Russian-made UAV downed by Ukraine troops in Donetsk region
Ukrainian troops participating in the Anti-Terrorist Operation in Donbas, eastern Ukraine, have downed a Russian-made unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) near the village of Novoselivka in Donetsk region`s Volnovakha district, according to the press center of the SBU Security Service of Ukraine. ”Terrorist groups regularly use drones in that area,...
Hryvnia trades at UAH 25.52 to dollar on interbank market
Hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank currency market on Monday set at UAH 25.42/25.52 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 28.7320/28.8420, while those against the Russian ruble have settled at UAH...
PACE President calls on Russia to urgently free Nadia Savchenko
President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Pedro Agramunt has called on Russia to free the illegally convicted Ukrainian pilot, MP and member of the Ukrainian delegation to PACE Nadia Savchenko and other Ukrainian hostages held in that country.”At the beginning of the April 2016 part-session, I have to reiterate once...
Ukrainian banks` assets expand by almost 3% in Feb
Operating Ukrainian-based banks` assets in February expanded by 2.9%, or UAH 38 billion, to UAH 1.331 trillion as of March 1, 2016, according to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).The data does not include the insolvent banks` information.Since the beginning of the year, the operating banks` assets have grown by 6.1%, or UAH 77 billion, the NBU...
Russia wants Crimea referendum denial to be equalized with extremism
Russian Investigative Committee chairman Alexander Bastrykin says that the denial of the results of a nationwide referendum, including the referendum on making Crimea part of Russia, should be equalized with extremist activity, according to Russian news agency TASS.Bastrykin said ”there are attempts to form anti-Russian moods” in Crimea ”and, by...
FT: Brexit will cost households GBP 4,300 a year
Leaving the EU would cost households GBP 4,300 a year making them ”permanently poorer,” chancellor George Osborne will say on Monday when the government publishes its long-term assessment of the economic costs of Brexit, according to the Financial Times.Saying that British people should be ”builders, not wreckers,” the chancellor will say,...
U.S. defense chief arrives in Iraq on surprise visit
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter made an unannounced visit to Baghdad on Monday to meet U.S. military commanders and Iraqi officials, as Washington looks for ways to build on recent gains against the Islamic State militant group, Reuters reported.U.S. officials said Carter would meet Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and Defense Minister...
PACE`s debate on Savchenko postponed until Apr 21 – MP
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has rescheduled a debate on the illegally convicted Ukrainian pilot, MP and member of the Ukrainian delegation to PACE Nadia Savchenko for April 21, MP of Ukraine, Chair of the Ukrainian delegation to PACE, President of the PACE Committee for Culture/Media Volodymyr Ariev wrote on...
Air France resumes flights to Iran after eight years
Air France has made its first passenger flight to Iran in nearly a decade, according to Radio Liberty.The resumption of the Paris-Tehran flight after eight years comes after a landmark nuclear deal reached between Iran and world powers that went into effect in January, RFE/RL reports.Among the passengers on the April 17 flight were French...
Syrian opposition tell rebels will not negotiate ”forever” if govt attacks continue
Syrian opposition chief negotiator Asaad Zoubi urged rebels to strike back against the Syrian army, accusing it of using a cessation of hostilities to gain ground, according to Reuters.In an internet message to fighters on the ground he also said he would not continue for long with negotiations in Geneva if government action continued and there...
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