Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Dutch Foreign Trade Minister sees potential in Ukrainian agricultural exports
The Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Netherlands, Lilianne Ploumen believes that Ukraine can further increase the export of agricultural products. Doing so would enable Ukraine to regain its lost status as ‘bread basket of the world.’“The development potential of the domestic agricultural industry is significant,” Ploumen stated. “The possibilities of Ukrainian agricultural industry are also significant. Some time ago, it had already been the bread basket of the …
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The Security Service of Ukraine investigates more than 40 of its employees
Several employees of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) are suspected of bribery, treason and espionage.
SBU Chief of Staff Oleksandr Tkachuk announced in a briefing broadcast by Ukrainian news network “5 Channel” that criminal charges were filed against 43 of their own employees. According to him, there have been only four criminal proceedings against SBU employees from the time of the revolution of Dignity until July of last year. This figure dramatically increased at the start of summer. …
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Ukrainian Border Guard Service reports presence of FSB ship near Mariupol
The Russian ship "And Quiet Flows the Don" of the Coast Guard of the Border Service of the Federal Security Service of Russia (FSB) was spotted near Mariupol on the 28th of March, 2016, as reported by Krym.Realii.
The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine reported on March 30th that "The target has been identified as an unarmed patrol vessel of the Russian coast guard. The ships of the Sea Guard of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine went to escort and monitor 'And Quiet Flows the Don' …
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Foreign Affairs Committee of Ukrainian Verkohvna Rada approves draft to sever diplomatic ties with Russia
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has approved the draft on severing diplomatic relations with Russia, as Ukrayinska Pravda reports on Wednesday, March 30th.
Four deputies of the Foreign Affairs Committee voted for the recommendation of this regulation and three abstained from voting.
The authors of the document are deputies Oksana Korchinskaya and Yury-Bogdan Shukhevich from “the radical party”, a member of the “Block Petro Poroshenko” Oleg Petrenko and unaffiliated deputy Vladimir Parasyuk. …
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EU delegate to Ukraine: Shokin's dismissal is an opportunity to initiate reforms
The new Prosecutor General of Ukraine must ensure the General Prosecutor’s Office’s (GPO) independence from political influence and pressure, according to a statement made by the head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine, Ambassador Jan Tombinski."I noted that today, the Verkhovna Rada has accepted the resignation of the Prosecutor General. This decision provides an opportunity for a new start in the General Prosecutor’s office," he said.Tombinski expressed his hope that Shokin’s successor will be …
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Ukraine bans showing Russian films released after January 1st, 2014
The Verkhovna Rada adopted a law that forbids showing any Russian films released after 1 January 2014 without exception.
Amendments to "The Motion Picture Law" were adopted by the Verkhovna Rada on Wednesday, March 29th. The text of the amendments was published on the Ukrainian Parliament website. 237 Parliamentarians voted in favor of these amendments. The law prohibits the showing of films produced after 1 August 1991, in which positive images of an aggressor nation, its officials or its …
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Dzhemilev proposes adopting Latin script for Crimean Tatar language
The Ukrainian Ministry of Education and Science held a meeting on the development and protection of the Crimean Tatar language, during which Mustafa Dzhemilev, the Commissioner of the President of Ukraine on Affairs of the Crimean Tatar People, proposed adopting the Latin alphabet for the Crimean Tatar language, Krym.Realii reported. The Cyrillic alphabet is currently used.
The meeting was aimed at “the safeguarding and development of the Crimean Tatar people as indigenous people of Ukraine,” …
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Antonov showcases its aircraft at arms exhibition in India
The delegation of the Antonov State Company of Ukraine is participating in DefExpo-2016, the Land, Naval and Internal Homeland Security Systems Exhibition, in Goa, India, the company said in a statement. As noted in the statement, the promising projects of the Antonov State Company can become the basis of further development of fruitful cooperation between Ukraine and India in the aviation industry.
"The Antonov State Company proposes the latest multi-purpose An-132 transport aircraft with …
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Ukrainian Armed Forces expect separatist assault on government-held Avdiivka
The fighting around Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine has intensified in recent days, and, according to journalist Roman Bochkala, separatist groups are preparing a major assault on Ukrainian positions.
Bochkala noted on his Facebook page that members of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic have been using heavy artillery, weapons that are prohibited by the Minsk Agreements, to prepare for an offensive on Avdiivka.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces insist that they defend their positions using only …
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Police in Kiev will receive English lessons, courtesy of the UK Embassy and other donors
A new project, Capital English, was launched to help police in Kiev learn English for free. The program was presented by the Mayor of the capital, Vitali Klitschko, together with the Deputy Chief of the National Police, Konstantin Bushuyev, and the head of the Kiev Police, Andrei Kryschenko, UNIAN reported.
"We have launched these courses; this is just one of the police reforms, it is one more step on the path to make our city a truly European one where services are available in many languages, …