Afanasyev to tell UK parliament of atrocities in Russian prisons
Former political prisoner Hennadiy Afanasyev, who was detained in Crimea in May 2014 and kept in Russia`s prison for 760 days, will give a two-hour lecture in the British Parliament, Voice of America reported on April 25. ”I`ve received an invitation from the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, from the Ukrainian Embassy in the UK to visit the country...
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