Italy lifts restrictions on Ukraine commercial flights
Italy has lifted all restrictions on flights of Ukrainian air carriers, the press service of the Ukrainian Infrastructure Ministry told UNIAN.”Italy has sent a letter of intent to satisfy all requests of Ukrainian air carriers in any amount without restrictions on frequency [of flights]. It is not yet an `Open Skies` agreement … it is related to...
Naftogaz looking for money to buy gas for next winter
Ukrainian oil and gas giant, NJSC Naftogaz`s Director for Business Development Yuriy Vitrenko says that his company is looking for money to buy natural gas for the next heating season. ”We`re working jointly with leading global investment banking firm Goldman Sachs, OPIC (the Overseas Private Investment Corporation is the U.S. government`s...
Obama to hold informal talks with Turkey`s Erdogan
U.S. President Barack Obama will hold informal talks with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Washington this week, the White House said on Tuesday, dismissing suggestions that the lack of a formal meeting represented a snub to Ankara, according to Reuters.”I would expect that over the course of the visit, the president will have an opportunity...
Ukraine`s statistics service improves grain harvest estimate for 2015
The State Statistics Service of Ukraine has released an updated estimate of the grain harvest in 2015, reporting that Ukraine`s yield was 60.1 million tonnes of grain after shelling (5.8% down on 2014), against a previous estimate of 59.96 million tonnes.The yield of sugar beets in 2015 was 10.3 million tonnes, which was 34.3% down on the year...
Getting hot in Donbas: Enemy fires 158 bombs at Zaitseve within 1.5 hours
Donbas in eastern Ukraine has been seeing escalation since the early hours of Tuesday, and the village of Zaitseve is the hottest spot now, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation headquarters. ”Enemy attacks in the Donetsk sector were aimed at Ukrainian troops in the villages of Luhanske, Mayorsk, Opytne and Novhorodske,...
NABU fails to detain bribe-taking judge who flees while shooting
Director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) Artem Sytnyk has briefed Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko about an unsuccessful operation to detain a judge who was caught red-handed while taking a bribe. ”The National Anti-Corruption Bureau`s director informed the president about a special operation to detain a judge who has...
Putin: Russian arms exports hit $14.5 bln in 2015, more than planned
Russia`s arms exports totaled $14.5 billion last year, more than originally planned, Russian news agencies quoted President Vladimir Putin as saying on Tuesday, according to Reuters.The total portfolio of foreign orders for Russian arms has exceeded $56 billion, Putin told a meeting of the presidential commission on military-technical...
Tombinski concerned about investigation into anti-corruption NGO in Ukraine
Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine Jan Tombinski says he is concerned about investigations conducted by the Prosecutor General`s Office (PGO) into an anti-corruption non-governmental organization in Ukraine.”I am concerned about recent reports about investigations by the Prosecutor General`s Office into the activities of a...
Canada wants anti-Russian sanctions to be maintained or strengthened
Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion says Canada insists that collective sanctions against Russia either be maintained or strengthened, according to portal Macleans.”The sanctions imposed on Russia in retaliation for its aggression against Ukraine are effective only because they are being imposed by a large number of countries. Canada...
Kerry`s suitcase during Moscow visit contained documents for talks — Russian diplomat
During his last week`s visit to Moscow, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was carrying a suitcase that contained documents for the negotiations, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told reporters on Tuesday, Russian news agency TASS reported.”[There were] documents for talks with Putin and Lavrov,” the high-ranking diplomat said...
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