China central bank sets yuan midpoint at strongest level in 2016
The People`s Bank of China (PBOC) on Thursday set its official midpoint rate at 6.4612 per dollar prior to the market opening, its strongest fixing in 2016, after the greenback tumbled after the U.S. Federal Reserve`s dovish comments on the U.S. economy and prospects of interest rate hikes, according to Reuters.The Chinese central bank`s official...
Obama calls on Russia to hold talks on nuclear stockpiles reduction
Before the fourth Nuclear Security Summit in Washington on Thursday, U.S. President Barack Obama has called on the Russian Federation to comply fully with its obligations under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), according to The Washington Post.”Our progress notwithstanding, I`m the first to acknowledge that we still have...
Dutch PM believes Ukraine-EU Association to win majority in referendum
Most of the Dutch will vote in favor of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU, Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte said in an interview with Nieuwsuur.”I have great confidence in the wisdom of the Netherlands. I think a majority will vote yes on April 6, in the interests of … trade and stability in Europe,” said...
Jihadists threaten Cologne-Bonn airport with photo montage on Twitter
A photo montage that showed up on Wednesday on a Twitter channel of militant Islamists ISIS appeared to threaten Cologne-Bonn airport, German newspaper General-Anzeiger (GA) reported.In the background is a picture of the airport, with fighters and the sentence: ”What your brothers in Belgium managed to do, you can do as well,” GA wrote.Asked if...
Chinese cable laying ship operating in Kerch Strait breaks down
Chinese cable laying ship, Jiangong 1, which has been laying a so-called ”energy bridge” from Russia`s Kuban to the occupied Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, has broken down, according to Kerch.FM.”One of the auxiliary engines of the vessel is down. Now the cable laying vessel needs to be towed,” a report reads.It is noted the ship cannot be sent...
Ukraine ranks 4th among worst performers of ECHR decisions
Ukraine became the fourth in the list of countries, which complied worst with the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in 2015, according to the 9th Annual Report of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe published on Wednesday.In particular, the rating of the countries, where the highest number of ECHR judgments...
Poroshenko: High time to boost Ukraine-US bilateral dialogue
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko during his speech at the ”Ukraine`s Battle for Freedom Continues” forum in Washington Wednesday called on the U.S. to sign a comprehensive bilateral security agreement with Ukraine, an UNIAN correspondent reports.”The US support has been critical for successful resistance to the Russian aggression,” said...
Russian proxies mortar ATO forces near Avdiyivka, in Mariupol sector
The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 49 times in the past 24 hours, using banned weapons, according to press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO).”In the Donetsk sector, the militants fired mortars seven times on ATO forces near the town of Avdiyivka. They also fired 120mm and 82mm...
Poroshenko: Intl community should ”revisit attitude” to supplying Ukraine with weapons
It is time for the international community to revisit its attitude regarding the supply of weapons to Ukraine, that`s according to President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko who spoke at the ”Ukraine`s Battle for Freedom Continues” forum in Washington DC late Wednesday, an UNIAN correspondent reports.According to the president, Ukraine has been able...
Poroshenko says Ukrainian blood to ”cost nothing” if anti-Russian sanctions lifted
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said during his speech at the ”Ukraine`s Battle for Freedom Continues” forum in Washington on Wednesday that if the West lifts the sanctions against Russia, Ukrainian blood will cost nothing and killing Ukrainians will go without punishment, according to an UaPosition correspondent.”If the West lifts...
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