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Polish Ministry of Development funds project to support Ukrainian businesses
The Polish Ministry of Development is funding a project in Kiev to support small and medium businesses in Ukraine, Radio Polsha reported.
“The project, which aims to improve the attractiveness of Ukraine’s investments and competitiveness in the regions, funded under Polish development aid from the Polish Ministry of Development, has begun,” a statement issued by the Ministry read.
The Polish Ministry has allocated €800,000 for the program.
The project provides training and advice on …
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Poroshenko says he has spoken with Putin twice over the last month
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said that his communication with Russian President Vladimir Putin was focused on the release of hostages.
In the last month, the President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, spoke twice on the telephone with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Poroshenko said this in an interview with the Bulgarian TV channel bTV.
“Over the last month we had two phone conversations, and they were entirely devoted to freeing of the hostages. You know that dozens of Ukrainians …
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Poroshenko accuses Russia of preparing terrorist attacks in Ukraine
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko accused Russia of preparing terrorist acts in Ukraine. He stated this in an interview with the Bulgarian TV channel bTV, Ukrainski Novyny reports.
“Just last year alone, we prevented 300 terrorist attacks, which were prepared by the Russian terrorists who trained in the training centers in Kursk, the Belgorod and Rostov regions. We caught them with explosives during the preparation of terrorist acts and showed this to the world," Poroshenko said. …
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Gazprom has provided the Donbas with $718 million in gas
The head of Gazprom, Alexey Miller, stated at a press conference in Moscow on June 30th that the Russian gas company has supplied the occupied Donbas with $718 million in gas under the contract price initially granted to Naftogaz of Ukraine, Ukrainian news portal UNIAN reports.
“As for the gas supplies to the Southeast of Ukraine, we have only one contract signed with Ukraine in 2009. The contract defines the entry point for the gas supply to Ukraine, including the entry points in the …
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Ukraine to extend sanctions against Russia through 2017
According to Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Natalia Mykolskaya, in response to the extension of food restrictions by Russia, Ukraine will extend its own food embargo until the end of 2017.
“The proposal of the Ministry is to extend our embargo [against Russia], measures that we take in retaliation, to the same term. We are ready to contact the Cabinet of Ministers with this proposal and consider this decision,” Mykolskaya said in her interview with journalists in …