Rada OKs restructuring of business debts to banks
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has adopted in the first reading a draft law ”On financial restructuring,” which regulates the procedure for restructuring debts of operating businesses to the banks, an UNIAN correspondent reported.Deputy Finance Minister of Ukraine Artem Shevalyov noted that the document has been prepared with a view of helping...
Search for new coalition format: BPP and Samopomich speak about joint meeting
The Bloc of Petro Poroshenko (BPP) faction has discussed with the Samopomich faction the possibility of its participation in the coalition, deputy leader of the BPP faction Oleksiy Honcharenko told the reporters, according to an UaPosition correspondent.”We have asked colleagues about their position in the coalition and the government,” he...
SBU confirms detention of its operative in Russia
The SBU Security Service of Ukraine has confirmed the information about the detention of its officer in Russia, SBU Head Vasyl Hrytsak told the reporters Thursday, according to an UaPosition correspondent.”According to our information, he was arrested,” Hrytsak said, noting that in mid-2014, the officer was deprived of access to state secrets,...
DTEK says Russia meeting on Donbas attended by ”advisor”
Ukrainian energy giant DTEK, which is owned by Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov, says Andriy Smirnov, who participated in a meeting of Russia`s ”Inter-ministerial Commission for the Provision of Humanitarian Aid for the affected Areas in the Southeast of the Regions of Donetsk and Luhansk,” has been cooperating with DTEK company as an advisor,...
Russia says no gas price discount from April 1
Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak announced that a discount on gas price provided for Ukraine in the framework of the ”winter package” would not be effective from April 1.”The gas discount for Ukraine, which has been provided by the Russian government for Q1 2016 in the amount of $17.77, will expire on March 31, 2016. The final gas price...
Polish president appeals for NATO consolidation, urges Russia to withdraw from Crimea
President of Poland Andrzej Duda appealed once more for a greater NATO presence in Central and Eastern Europe during an address on Wednesday at the National Press Club in Washington, Radio Poland reported.His appeal, on the first day of a three-day visit, comes in the lead-up to a NATO summit in Warsaw this July, according to Radio Poland.”For...
Russian FSB detains Ukrainian operative
Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said it had detained in Russia the Ukrainian lieutenant colonel from the main counterintelligence department of the SBU Security Service of Ukraine, according to the FSB public relations center, RBC reports.It is noted that the SBU lieutenant colonel Yuriy Ivanchenko was detained on March 26. According to...
Saboteurs detained at Ukraine Air Force base in Chernihiv region
The unidentified perpetrators attempted to penetrate a military base of the Ukrainian Air Force in Chernihiv region, according to the Defense Ministry`s press service.It is reported that a base commander noticed violators trying to come around the guard post and approach the technical area.The Ukrainian troops are reported to have detained two...
Dutch referendum on Ukraine-EU treaty too close to call: Kyiv Post
With a week left to the April 6 referendum in the Netherlands on approval of Ukraine`s Association Agreement with the European Union, the ”yes” and ”no” camps are running neck-and-neck, according to the Kyiv Post.A recent poll commissioned by the Dutch Foreign Ministry found public opinion evenly split, Dutch newspaper AlgemeenDagblad reported on...
Rada may consider cutting diplomatic ties with Russia
The Verkhovna Rada committee on foreign affairs Wednesday, March 30, has passed a draft resolution on severing diplomatic relations with Russia, MP Volodymyr Parasyuk said on Wednesday, according to TSN.ua.Parasyuk says the resolution will be submitted for consideration after the decision of the conciliatory council of the parliament. According...
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