Britain calls for immediate release of Nadia Savchenko
UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has urged the Russian Federation to fulfil the Minsk agreements and immediately release illegally remanded Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko.”The guilty verdict and sentence of 22 years` imprisonment delivered by the Russian court in the case against Nadia Savchenko is deeply flawed. Ms. Savchenko was captured in...
Donbas seeing considerable escalation along entire contact line in last day
The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 44 times in the past 24 hours, violating the Minsk agreements and using banned weapons, according to press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO). The enemy fired grenade launchers of various systems and small arms 38 times on the Ukrainian fortified...
ISIS vow `black days` ahead for West after Brussels attacks
ISIS is boasting it is behind the bloodbath in Brussels in revenge for ”aggression” against it – and is promising more atrocities including on the UK, according to The Daily Star.In a statement released through one of its propaganda outlets, the so-called Islamic State said: ”Explosive belts and devices” were used to massacre passengers checking...
NBU strengthens official exchange rate to UAH 26.10 to dollar
The National Bank of Ukraine on Tuesday evening strengthened the official hryvnia exchange rate by 50 kopiykas, bringing the national currency to UAH 26.10 to the dollar.The Central Bank set the following official exchange rates of the hryvnia against leading foreign currencies for March 23:$100 costs UAH 2,610.2487 (on March 22, it was UAH...
Dairy war: Moldova mulling import duties, Ukraine promises retaliation
If the Moldovan authorities introduce import duties on Ukrainian dairy products to satisfy demands by that country`s dairy producers, Ukraine will have to address the World Trade Organization (WTO) with a complaint, and may also impose similar trade restrictions, according to the Ukrainian agriculture ministry.”We, in turn, will take all steps...
Body of Ukrainian journalist Gongadze finally buried
The body of Ukrainian journalist Georgy Gongadze was buried in Kyiv on March 22, almost 16 years after he was killed, according to Radio Liberty.Gongadze, who exposed high-level political corruption, was kidnapped in September 2000 and his decapitated body was later found outside Kyiv, RFE/RL reported.Then-President Leonid Kuchma was accused of...
Russia tells WTO about concern over gas transport system reform in Ukraine
Russia has addressed the World Trade Organization (WTO), expressing concerns about the reform of management of Ukraine`s gas transportation system (GTS) and its compliance with the WTO rules, according to the Ukrainian Economic Development and Trade Ministry`s press service.None of the WTO member states has supported Russia`s position, the...
Russian court sentences Savchenko to 22 years in prison
The Donetsk City Court of Russia`s Rostov region has sentenced Ukrainian pilot, MP and member of the Ukrainian delegation to PACE Nadia Savchenko to 22 years` imprisonment in a penal colony. In addition, the Russian court fined up Savchenko to RUB 30,000 for illegally crossing the Russian border.In particular, the court sentenced Savchenko to 18...
IS claims responsibility for Brussels attacks
Terrorists of the Islamic State have claimed responsibility for the attacks in the Belgian capital.”ISIS claims responsibility for the Brussels attacks which claimed the lives of 28 and injured dozens others,” Israel News Flash reported on Twitter.As UaPosition reported earlier, two explosions were heard at Brussels airport early on Tuesday...
Ukraine okays draft reform of state intellectual property system
Ukraine`s Ministry of Economic Development and Trade has approved a draft document for an overhaul of the state system of intellectual property legal protection, the ministry`s press service reported.Ukraine`s trade envoy Nataliya Mykolska stated that the reform concept envisages the creation of a national intellectual property authority on the...
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