Deficit of Ukraine`s foreign trade in goods shrinks by 44.5%
The deficit of Ukraine`s foreign trade in commodities was estimated at US$423.2 million in January-February 2017, which was by 44.5% down from a $756.1 million deficit year-over-year (y-o-y), according to the Ukrainian State Statistics Service`s website. Goods exports from Ukraine over the period under review grew by 32.7%, while goods imports...
Ukraine`s ex-Member of Parliament says he confirmed political asylum status
One of the European states has granted political asylum to the People`s Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Oleksandr Onyshchenko, the latter told Espreso TV channel Wednesday. ”My case has been recognized political. The foreign ministry of one of the European states has provided me with a document confirming my status of a political...
North Korea unveils new ICBM at military parade
North Korea on Saturday unveiled what appears to be its new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), staging a large-scale military parade in Pyongyang amid increased military tensions on the peninsula, according to South Korea`s Yonhap news agency. A huge truck carrying the missile-shaped objective rolled through the main square of the capital...
Hromadske journalist reports shooting amid filming Akhmetov`s estate with UAV
An unknown person is reported to have shot at Hromadske journalist Maksym Opanasenko five times while a TV crew was collecting information for an investigative program ”Slidstvo.Info,” according to the Ukrainian media outlet Hromadske. The journalists remained unharmed, Hromadske reported. The incident took place in the village of Plyuty in Kyiv...
Ukraine exports 35 mln tonnes of grain since July 2016
Ukrainian agribusinesses have exported 35.02 million tonnes of grain since the beginning of the 2016-2017 marketing year (MY, July 2016 – June 2017), according to the Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry`s press service. In particular, 14.99 million tonnes of wheat, 4.9 million tonnes of barley, 14.93 million tonnes of maize, and 4,300...
Ukraine loses ammo worth $1 bln in military depot fire near Kharkiv – Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security and Defense
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security and Defense Serhiy Pashynskiy spoke about the losses caused by a fire at Ukraine`s largest military munitions depot in the town of Balaklia, Kharkiv region. ”What is the nature of Balaklia tragedy? There were tens of thousands of combat-ready munition pieces being stored there and tens...
4 reasons U.S should care about Ukraine – USA Today
”Why should U.S. taxpayers be interested in Ukraine?” That`s what Secretary of State Rex Tillerson reportedly asked at a recent meeting in Italy with some European counterparts. The French foreign minister said he told Tillerson the United States should want a strong Europe. See also: U.S. Secretary of State Tillerson asks G7 ministers why it...
Ukraine`s energy holding DTEK, controlled by Akhmetov, to buy 600,000 tonnes of deficit coal from South Africa
Ukraine`s largest private energy holding DTEK, controlled by Rinat Akhmetov, confirmed the purchase of 600,000 tonnes of deficit anthracite coal from South Africa with the option to increase it up to 1 million tonnes, according to the company`s press service. The arrival of the first vessel loaded with 75,000 tonnes of anthracite is expected in...
Moving east, main thing not to leave own border behind – National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine about Anti-Terrorist Operation in Donbas
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov has said that the ATO (Anti-Terrorist Operation) forces did not surrender one meter of Ukrainian soil over the past year. ”We have no other alternative but to win,” Turchynov said in an interview with the BBC. ”Last year was the first when we did not...
Ukraine`s Verkhovna Rada votes to introduce competitive electricity market
Ukraine`s Verkhovna Rada has passed a bill on the electricity market, which foresees more competitive relations on the energy market, including the retail one where end consumers will be able to select a power supplier. Respective bill No. 4493 passed second reading, having scored 277 MPs` votes with the required minimum being 226 votes. The said...
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