Groysman proposes focusing on infrastructure projects
Ukraine should focus on stimulating certain economic activities to overcome stagnation, while efficient use of public investment funds may create such incentives, Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Groysman writes in his article for Ukraine`s weekly newspaper Zerkalo Nedeli.”Preliminary budget analysis shows that the government invests in projects...
G7 calls on Moscow to comply with Minsk accords, influence militants
G7 foreign ministers on Monday discussed the situation in Ukraine and called on Moscow to participate more actively in the peace process, influencing the militants in Donbas, according to the Russian edition of Deutsche Welle.At a meeting in Hiroshima, the leaders urged Moscow to put influence on the militants in eastern Ukraine and re-emphasized...
Biden thanks Yatsenyuk for partnership
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Ukrainian Prime Minister Yatsenyuk spoke Sunday about the Yatsenyuk`s plan to step down, according to CNN.They agreed on the importance of putting together a Cabinet to implement reforms, especially those recommended by the IMF and the European Union, according to a statement from the White House, CNN...
N Korea senior intelligence officer ”defects to South” – BBC
A senior North Korean military officer who oversaw spying operations has defected, South Korean officials said, according to BBC News.”He is believed to have stated details about the bureau`s operations against South Korea to the authorities here,” said Defense Ministry spokesman Moon Sang-gyun, adding that the South cannot release further...
Kerry makes historic visit to Hiroshima
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has made a historic visit to the Hiroshima memorial in Japan, which commemorates the world`s first atomic bombing, according to BBC News.He is the first U.S. secretary of state to ever visit Hiroshima, where around 140,000 were killed when the U.S. dropped its atomic bomb in 1945, BBC News wrote.Mr. Kerry was...
Notice of suspicion served against Kasko, who exposed prosecutorial corruption: Kyiv Post
The Prosecutor General`s Office late Sunday filed a notice of suspicion for ex-Deputy Prosecutor General Vitaly Kasko in a fraud case, according to Kyiv Post.The notice was brought by Dmytro Stus, an investigator at the anti-corruption department supervised by Deputy Prosecutor General Yury Stolyarchuk, Kyiv Post reported.Kasko is suspected of...
Russian proxies attack Ukraine troops 64 times in last day
The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 64 times in the past 24 hours, compared to 91 times the day before, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO).”The Armed Forces of Ukraine recorded 16 militant attacks with the use of mortars. The occupiers fired 120mm mortars on...
EU to propose visa-free travel for Ukraine despite Dutch vote
The European Commission will propose this month granting visa-free travel to Ukrainians despite a Dutch referendum vote against an EU-Ukraine agreement partly motivated by hostility to migration, a senior EU source told Reuters.”It may look as if we`re ignoring the Dutch voters, but we have to keep our word to Ukraine, which has met the...
Poroshenko expects new Rada coalition to be created Apr 12
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko Sunday said in an interview with the Ukrainian TV channels he expected that the new coalition in the Verkhovna Rada would be created on Tuesday, April 12.”I expect that no later than next week, preferably on Tuesday, we will hear from the parliament the good news that a coalition has been created,” the...
Egypt hands over two disputed islands to Saudi Arabia
Egypt and Saudi Arabia signed an agreement outlining the two countries` maritime borders, placing the disputed islands of Sanafir and Tiran within the kingdom`s territory, the Egyptian Cabinet announced on Saturday, according to Egyptian Streets news media organization.”This accomplishment comes after hard work that lasted a long six years,...
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