Ukraine to pay 100,00 euros to Dutch museum for storage of Crimean gold once it is returned
Ukraine will pay more than 100,000 euros to the Allard Pierson Museum in the Netherlands for the storage of "The Crimea: the gold and the secrets of the Black Sea" exhibition.
The Minister of Justice of Ukraine, Pavlo Petrenko, commenting on this issue and the decision of the District Court of Amsterdam, told reporters that the money will be paid after the return of the collection to Ukraine.
"Ukraine is ready to pay for storage at the local museum [in the Netherlands], and we will cover all …
Head of Ukraine's National Bank: Ukraine must cooperate with the IMF or our reserves will melt away
The delay in resumptions of relations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) poses a risk for Ukraine’s financial stability, as was stated by the head of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), Valeriya Hontareva, at a conference in Kyiv, UNIAN reports.
“I want to tell you that no one has any doubt that if we don’t resume cooperation with the IMF immediately … our reserves will start to melt as well as our market’s possibilities,” she said.
The Head of the NBU noted that this year the …
Canada is ready to participate in the establishment of an Interior Ministry training center in Ukraine
At a meeting on Tuesday, the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Arsen Avakov, and the Ambassador of Canada to Ukraine, Roman Waschuk, discussed the prospect of the establishment of a training center of the Ministry of Internal affairs in Kyiv with support from Canada.
"The Ambassador of Canada to Ukraine assured Ukraine of Canada’s full support for the reforms of law enforcement agencies. In particular, he indicated Canada’s readiness to participate in the establishment of a training …
Lithuanian President: The EU has already decided to extend sanctions against Russia
Accordingly to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, the European Union has already agreed to extend sanctions against Russia which are due to expire on January 31st, 2017, TASS reported.
Upon her arrival at the EU summit in Brussels, Grybauskaite stated, "All member states understand that it is inevitable [the extension of sanctions]."
"The written procedure is already in place," she noted.
According to Russia’s ambassador to the European Union, Vladimir Chizhov, "This simple story has …
Sweden prohibited Gazprom from storing pipes for Nord Stream 2 in Swedish ports
The Head of the Island Council’s Technical Board, Tommy Gardell, stated that the Swedish island of Gotland will not give permission to use Slite harbor for pipe storage during the installation of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, Meduza reported, referencing consultations between the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense of Sweden.
The Heads of the Ministries informed the representatives of Gotland that keeping pipes in the port could have a negative effect on the country’s …