Trump might consider joining talks on Donbas
U.S. President Donald Trump allegedly does not mind the United States engaging in the Minsk process, according to RBC-Ukraine media outlet. ”Sources in the team of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko say off the record that Trump, unlike his predecessor Barack Obama, does not stand against the U.S. joining the Minsk process, while Russia has no...
Nearly 60% of Ukrainians live below poverty line – United Nations
About 60% of Ukraine`s population is now living under the line of poverty, Neal Walker, United Nations Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Ukraine, said while presenting in Kyiv on Thursday UNDP`s latest Human Development Report. Claiming that 60% of Ukrainians live below the poverty line, the UN official confirmed there are...
Russia interfering in French, German elections – U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee
The American Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr warned Russia is ”actively involved” in the upcoming French and German elections, Politico.eu reported Thursday citing AFP. ”What … was a very covert effort [to interfere] in 2016 in the United States, is a very overt effort, as well as covert, in Germany and France,” he told a...
Russia finds faulty almost all engines for 2nd, 3rd stages of Proton-M launchers
Russia`s Voronezh Mechanical Plant (VMZ) will reassemble 71 defective engines for the Proton-M launch rocket vehicles, that is almost all engines produced for the rocket`s second and third stages, according to Energomash Director General Igor Arbuzov, RIA news agency reported. The official said the repairs will be conducted throughout 2017 and...
USAID refutes reports on termination of cooperation with Ukraine`s National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) did not cease cooperation with the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (NAPC) and is ready to find mutual understanding on creating new programs, USAID Mission Director to Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova Susan Fritz told UNIAN. USAID continues to cooperate with the NAPC on programs...
Ukrainian President concerned over statements by some Hungary officials on creating autonomies in neighboring countries
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, during the summit of the European People`s Party in Malta, held a meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban, expressing concern over the recent statements of certain Hungarian officials on the establishment of separate territorial autonomies in countries neighboring with Hungary, the president`s...
MFA Russia elaborates on agenda of NATO-Russia Council
”Among the priority issues, which the Russian side plans to raise today, is predictability of military action, reducing the risks of escalation as a result of accidental military incidents, as well as regional matters. We will also raise the issue of building up NATO`s military presence and training activities along Russian borders,” she said....
Ukraine`s emergency service spots cause of large fire in Kyiv`s Darnytsia
Ukraine`s State Emergency Situations Service has established the cause of a large fire in Kyiv`s Darnytsky district on Wednesday evening, saying that it was bulrush that caught fire, according to The Village Ukraine. Social media users earlier proposed a theory that it could be a helicopter that has crashed, The Village Ukraine wrote. The same...
Kyiv court orders to reconsider Yuzgaz`s right to produce shale gas in Ukraine`s east
Kyiv`s district administrative court has rescinded the Ukrainian government`s decision to deny Dutch-registered Yuzgaz B.V. company`s right to acquire an investor`s 90% share under a production sharing agreement (PSA) on geological prospecting and development of the Yuzivska shale gas field in the country`s eastern Donetsk and Kharkiv regions....
World Bank may consider new targeted financial support programs for Ukraine – WB vice president
Vice President of the World Bank Kyle Peters says the institution is ready to consider the possibility of launching new targeted programs of financial support to Ukraine, the Cabinet of Ministers Secretariat told UNIAN following a meeting between Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman with Kyle Peters and Cyril Muller, who is also a Vice...
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