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School atlases with 'Russian Crimea' withdrawn from lists of recommended textbooks in the Czech Republic
Atlases containing controversial maps that showed “Russian Crimea” were approved for distribution in accordance with the internal documents of the Czech Ministry of Education in the summer of 2017. Later, the Ambassador of Ukraine protested the incorrect marking of the peninsula.
The Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic stated that the school atlas in which the Crimea was marked as Russian territory is now out of circulation in the country.
"The Ministry of Education studied the …
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Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine calls on Poroshenko to dismiss Ukroboronprom director
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine requested that President Petro Poroshenko dismiss the head of the Ukroboronprom State Enterprise, Roman Romanov, and expects a new candidate to be nominated by the recently renewed supervisory board of the state enterprise.
"I recently said that I will not work with the head of Ukroboronprom, Romanov. I waited so that perhaps he would decide for himself and resign, but this did not happen. Today I propose that we make the decision and file a petition …
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National Bank of Ukraine: imports of Russian goods increased in 2017
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) released a report on the country’s 2017 payment balance, noting that for the third year in a row, the country has managed to finish the year with a surplus: USD 2.6 billion compared to USD 1.3 billion from the year before. At the same time, the 2017 current account shows a deficit of USD 3.8 billion as against USD 3.5 billion year over year. The data was published on the Regulator’s website.
According to the report, import total volume grew by 21% to USD 49 …
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Ukrainian military gains control of another village in Donbas
The Ukrainian military announced that it has taken control of the Novoaleksandrivka village in the Popasna region of the Luhansk province, a village which lies on the demarcation line. This was reported in a Military TV Ukraine story posted on the Defense Ministry’s official website.
“Since 2015, the fortifications on the outskirts of the village were the extreme positions of the Ukrainian defenders on the one side, and the positions of the pro-Russian militants on the other. Recently the …
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Poland admits that it needs Ukrainian migrant workers
A Ukrainian workforce is essential to ensure and sustain economic growth in Poland, as stated by the President of the National Bank of Poland, Adam Glapiński, DW reports.
As Glapiński noted, the ability of Poland to create the necessary conditions to attract labor migrants from Belarus and Ukraine is one of the most important issues for him.
According to him, in recent years Poland has keenly felt the lack of skilled human resources. During this period, there has been sustained economic …