Crimea facing new power blackouts
Significant limitations on power supplies in the Russian-occupied Crimea have been reported, and even an emergency shutdown of the so-called ”energy bridge” line is not ruled out, according to Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty`s Crimean news portal Krym.Realii.”The operational limit in Crimea and Sevastopol will be lowered in the period from...
Supercarrier Ford to join Navy fleet in September – CNN
The most expensive warship ever built, the $12.9 billion aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), is expected to join the U.S. Navy`s fleet in September, a Navy official says, according to CNN.Sean J. Stackley, the Navy`s assistant secretary for acquisitions, gave the timetable for the 100,000-ton, 1,100-foot-long supercarrier in testimony...
One Ukrainian soldier killed, 12 wounded in Donbas in last day
One Ukrainian soldier was killed and another 12 were wounded in the Donbas conflict zone in the last 24 hours, presidential administration spokesman for the Anti-Terrorist Operation Colonel Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Friday, according to an UaPosition correspondent.”In the last day, we lost one Ukrainian soldier, and another 12...
Hryvnia trades at UAH 25.61 to dollar on interbank market
Hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank currency market on Friday set at UAH 25.35/25.61 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 28.8592/29.1439, while those against the Russian ruble have settled at UAH...
IAC finalizes deciphering voice recorder from crashed flydubai Boeing jet
The Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) finalizes deciphering the data of conversations between pilots of flydubai Boeing 737-800, which crashed in Rostov-on-Don, Russian news agency TASS wrote.”We are finalizing work on putting together protocols of 2-hour sound information from the recorder onboard,” the committee said. The specialists will...
U.S. hopes Dutch referendum not to affect European integration of Ukraine
U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner has said that the United States hopes that the results of the referendum in the Netherlands on the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union will not affect the European integration of Ukraine.”We`re disappointed by the results [of the referendum], but we do respect the views of the...
Ukraine`s new Food Safety Service starts work
The State Service for Food Safety and Protection of Consumers of Ukraine (Derzhprodspozhyvsluzhba) has officially started its work, according to the Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry`s press service.”Finally we can announce that the process of creating the State Service for Food Safety and Protection of Consumers has been finalized. We...
Luhansk authorities close only working checkpoint due to militant fire
Luhansk region`s only control point of entry/exit in the village of Stanytsia Luhanska suspended its work on April 8, 2016, according to Luhansk Regional Military and Civil Administration`s press service.”Constant provocative actions by terrorists, ongoing attacks, lies announced during the Minsk talks and neglect [by the militants] of their own...
Radio Poland: Smolensk exhumation was delayed?
A Polish daily has claimed that the exhumation of Smolensk air disaster victim Ryszard Kaczorowski, last president of the Polish government-in-exile, was delayed, according to Radio Poland.A funeral was held for Kaczorowski nine days after the 10 April 2010 air disaster, with the coffin entombed in Warsaw`s Temple of Divine Providence, a recently...
Foreign lenders get more possibilities to fund projects in Ukraine
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has allowed international financial institutions to use hryvnia funds received as a loan from an authorized bank to provide lending to Ukrainian businesses, according to a posting published on the regulator`s website.The decision was made following an appeal by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and is...
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