Jerusalem bus bomb wounds 16, Netanyahu hints at Palestinian link: Reuters
An explosion aboard a bus in Jerusalem left 16 wounded on Monday, Israeli media said, and police said it may have been a militant attack or the result of a fire from other causes, according to Reuters.A bomb blew up a bus and set fire to another in Jerusalem on Monday, wounding 16 people in an attack that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Lukashenko to sack Govt if plan for Belarus development not fulfilled
Top-ranking government officials, the government, the National Bank and the governors should step efforts to solve Belarus social and economic development issues, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said as he heard out a report on the country`s development in Q1 2016 and the measures to raise the efficiency of the economy on 18 April,...
Swiss National Bank approves a $200 mln loan to NBU
The Swiss National Bank will provide a loan to the National Bank of Ukraine in the amount of $200 million in several tranches, which will be used to replenish Ukraine`s international reserves, as reported on the NBU website. The report refers to an earlier signed bilateral loan agreement which entered into force on April 6 between the National...
Ukraine`s gas stocks in underground facilities grow to 8.6 bcm
The stocks of natural gas in Ukraine`s underground storage facilities grew by 1.6% from April 11 to April 16, or 135 million cubic meters (mcm), to 8.595 billion cubic meters (bcm) from 8.46 bcm, according to the operator of Ukraine`s gas transport system, Ukrtransgaz. The average daily volume of pumping gas for underground storage is about 16...
Russian GRU officers Yerofeyev, Alexandrov sentenced to 14 years in Ukraine prison
Russian military intelligence servicemen Yevgeny Yerofeyev and Alexander Alexandrov were found guilty and sentenced to 14 years in prison with confiscation of property. The sentence was rendered by a board of judges of Holosiyivskyi district court in Kyiv, chaired by Judge Mykola Didyk. The court found Alexandrov and Yerofeyev guilty under the...
Kernel sells two oilseed crushing plants in Russia for $12 mln
Ukraine`s largest vegetable oil producer, Kernel, announces it has sold two Russian-based oilseed crushing plants for RUB 800 million ($12 million). ”Kernel reports it has divested two oilseed crushing plants located in southern Russia for RUB 800 million paid in cash by the buyer,” the company said in an official statement. The plants have a...
Income for IS drops 30%
A U.S.-based analysis firm says the Islamic State (IS) militant group`s income has dropped by about one-third in the past 15 months, describing the decline as a threat to its long-term rule over its self-proclaimed caliphate, according to Radio Liberty.In a report released on April 18, IHS says revenue for the group fell to $56 million in March...
Ukraine`s Cabinet names average gas price for 2016
The Ukrainian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade announces the average price of natural gas in Ukraine in 2016 calculated on the basis of a consensus forecast given by interviewed experts.The price of imported gas for Ukraine this year will be about $202 per 1,000 cubic meters, according to the consensus forecast.The average gas price in...
One Ukrainian soldier killed in booby-trap blast in Stanytsia Luhanska
One Ukrainian soldier was killed and another one was wounded in the Donbas conflict zone over the last 24 hours, presidential administration spokesman for the Anti-Terrorist Operation Colonel Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Monday, according to an UaPosition correspondent.”Over the last day, we lost one Ukrainian soldier in a...
Ukrainian banks see rise in share of foreign capital in Feb
The share of foreign capital in solvent Ukrainian banks` charter capital grew by 0.4 percentage points (pp) in February 2016, to 43.2% as of March 1, 2016, according to the National Bank of Ukraine.The data does not include the insolvent banks` information.At the same time, the share of foreign capital in the solvent banks` charter capital has...
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