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Poroshenko expressed his willingness to work with any potential Prime Minister
The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, has announced an early election of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) and is ready to work with any potential Prime Minister. He said this in an interview with the Turkish channel TRT World, the Ukrainski Novini reported.
"The Parliament should consist of the coalition. The coalition must be a majority. Three fractions have left the coalition. In accordance with the Constitution, a new coalition should be formed and, most likely, a new Prime …
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Belarusian Foreign Ministry doesn't see a threat in Ukraine's cooperation with NATO
As reported by RIA Novosti, according to the Belarusian Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Pavel Muraveyko, Belarus is not concerned with Ukraine’s cooperation with NATO and does not see any threat from Ukraine.
“What is happening in its territory and the involvement of NATO countries at this time is not critical or challenging for our country. We should have a good understanding of these processes which take place and know that NATO is interested in increasing the number …
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OSCE reports movement of heavy weapons out of storage facilities in eastern Ukraine
The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission has noted the disappearance of military equipment from storage facilities, as stated by the Deputy Chief of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, Alexander Hug.
“We see that weapons have been withdrawn from both sides and are now being kept where they should be. However, we are beginning to notice that the equipment is disappearing from those places. It is disappearing equally from both sides, nearly 30% of the equipment. We see that heavy weapons …
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Greenpeace reveals that Ukrainian and Russian citizens are still being exposed to radiation from Chernobyl
30 years after the infamous accident at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station the residents of the surrounding areas are still eating contaminated food, stated Greenpeace International.
Greenpeace has carried out tests in the Russian region of Bryansk and the Ukrainian regions of Rovno and Kiev and found excessive amounts of Radiocaesium-137 in milk, mushrooms, grains, fish, and timber for fuel and construction, Rosbalt reported.
Greenpeace Russia energy program project manager Rashid Alimov …
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European Commission submits legislative proposal to abolish visas for Georgian citizens
On Wednesday, the European Commission announced they had submitted a legislative proposal for the liberalization of visas for Georgian citizens.
The European Commissioner for Migration, Dimitris Avramopoulos, said this at the press conference in Brussels, according to the Evropeyskaya Pravda newspaper.
"The Commission proposed today to abolish visas for Georgian citizens. The Commission proposes to include Georgia in the list of countries with which the EU has a visa-free regime," he said. …