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Ukraine begins criminal proceedings over power bridge between Russia and Crimea
A criminal case is being investigated under the article ‘Violation of the order of entry in the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine and departure from it.’
As was reported by the General Prosecutor’s office to the weekly Tyzhden, the Security Service of Ukraine, under the supervision of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Kherson region, has started criminal proceedings based on the construction of a power bridge to Crimea by Chinese vessel JIAN JI 3001.
"Despite the existing ban, the …
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Mingarelli to become next EU Ambassador to Ukraine
The European External Action Service has finally decided on a candidate to replace Jan Tombiński as Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine. Italian citizen Hugues Mingarelli, who prevailed over other candidates in internal competition, will become the new Ambassador to Ukraine, European Pravda reported.
“Since 2012, Mingarelli has been responsible for the 'hot' Mediterranean region in the European External Action Service, including Syria, where full-scale civil war continues …
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Ukrainian Ambassador calls on Germany to condemn visit of German politician to Crimea
Ukraine’s Ambassador to Germany, Andriy Melnyk, has urged the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs to condemn the visit of German politician, Andreas Maurer, to Crimea.
Melnyk wrote this on Twitter.
“I urge the German Foreign Ministry to strongly condemn the illegal visit of Andreas Maurer, a member of the Left Party, to Crimea. They should also condemn other illegal visits,” Melnyk wrote.
Since last week, the Russian media and Russian-controlled Crimean officials have been reporting on the …
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Ukrainian deputies refuse to investigate offshore scandal
The Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian Parliament) was not able to create a Temporary Investigative Commission to investigate the offshore account scandal as there were not enough votes in favor of the action. In order to create the commission, 226 votes were needed but only 108 deputies voted in favor of the project.
The Vidrodzhennya (Revival) party did not have any votes in favor of the project. Of the Opposition Bloc party members, only one member voted in the commission’s favor. Of the 142 …
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NATO will consider Ukraine’s application to join the Alliance in accordance with the usual procedure
The Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Jens Stoltenberg, is confident that nobody can prevent Ukraine from accession to NATO. If Ukraine files an application to join NATO, it will be considered as all other applications, Stoltenberg stated in Warsaw.
“No one has the right to intervene or veto this process. This is a very important principle – each state, including Ukraine, has a sovereign right to choose its own path, including decisions on which arrangements in the …