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Western NIS Enterprise Fund intends to invest at least $5 million in Ukrainian IT projects
The Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF), which was created with U.S. government funds, intends to invest at least $5 million into commercial start-ups in the IT-sector of Ukraine. It was announced by Yaroslava Z. Johnson, WNISEF President and CEO. "We received permission to establish a new fund for startups in the IT-sector," she told reporters.
Yaroslava Johnson specified that WNISEF, since its inception in 1994, has already completed most of the investments. However, due to unfavorable …
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260 foreign merchant vessels have entered Crimean ports since the peninsula's annexation
From 18 March 2014 to 15 August 2016, 260 merchant vessels flying the flags of 32 countries entered ports of the occupied Crimea - Yevpatoria, Sevastopol, Yalta, Feodosia, and Kerch – violating bans and sanctions, as demonstrated by the monitoring of information portal BSNews, which uses AIS (automatic identification system) vessel tracking systems.
Vessels which provide passenger and cargo services in and out of ports on the Crimean peninsula and also special vessels taking part in the …
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First Ukrainian President: The US pressured Ukraine to get rid of nuclear weapons
Ukraine did not rush to abandon nuclear weapons because it's not easy to do, but the Americans put pressure on the government to do so, according to the online-magazine Slon, citing the first President of Ukraine, Leonid Kravchuk.
According to Kravchuk, at the time the Ukrainian government wanted the Americans to pay for the renunciation of nuclear weapons.
“We demanded compensation from the United States and generally from the West. They were constantly, frankly speaking, pressing us and …
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So-called LPR plans to open representative office in Austria
Leaders from the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) announced their intention to open a “diplomatic office” in Austria.
This information was distributed by websites associated with the LPR.
According to the LPR, “the office” will be engaged in “outreach activities” and coordinate the delivery of humanitarian aid to the occupied Ukrainian territory.
The organization will be headed, according to them, by the Austrian social activist Alfred Almeder.
The Austrian edition of Die Presse …
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Saakashvili: The US may build an airport in Odessa
Governor of Odessa Oblast Mikheil Saakashvili said that negotiations are being held with the representatives of the U.S. Department of Aviation about the construction of a new airport in the region, TASS reports.
"The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine has not yet allotted the money again. But at the same time we are working with the US Department of Aviation on the construction of another airport. This airport is going to be outside the city boundaries because there will be a large freight …