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EU prepares new sanctions for ‘elections’ in eastern Ukraine
The European Union intends to impose sanctions on those who are politically responsible for the holding of so-called elections in the Donbas. Specific decisions are expected soon.
The so-called elections organized by pro-Russian separatists in the Donbas, will in all likeliness entail new sanctions from Brussels. The EU High Representative for foreign policy and security Federica Mogherini, after consulting with foreign ministers of EU countries, stated that the EU adheres to a unified …
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Kyiv: Ukrainian migrant workers send $6.5 billion to Ukraine annually
Ukrainian citizens working abroad send home about $6.5 billion annually, the Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine, Andriy Reva said in an interview with Radio Svoboda.
"People who work in Ukraine pay income tax, pay unified social tax. Their income is taken into account. And, as a rule, they cannot claim subsidies because they work transparently. They pay for government employees and retired people and in addition to supporting themselves. And those working abroad send money here. This $6.5 …
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NATO condemns Kerch bridge construction
The People’s Deputy of Ukraine, Iryna Friz, who heads Ukrainian delegation during the 64th session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Canada, announced on Facebook that the Committee on the Civilian Dimension of Security (CDS) of NATO unanimously condemned the construction of the Kerch Bridge.
According to Friz, the resolution, which was introduced by the Ukrainian delegation to be added to the Lord Joplin’s report “Counteraction to Russian Hybrid Threats”, included a new paragraph …
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Media: NATO calls on Russia to take responsibility for the crash of Flight MH17
Ukrinform news agency reports that the NATO Parliamentary Assembly has released a draft resolution calling on the Kremlin to take responsibility for the crash of the Malaysian Boeing 777 Flight MH17.
“The Parliamentary Assembly reaffirms its strong support for the investigation of the crash of the MH17 plane in Ukraine, which is being conducted by the Netherlands, and calls on the Kremlin to implement UN Security Council Resolution 2166, to take responsibility and fully join the attempts to …
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Polish Foreign Minister: After completing Nord Stream 2 Russia will continue war in Ukraine
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki warns that once the Nord Stream 2 pipeline has been built, nothing will hold Russia back from further aggression in Ukraine. He made a statement to this effect during the FOTAR conference in Hamburg, the Polish Press Agency reports.
If the Ukrainian gas transmission system is no longer needed once the Nord Stream 2 pipeline has been built, Morawiecki asks, “what will stop Vladimir Putin from going to Kyiv?”
“You will be surprised by who I am going to …
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Yanukovych 'injured' the day before his final address in Ukrainian court
Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was reportedly injured the day before his final address at the Obolonskyi District Court of Kyiv city, where he is being tried for high treason.
He was hospitalized on Friday, November 16, although news of this only came out on Sunday, RIA Novosti reports.
“He was, but he is not with us any more. He came on Friday, was given assistance, and was discharged on the same day,” the Sklifosovsky Emergency Care Institute in Moscow told the news outlet. …
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Ukraine considers buying light weapons from Canada
Ukraine is negotiating with Canadian arms producers the possibility of purchasing light weapons, said in an interview with the UNN news agency the political counselor to the Canadian embassy in Ukraine and head of the foreign policy and diplomacy department, Rouslan Kats.
“About a year ago Canada included Ukraine in the list of countries that Canadian companies can sell weapons to (Automatic Firearms Country Control List). This was not allowed before,” said Kats.
According to him, this allows …
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Monument to victims of Holodomor opened in Hungary
On Friday, November 16th Ukrainian ambassador to Hungary Liuba Nepop wrote on her Facebook page that in Hungary in the city of Szeged a monument to those who died during Holodomor (man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine in 1932) was opened.
Nepop noted that the deep symbolic meaning both Hungarian and Ukrainian representative took part the grand opening.
"For me personally it is deeply symbolic that in today 's momentous opening in Szeged remembering those who died in Holodomor in Ukraine 1932-33, …
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Vatican says it will continue providing help to war victims in Donbas
Holy See Representative Cardinal Peter Turkson announced that the Humanitarian Initiative of Pope Francis has gathered 16 million euros worth of assistance in two years to Ukrainians affected by the war in the Donbas. “The church sends help whenever a war like the east of Ukraine breaks out, just as we did for Syria, Iraq, and Sudan,” Hromadske.TV, quotes the Cardinal as saying.
According to him, priority was given to the reconstruction of damaged houses and their insulation, as well as the …
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44% of Ukraine’s population receive government assistance
The Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine Andriy Reva announced that approximately 44% of Ukrainians receive social assistance from the government, reports Radio Liberty.
“Approximately 44% of people receive certain types of government social assistance, but we must understand that, according to the Constitution, Ukraine is a social state,” noted the minister.
According to him, currently, five million households in Ukraine receive subsidies.
Earlier, Andriy Reva, said that the reduction of …