Hryvnia trades at UAH 25.47 to dollar on interbank market
Hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank currency market on Tuesday set at UAH 25.42/25.47 to the dollar by the middle of trade, a broker at a commercial bank has told an UNIAN correspondent.Hryvnia quotes against the euro have settled at UAH 28.8050/28.8600, while those against the Russian ruble have settled at UAH...
ISIS plotting tourist massacre at European resorts – media
Islamic State terrorists are plotting to attack tourists on holiday this summer at Spanish, French and Italian resorts, intelligence agencies believe, according to Mirror.Both German and Italian intelligence agencies have learned that terrorists loyal to ISIS are hoping to pose as refugees, selling ice cream and t-shirts to disguise themselves,...
About 46,500 pieces of military hardware, arms repaid during ATO
Ukraine`s Defense Ministry has reported on the number of military hardware and weapons repaired since the beginning of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) in eastern Ukraine, which started in April 2014.”Since the beginning of the ATO, 46,500 units of military hardware and weapons have been repaired. Of them, 43,500 were fixed by the military...
Russians spending half of their earnings for foodstuffs
The Russians have started spending 50.1% of their earnings for foodstuffs, says a monthly monitoring report on social and economic situation and the general state of health that was done by the Institute of Social Analysis and Forecasting, Russian news agency TASS has reported.”For the first time over eight years foodstuffs outdid the...
First Vice-Premier Kubiv: Ukraine may get $1.7 bln from IMF by July
First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Serhiy Kubiv says that Ukraine hopes to complete talks with its key lenders, the International Monetary Fund, on the second review of the Extended Fund Facility program and receive the third tranche worth about $1.7 billion of an IMF loan by the end of the second quarter of 2016.A preliminary plan of work with...
Over 20,000 soldiers sign for Ukraine army since year`s start
Head of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry`s Communications and Press Department Oksana Havryliuk says more than 20,000 soldiers on a contract have been enlisted in the Ukrainian army since the beginning of 2016, according to an UaPosition correspondent.”Over the past week, about 500 people, including conscripts and mobilized soldiers, have enlisted...
Putin, Obama discuss Syria, Ukraine conflicts
The Kremlin has said Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama have discussed the situation in Syria and agreed to increase coordination between the two countries, according to Radio Liberty.”The leaders discussed in detail the situation in Syria, confirming in particular their intention to facilitate the strengthening of a...
Russian proxies attack Ukraine troops 46 times in last day
The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 46 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO).”In the Donetsk sector, the illegal armed groups fired 120mm and 82mm mortars near the towns of Avdiyivka and Krasnohorivka, and the villages of Novhorodske...
Japan earthquakes rattle Toyota`s vulnerable supply chain – WSJ
The vulnerabilities of the tight production supply chains at Japanese companies including Toyota Motor Corp., are back in the spotlight after earthquakes in southern Japan forced several to curtail output this week, according to The Wall Street Journal.Toyota`s decision to shut 26 car assembly lines this week nationwide due to production halts by...
Deadly suicide bomb hits Kabul
Several people have been killed and more than 200 have been injured in a huge explosion in the centre of the Afghan capital Kabul, officials say, according to the BBC. Interior ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said a suicide attacker had detonated a vehicle. Gunfire can still be heard, the BBC reports. A Taliban spokesman said the group carried...
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