• Ukrainian and Slovenian presidents agree to intensify cooperation

    A number of official documents relating to cooperation objectives have been signed by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Slovenian President Borut Pahor in the city of Ljubljana. This was announced by the press secretary of the Ukrainian President, Svyatoslav Tsegolko, on Twitter.

    “Ukraine and Slovenia have signed a memorandum of understanding on energy efficiency and alternative fuels,” Tsegolko noted.

    A memorandum of cooperation in the field of consumer rights protection and an …

  • Media: EU expands sanctions against Crimean officials

    The European Union agreed on the introduction of new personal sanctions against Crimean officials, Reuters reports, indicating that this decision was based on the accession of the Crimea to Russia.

    According to the newspaper Delfi, the decision was made at the request of Lithuania and was formally approved at a meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council of the Council of the European Union.

    It was noted that the sanctions will affect the six deputies of the State Duma who were …

  • Ukraine insists on round-the-clock work for OSCE Mission at checkpoints

    Ukraine has insisted that the OSCE Mission and the Red Cross work near the gate checkpoints for 24 hours a day.

    This was posted on Facebook by a member of the humanitarian subgroup at the Minsk negotiations, Iryna Herashchenko, after a meeting of the subgroup on Tuesday.

    “Generally speaking, Ukraine supports the idea that the ICRC [International Committe of the Red Cross] and the OSCE have permanent posts when working close to all the checkpoints. Also, they should not just go there for only 1 …

  • The European Union is offering to help Ukraine draft laws on the seizure of illegally acquired assets

    The head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine, Hugues Mingarelli, stated that the European Union offered Ukraine expert assistance in the development and implementation of laws on the seizure of illegally acquired assets, the minister of justice of Ukraine, Pavlo Petrenko, reported on his Facebook page.

    “The development and adoption of legislation that will enable the state to return illegally acquired assets became a separate paragraph of the dialogue. In particular, Mr. Ambassador proposed to …

  • Peskov: NATO's aggressive nature cannot be eradicated

    NATO’s aggressive nature is impossible to eradicate, despite the fact that there are no blocs opposing them. This was said by the press secretary of the Russian President, Dmitry Peskov. He said this in response to statements made by NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, on the strengthening of the Alliance’s forces in response to the development of Russian activity.

    “Stoltenberg’s statements once again testify to the aggressive nature of the organization,” Peskov began. “Despite the fact …