Ukraine`s Foreign Ministry summons Hungarian envoy over Budapest official statement on creating autonomies
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has summoned the Hungarian Ambassador to Ukraine to explain the recent statements of Hungarian politicians on the creation of Ugric autonomies abroad, 112 Ukraine TV channel reported citing Foreign Ministry Speaker Mariana Betsa as saying. ”On our part, we have now summoned for a conversation the Hungarian...
National Bank of Ukraine comments on Russia`s restrictions on money transfers to Ukraine
The decision by the Russian Federation to ban money transfers to Ukraine through the international payment systems without opening an account will not affect Ukraine`s banking system, First Deputy Head of the National Bank of Ukraine Yakov Smoliy told UNIAN. ”I do not think it will have an impact on the banking system because the amount is not...
Stockholm gas dispute: Naftogaz does not rule out bankruptcy in case of loss to Gazprom
Commercial Director of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine Yuriy Vitrenko does not rule out bankruptcy in case it loses its dispute with the Russian energy giant Gazprom in the Stockholm Arbitration Chamber, Novoye Vremia magazine reports. ”The state is not liable for the obligations of Naftogaz. Naftogaz will just go bankrupt. Our assets will be auctioned...
Ukrainian Parliament calls on U.S. Congress to make Ukraine Major Non-NATO Ally
Ukraine`s Verkhovna Rada has urged the United States Congress to conclude a mutual defense treaty with Ukraine and grant the country Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status, according to an UNIAN correspondent. A relevant decision was supported by 232 out of the 327 MPs registered in the session hall. ”In accordance with the spirit and letter of the...
Ukraine`s largest steelmaker ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih almost doubles profits in 2016
Ukraine`s largest steelmaker ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih posted a net profit of UAH 2.7 billion for 2016, which was nearly twice the net profit of UAH 1.38 billion (US$51.348 million) reported in 2015, the company press center told UNIAN. Net income from the sales of the plant`s products amounted to UAH 52.96 billion, while capital investments stood...
U.S. says Tillerson could attend rescheduled NATO meeting – media
The United States has left open the possibility that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson could attend a NATO foreign ministers meeting if it was rescheduled to another date, according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). The announcement came less than a day after the State Department said Tillerson would skip an early April NATO gathering...
Security Service of Ukraine reacts to Lukashenko`s allegations about ”militant camps” in Ukraine
Head of the SBU chief`s staff Oleksandr Tkachuk has said the SBU Security Service of Ukraine has requested that their Belarusian counterparts explain what Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko had meant by speaking about ”militant camps” established in Ukraine, according to the political news online newspaper Ukrayinska Pravda. ”As for the...
Ukraine`s Naftogaz cuts gas prices for industry by 10.3% from April 1
Oil & gas giant NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine from April 1, 2017, will cut the minimum price of natural gas sold to industrial consumers by 10.3%, to UAH 7,675.2 per 1,000 cubic meters from UAH 8,553.6 per 1,000 cubic meters in March 2017, the company said in a statement. At the same time, the maximum prices of natural gas for industrial...
Russia underplayed losses in recapture of Syria`s Palmyra
Russia`s force in Syria has suffered losses since late January more than three times higher than the official toll, according to evidence gathered by Reuters, a tally that shows the fight in Syria is tougher and more costly than the Kremlin has disclosed. Eighteen Russian citizens fighting alongside Moscow`s allies, the Syrian government forces,...
UK Mission to the United Nations notes ”under-reported facet” of violence in eastern Ukraine
The UK Mission to the United Nations Geneva has pointed out to an ”under-reported facet” of violations of human rights, including conflict-related sexual violence, in Russia-occupied Donbas. ”The UK welcomes the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) thematic report into conflict-related sexual violence, which...
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