Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Poland establishes a hotline to protect the rights of Ukrainian workers
A hotline for questions concerning legal employment and protection of rights has been established in Poland for Ukrainian workers, PAP news agency reports.
According to Polish Chief Labor Inspector Wiesław Łyszczek, there are cases where Polish employers who use Ukrainian migrant workers are paying them lower salaries or not ensuring adequate working conditions.
According to Łyszczek, over 2.5 million foreigners work in Poland and 800,000 of them work illegally. "The thing is, everyone …
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Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia agreed to establish an inter-Parliamentary assembly
The parliament speakers of Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova have agreed to establish an Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the three countries, Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Andriy Parubiy stated at a press briefing in Kyiv, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
"Given the need for deepening cooperation in the Black sea area, I have kickstarted the establishment of a trilateral Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia, especially taking into consideration that our three countries have some …
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Members of European Parliament call on EU to reduce dependence on Russian gas
In a joint statement published on Tuesday, March 6, three Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) expressed the opinion that recent actions by Gazprom should push the European Union (EU) to reduce dependence on gas and oil from Russia. Deutsche Welle has reported on this. These individuals are David McAllister, Chair of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee; Dariusz Rosati, Co-Chair of the Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee; and Michael Gahler, …
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Ukraine extends sanctions against subsidiaries of Russian banks
President Petro Poroshenko signed a decree on the extension of sanctions against banks that hold Russian state capital.
The decree, which put into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council made on March 1, is available on the website of the President.
Previously, Poroshenko said that over the past three years, the share of assets of the above-mentioned banks in the system decreased from 10.6% to 5.6%. At the same time, in 2017, the net assets of these banks decreased by …
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European Parliament takes Ukraine’s side in Kyiv’s dispute with Russian Gazprom over gas transit
The European Parliament believes that Russia's refusal to deliver gas to Ukraine is an element of political pressure that can have negative consequences for the European Union, as said in the statement released by the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee Chair David McAllister, Ukrinform reports.
The statement condemned the actions of Gazprom concerning the cessation of gas supplies to Ukraine and further attempts to terminate the contract. "This is yet another proof of the use of gas …
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Russia refuses to take part in trilateral gas talks with Ukraine and the EU
Energy Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak said there will be no gas negotiations with Ukraine and the European Union, TASS reported.
"No trilateral negotiations are being planned as all the court proceedings are based on the contracts and relations between commercial organizations, particularly between Gazprom and Naftogaz. Only the said two companies must settle all these issues," Novak said.
According to the report, Naftogaz and Gazprom failed to agree on the conditions of …
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Ukraine’s Military Command announces new military operation in Donbas
The General Staff of Ukraine has drafted documents on the start of the Joint Forces Operation in the Donbas. The documents are awaiting ratification by President Petro Poroshenko, as announced by Yuriy Bobrov, spokesperson for the General Staff’s legal support office, as reported by the Ukrainski Novini (Ukrainian News) Agency.
“The beginning and end of the actions to ensure national defense, the repelling and deterrence of the Russian Federation’s armed aggression in the Donetsk and Luhansk …
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Russia's Gazprom appeals Stockholm arbitration court ruling on Ukraine's claim
The Russian company Gazprom has filed an appeal against the ruling of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC) in the gas dispute with Naftogaz Ukraine.
This was announced by Gazprom on Twitter.
The Russian company promises to appeal the ruling by the end of March 2018.
Earlier Gazprom notified Naftogaz Ukraine that it was beginning the procedures to annul all of its active contracts with Naftogaz to supply and transit gas.
In the gas dispute with Ukraine, …
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Poroshenko: Gazprom's threats to terminate gas delivery contract with Ukraine another argument against Nord Stream-2
President Petro Poroshenko believes that Russia's threats not to fulfill the ruling of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce on the Naftogaz vs Gazprom case are another argument against the Russian Nord Stream-2 main gas pipeline project, as he stated at a meeting with the Minister of Defense of Sweden, Peter Hultqvist.
"Russia’s behavior…, the threats to stop gas supplies to Ukraine, to not obey the gas transit ruling of the court, and to terminate the [gas] contract, …
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Ukraine begins search for Gazprom’s assets in Europe
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has instructed the ambassadors in European countries to look for Gazprom’s assets in preparation for the collection of the Russian company’s debt to Naftogaz.
“If Russia does not comply, we will go to the courts – we will go to New York, we will go to London, we will go to all countries. I have already given our ambassadors the instruction to look for Gazprom’s assets throughout Europe. They keep accurate record of everything there,” Klimkin told the …