Brent crude prices have dropped by nearly 19 percent this month, their steepest fall since the collapse of the failed U.S. bank Lehman Brothers in October 2008, Reuters reports. The U.S. crude futures dropped 31 cents to $34.42 a barrel, ...
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ABN AMRO bank put Ukraine on the top of the most promising emerging markets list
ABN AMRO bank considers Ukraine as the most promising among the emerging markets that can replace the BRICS countries, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to eurointegration.com.ua. ABN AMRO bank put Ukraine on the top of the list of the four perspective ...
Read More »Putin hopes there will be no nuclear war
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview, shown in the documentary “World Order” on the “Russia 1” TV channel that Russia is improving its nuclear capability, but there will be no nuclear war in the world, Joinfo.ua reports. According ...
Read More »Ukrainian Antonov will supply AN-178 aircrafts to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
December 17, State Enterprise Antonov Company and Taqnia Aeronautics signed a Memorandum of Understanding confirming the intention of Ukrainian company to supply 30 multipurpose AN-178 aircrafts to the Royal Saudi Air Force, Joinfo.ua reports with Antonov press center. President of ...
Read More »Ukrainian Cabinet put into force the emergency measures in energy sector
December 19, the emergency regime for the electricity system of Ukraine comes into force, according to the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of December 9, 2015. The temporary emergency measures are introduced in the electricity sector for a month-long ...
Read More »The European Commission confirmed that Ukraine is ready for visa-free regime with the EU
On Friday, the European Commission approved the sixth report on Ukraine’s implementation of the Visa Liberalization Action Plan (VLAP). The report was approved at the board meeting of the EC, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to eurointegration.com.ua. “Taking into account the ...
Read More »Putin said he has no doppelgangers
December 17, Russian President Vladimir Putin held the annual press conference today, attended by near 1400 journalists. When Putin has been leaven the podium, a journalist asked him an unexpected question whether he has doubles, Joinfo.ua reports. Putin turned around ...
Read More »Ukraine banned the Communist Party
District Administrative Court of Kyiv satisfied the lawsuit of the Ministry of Justice in full and banned the Communist Party in Ukraine, Joinfo.ua reports citing the press service of the court.t “December 6, 2015 District Administrative Court of Kyiv has ...
Read More »Russia seized Ukrainian oil rigs in the Black Sea
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry called Russia’s relocation of two jack-up rigs in the Black Sea as “another episode of theft of assets and natural resources” and demanded that the property be given back to Ukraine, Joinfo.ua reports with reference ...
Read More »The launch of the second line of the energy bridge left Crimea without landline communication
The second line of the energy bridge “Kuban – Crimea,” which was supposed to bring more electricity to the peninsula, brought down the landline telephone instead, Joinfo.ua reports. The so-called “head of Crimea” Sergey Aksyonov said at a meeting of ...
Read More »Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk did not agree to hold elections in Donbas
Trilateral Contact Group held a meeting in Minsk. The parties did not agree to hold elections in Donbas, Joinfo.ua reports. Darka Olifer, the press secretary of Ukraine’s ex-President Leonid Kuchma, the representative of Ukraine in the contact group, wrote on ...
Read More »Ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych refused to come to Ukrainian consulate for questioning online
Lawyers of the former president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych agreed on the procedure of the questioning of their client via video conference. Thus, Yanukovych had to come to Ukrainian consulate in Russia for official confirmation of his identity, Joinfo.ua reports ...
Read More »Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said that most of state enterprises must be privatized
December 14, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaking at the 16th session of the National Council of Reforms emphasized that the Verkhovna Rada needs to unblock the issue of privatization of state enterprises, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to the AP press ...
Read More »Oil prices dropped almost to 11-year low on Monday
Oil prices declined for 4% on Monday, almost to their 11-year low, on growing fears that the global oil glut would worsen in the months to come in a pricing war between leading OPEC and non-OPEC producers, Reuters reports. Brent ...
Read More »Oleksandr Usyk knocked out Pedro Rodriguez
December 12, Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk won Cuban Pedro Rodriguez with knock out in the 7th round. The fight for the vacant WBO Inter-Continental Cruiserweight title took place in Kyiv Palats Sportu, Ukraine, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to UNIAN. Ukrainian had ...
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