• Ukraine responds to Belarus' refusal to accept Ukrainian biometric ID cards at border crossings

    The Consular Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine stated that it didn’t receive reservations from Belarus concerning the use of the new plastic card passports during the development of the visa-free regime between the two countries, as stated in the report of the Ministry, published on the 5th of March on Facebook. On the same day, Belarus announced that it doesn’t see a Ukrainian citizen’s plastic ID card passport as a valid document for border crossings.

    “The corresponding …

  • Savchenko supporters threw eggs at Russian Embassy in Kiev

    Supporters of Nadiya Savchenko, the Ukrainian pilot who is being charged with the murder of two Russian journalists, threw eggs at the Russian Embassy in Kiev on Sunday in protest of what many in Ukraine and the West view to be a show trial.

    According to the TV channel 112 Ukraine, during a demonstration in front of the Russian Embassy in support of Savchenko, protestors threw eggs at the building and chanted “freedom for Nadiya”.

    Authorities in Kiev provided additional security for the …

  • Ukraine to take part in the creation of new transport corridor from the Baltic to the Aegean Sea

    Ukraine joined the Polish initiative on the creation of an international transport corridor through the Carpathians from the Baltic to the Aegean Sea, which will allow for the strengthening of cooperation with the countries of the Middle East, the website of the Polish Ministry of Infrastructure and Construction said, as reported by UNIAN.

    According to the statement, a declaration on the construction of an international transport corridor from north to south Europe with a branch towards …

  • Mayor of Nice to visit Yalta

    The Mayor’s office of Nice, France reported that the city Mayor, Christian Estrosi, is planning to make a friendly visit to Yalta in the second half of May. It was also mentioned in the statement made by the Mayor’s Office to Krym.Realii that cooperation between the two cities in the areas of economy, culture, tourism, healthcare, sports and education is expected.

    The press service of the Mayor’s Office of Nice explained that the signing of the memorandum of cooperation and friendly relations …

  • Ukrainian Intelligence: More Russian servicemen have arrived in the Donbas

    The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine said that Russian servicemen arrived in the the self-proclaimed republics of the Donbas.

    The Ministry asserts that a subdivision of the 22nd Separate Special Mission Brigade of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces has been redeployed to the Southeast of Ukraine from the Rostov region.

    In addition, the Main Directorate of Intelligence reports that on the 3rd of March, …