Klimkin: Dutch referendum not to stay on way of Ukraine-EU visa-free regime
The outcome of the referendum in the Netherlands on ratification of the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement will not interfere with Ukraine-EU visa liberalization process, according to Ukraine`s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin who spoke on Inter TV channel, 112 Ukraine reports.”There are clear assurances [of European officials] that the visa-free...
Prices of industrial products rise by 4% in March
The prices set by Ukraine`s industrial producers in March 2016 rose by 4%, compared to February 2016, according to the State Statistics Service. As reported on the statistics agency`s website, the industrial products` prices jumped 10.5% in March year-over-year, while compared to December 2015, they rose 4.4%. Pricing in the mining and quarrying...
Dutch PM: It may take months to find solution to Ukraine-EU Association Agreement
It will probably take several months to reach the decision on further steps regarding the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement after a No vote in the Dutch referendum, according to Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, De Telegraaf reported from Rutte`s weekly press conference. ”It is quite a challenge to meet the feelings of the no-voters,” said the...
Key suspect in Paris attacks Abrini ”arrested” – BBC
The key remaining suspect in November`s Paris terror attacks, Mohamed Abrini, has been arrested, BBC reports citing Belgian media say.Sources cited in Belgian media say Abrini is also likely to be the ”man in the hat” seen on CCTV before the blasts in the Brussels airport departure hall on March 22, according to BBC News.Prosecutors confirmed...
NATO-Russia Council meeting to be held shortly, 1st time in 2 yrs
The NATO-Russia Council meeting will be held in the next two weeks, for the first time since the illegal annexation of the Ukrainian Crimea by the Russian Federation, according to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.”Following consultations with Russia, we have agreed to hold a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council at Ambassadorial level,” reads...
Poroshenko`s staff: Ukraine not to agree to revision of EU association deal
Ukraine strongly opposes a possible revision of the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement, but it will support any strengthening of the deal in terms of the recognition of the country`s prospects of membership in the European Union, that`s according to Deputy Chief of the Presidential Administration Kostyantyn Yeliseyev, an UNIAN correspondent...
Inflation back in Ukraine in March – prices rise 1%
The State Statistics Service reports on a 1% inflation recorded in Ukraine in March 2016 compared with the previous month, after a 0.4% deflation in February compared to January 2016. As reported on the website of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, the inflation in March 2016 slowed down year over year from 32.7% recorded the previous month...
Russia holds secret drills on potential ”Moscow Maidan” suppression
A video was released by the Open Russia foundation founded by Russian opposition`s Mikhail Khodorkovsky of a secret training of the newly-created Russian National Guard simulating dispersal of mass protests.”An Open Russia correspondent became an unintentional witness of drills near Lyubertsy (Moscow region). Hundreds of riot police troops,...
PM Groysman, Prosecutor General Lutsenko, Rada Speaker Parubiy: media report on new deal
As part of negotiations on forming a new coalition and a future Cabinet, the Presidential Administration together with the Rada`s leadership drafted the documents, aimed, if approved, at formally resolving the current power crisis, ZN.UA reports.First, the amendments to the Law On Prosecution have been drafted, allowing for the agency to be...
Russia may transfer to Ukraine Sentsov, another 3 political prisoners
The Russian Ministry of Justice instructed the Federal Penitentiary Service to draft the documents for resolving the issue of transfer to Ukraine of four convicts, including film director Oleh Sentsov, for serving the remaining prison term in their homeland, according to RIA news agency referring to the press service of the ministry.At the same...
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