Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Poland recognizes Ukrainian migrants as one of the country's major economic drivers
In a rating of the “50 most influential people of the Polish economy” compiled by Gazeta Prawna, a Polish newspaper, the second place was collectively occupied by labor migrants from Ukraine, who in terms of their influence on the country’s economy yielded only to the Prime Minister of Poland, Mateusz Morawieski.
“The collective hero of the Polish economy and, at the very least, an important and bright factor on our labor market. After the beginning of the Russian aggression in Crimea and a …
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Ukraine will help Canada to restore the bee population
Carpathian bees from Ukraine will help to save their Canadian counterparts that are on the verge of extinction, said Canadian ambassador to Ukraine Roman Waschuk, Voice of America reports.
According to the ambassador, the knowledge and skills of Ukrainian beekeepers from the Ukrainian Brotherhood of Beekeepers of Ukraine and the bees themselves will help Canadian beekeepers meet the challenges facing the Canadian population of these useful insects.
Canadian and Ukrainian beekeepers will work …
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US strategic drone conducts reconnaissance flight over Donbas and Crimea
As Interfax reported, a RQ-4 Global Hawk strategic drone from the US Air Force conducted a reconnaissance flight along the line of demarcation in the Donbas and also off the coast of the Crimea and the Krasnodar region of Russia on Sunday, February 11th.
The drone was flying for more than 4 hours in the Ukrainian airspace along the line of demarcation in the Donbas. Afterwards the drone headed for the Black Sea and made more than four passes starting from the westernmost point of the Crimea …
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Russian foreign Minister Lavrov says Russia will not recognize LPR and DPR
During a broadcast of Russia 1, when asked about whether Russia will recognize the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov responded that the Kremlin remains committed to Minsk Agreements.
According to the Russian Minister, deviation from the Minsk agreements would be a “colossal mistake." "You know, unlike some of our international colleagues, we [Russia] are still people of our word; and we always stand by our word, especially when it was the subject of …
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Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs: Poland wants to settle historic argument with Ukraine
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Jacek Czaputowicz said after a meeting with a top Estonian diplomat in Warsaw that he would like to see a historic argument between Poland and Ukraine settled, according to a report by Radio Liberty.
Czaputowicz said Poland realizes the concerns the Ukrainian authorities have about a new amendment to the law on the Institute of National Remembrance (INR) of Poland. The foreign minister also said he hoped the argument would be settled at a meeting next week …
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Minister of Youth and Sports urged Ukrainian fans not to go to the 2018 World Cup in Russia
During a broadcast of Pryamiy TV, Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine Ihor Zhdanov urged soccer fans not to go to the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which will take place in the summer in Russia. He stated this on Prymiy TV, RBC-Ukraine reports.
"I saw how the world community was close to [boycotting the championship] two years ago when trials began against the former leadership of FIFA: changes, accusations of corruption," Zhdanov said. Now, according to the minister, the "campaign" for boycotting …
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Director of Ukrainian Institute of National Memory: de-communization in Ukraine is complete
De-communization in Ukraine is complete, stated the director of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory Volodymyr Viatrovych in an interview with Radio Liberty.
"De-communization in the context of removing the symbols of the totalitarian regime has actually been completed. We have renamed the settlements, about a thousand of them. It’s almost done. I say almost because after the renaming there were 9 or 10 non-obvious Communist names. They nevertheless fall under the law about de- …
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Saakashvili says Ukrainian authorities want to deport him to Poland
In an interview with the Georgian TV channel Rustavi 2, former Governor of the Odessa region Mikheil Saakashvili said that the Migration Service of Ukraine has decided to deport him to Poland.
At the same time, Saakashvili stressed that "no matter what happens next, he will continue peaceful struggle for change of power" in Ukraine. He also added that his extradition to Georgia could lead to mass demonstrations in Ukraine.
On July 26th, President Petro Poroshenko terminated Saakashvili’s …
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Hungary blocked the NATO-Ukraine Defense Commission
Despite the requests of Ukraine and the consent of the most influential members of the North Atlantic alliance, Brussels did not confirm the date of the NATO-Ukraine Commission meeting with participation of the ministers of defense, reports the newspaper Evropeyska Pravda with reference to diplomatic sources. The information was later confirmed by the NATO representatives.
The Ministerial meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission was to be held on February 14 or 15 during the joint meeting of …
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Macron and Putin hold phone conversation to discuss situation in Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation on Friday.
The Kremlin’s press service reported that the Heads of State discussed the situation in Ukraine "with an emphasis on the need for full implementation of the [Minsk Agreements]”, among other things.
Later, Elysee Palace releases statement confirming conversation occurred.
"In connection with the Russian-Ukrainian crisis, the President of the Republic noted that implementation of the …