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European Commission plans to allocate 4.5 billion euros for Ukrainian infrastructure
Infrastructure Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Omelyan stated that the 39 Ukrainian infrastructure projects which are part of the Drive Ukraine 2030 strategy are included in the indicative plan for construction of the trans-European transport network TEN-T.
The Ukrainian Centre for Transport Strategies reports that almost 4.5 billion euros has been allocated for these projects. The plan was prepared by the EU and the World Bank for the development of transportation in "Eastern Partnership" …
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President of Belarus Lukashenko refuses to use Russian rubles as common currency
Belarus is not against having a single currency with Russia, but it should not be the Russian currency, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko stated on Friday at a meeting dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Belarusian diplomatic service.
“We do not mind a common currency, but it should be a common currency, not the currency of the Central Bank of Russia. There should be an emission center on equal terms,” TASS quoted Lukashenko as saying.
Lukashenko said that Belarus is ready to …
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Lavrov: Putin agreed to allow representatives of Germany and France to monitor the Kerch Strait
Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s request to send German and French observers to the Kerch Strait, stated Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
"Chancellor Angela Merkel asked the President to allow German specialists to come to the region of the Kerch Strait over a month ago and to see how the navigation is done, taking into account that safety regulations should be observed... and President Putin agreed immediately,” …
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American company Westinghouse gives Ukraine permit for nuclear fuel technology
The Minister of the Energy and Coal Industry Ihor Nasalyk during a Q and A with the government stated that Ukraine received permission from the American company Westinghouse to use their technologies for producing nuclear fuel in Ukrainian nuclear plants.
Currently, the technology used to produce fuel for PWR-type reactors, which Ukrainian nuclear power plants are equipped with, are exclusively owned by Westinghouse and the Russian company TVEL.
According to the minister, a fuel plant can be …
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Klimkin: Foreign Ministers of Denmark and the Chezch Republic to visit Donbas
At a press conference on Friday, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin announced that the Foreign Ministers of Denmark and the Czech Republic are going to visit the Donbas in late January.
“At the end of this month, we will have another strong group of our friends, ministers of foreign affairs. The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Denmark, who will visit Mariupol and the Ukrainian Donbas and inform of their visit at the next meeting of the ministers of foreign affair of the European Union,” …