Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Ukraine and the United States signed a memorandum on cooperation between their legislative bodies
Ukraine and the United States signed a memorandum on cooperation between their legislative bodies, Ukrinform reports. The signing ceremony took place during a meeting between Verkhovna Rada Speaker, Andriy Parubiy and Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Paul Ryan.
"This is an important document that strengthens and structures cooperation between our parliaments," Parubiy said and added that it contains "very important wording" on Ukraine.
"The text of the memorandum states that …
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Media: Ukrainian President will meet with Trump next week
The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, will meet with the US President, Donald Trump next week, as reported by the Evropeyskaya Pravda news website with reference to its own sources in the diplomatic circles.
"This is a full-fledged state visit of Poroshenko to Washington, which will include meetings with key persons, including President Trump," one of the sources told Evropeyskaya Pravda.
Another source also added that Poroshenko's trip to the United States had already been agreed on …
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EU advised Ukraine not to think about membership yet
As reported by DW, the EU advised Ukraine not to think about membership yet. The EU is confident that the Ukrainian state needs to concentrate on reforms, and any other questions will create "illusions in Ukraine," said Hugues Mingarelli, the Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine.
According to Mingarelli, the issue of Ukraine's membership in the EU is not on the European Union’s agenda. "This issue is not on our agenda, to put it bluntly. And I do not think that anyone should raise this issue," …
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Trump to discuss the situation in eastern Ukraine with the President of Poland
President of the United States Donald Trump will discuss the situation in eastern Ukraine with his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda during his visit to Poland. This was reported by Poland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Witold Waszczykowski, reported Radio Poland.
According to him, Trump will arrive in Poland on the evening of July 5, and his visit will last until the early afternoon hours on July 6. Waszczykowski said that one of the goals of Trump's visit will be a personal meeting with Duda. …
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Sweden has provided 5 million Euro to promote gender equality in Ukraine
The government online portal reported that Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UN Women, and Swedish Ambassador Martin Hagström have signed an agreement to finance the project “Gender Equality in National Reforms and Establishment of Peace and Security in Ukraine.” The project is designed to run for four years and was given a budget of 5 million euro.
“The funds will be used for providing an integrated national mechanism for …
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Ukrainian Security Service uncovers Russian Special Services intelligence network in the Donbas
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reports that its employees have uncovered an agent network in the Donbas that is organized by representatives of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.
According to the department's press office, law enforcement officers established that Russian Special Services recruited two residents of Lysychansk and Kostiantynivka through acquaintances located in the separatist-held territories of the Donbas.
They received …
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Ukraine to appeal debt dispute with Russia on Yanukovych’s debt
By June 23, Ukrainian authorities intend to appeal the ruling of the High Court of Justice regarding the dispute with Russia over $3 billion of debt, the press service of the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance reports.
“At the session which was held in the British court on May 26, 2017, judge William Blair increased the period during which Ukraine can make an appeal by 14 days (from June 9 to June 23, 2017),” the announcement states.
Previously the Ukrainian Finance Ministry noted that at the last …
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Ukraine intends to introduce military ranks according to NATO standards
In the near future, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense plans to add four new ranks to its existing non-commissioned officer ranks, based on the model used by the US and several NATO states, as stated by Defense Ministry Spokesperson Oksana Havrylyuk at a briefing.
“The Ministry of Defense is working on legislation with which it will introduce new ranks. In particular, it envisages an expansion of the role of non-commissioned and petty officers in accordance with NATO’s standards,” she said. …
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Leader of Russian opposition calls for a ‘fair referendum’ in the Crimea
The leader of the Russian opposition, Alexei Navalny said in an interview with Dozhd (Rain) TV that a fair referendum must be held in the annexed Crimea.
“What should any nice person, any president do? They must declare another normal—or rather, not one more, but the first normal fair referendum—which Ukraine, of course, won’t recognize with a high degree of probability. We understand this,” Navalny said.
Navalny said he understands that his words are not liked by many people in Ukraine and …
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The Security Service of Ukraine banned a German politician from entering Ukraine because of his visit to Crimea
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has banned German politician Willy Wimmer from entering Ukraine for five years, reported SSU Speaker Olena Gitlyanska to Interfax Ukraine. Wimmer is the ex-Deputy of the Bundestag, the former Deputy Chairman of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and the former Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Defense of Germany.
"The decision to ban Willy Wimmer from entering into Ukrainian territory for 5 years has been taken," Gitlyanska said. According to …
