Barbie, the iconic doll that has long been critisized for her impossible proportions, will look a little more realistic as of today, Mashable reports. Mattel announced in TIME magazine that Barbie will now come in three new body shapes, which the brand ...
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Lego made the first wheelchair-using minifigure
Lego presented its first wheelchair-using minifigure with a helper dog, beanie and hoodie at the toy fairs in London and Nuremberg this week, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to Mic.com. The Lego piece came after a long campaign by #ToysLikeMe, which ...
Read More »Russian Gazprom cancels gas discount for Turkey
Russian Gazprom has canceled a discount on natural gas for the Turkish customers, Reuters reports citing sources in the Turkish gas industry officials. This measure is a part of diplomatic and trade row after Turkey shot down Russian Su-24 war ...
Read More »Decommunization in Ukraine: monument to ideologist of Holodomor dismantled in Dnipropetrovsk
On January 29, activists demolished the monument to Grigory Petrovsky in the square near the central railway station in Dnipropetrovsk. The city in central Ukraine was named in the honor of Petrovsky, who was one of the Bolsheviks’ leaders and ...
Read More »Ukrainian President: We learned Kruty’s lesson well, the army will always be a priority
In his speech at the Lesson of Courage for the cadets, the President noted that almost 100 years had passed since the legendary Battle of Kruty in the war for the freedom of Ukraine, “war waged against Ukraine by Russia ...
Read More »Ukrainian President honored Kruty Heroes’ feat in fighting with Bolsheviks in 1918
On the Day of Kruty Heroes on January 29, President Petro Poroshenko together with ATO participants and Ukrainian top officials paid tribute to the heroic feat of Ukrainians executed by the Bolshevik Red Army on January 29, 1918 at Kruty. ...
Read More »In Ukraine 129 people died of flu and ARI
As of January 27, it reported on 129 dead from flu and common cold, three million Ukrainians have been ill. On Tuesday, the Ministry of Healthcare officially announced an epidemic of flu in Ukraine, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to Korrespondent. ...
Read More »Russian mortgage borrowers: Let’s return Crimea!
According to Russian TV channel Dozhd [Rain], Russian borrowers of mortgage in foreign currency came to banks’ offices to express their protest to the administration of the financial institutions. Some of them at Raiffeisen Bank’s office stated that Russian economy ...
Read More »Ukraine’s Folk Orchestra presented world hits covers
As UNIAN agency informed, musicians of Ukraine’s National Folk Instrument Orchestra impressed the audience with their covers of world hits: Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” and The Eagles’ “Hotel California” at the Ukraine’s National Philharmonic Concert Hall in Kyiv, Joinfo.ua reports.
Read More »Ukraine modernizing tram cars
Ukrainian company “City Transport Group”, owner of Lviv car factory LAZ, develops city tram CTG-18, which will become the first model of the line, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to the blog of Ukrainian political analyst Oleg Leusenko. CTG-18 is modern ...
Read More »The U.S. President urged Zika virus vaccine development
The U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday called for the rapid development of tests, vaccines and treatments to fight the mosquito-transmitted Zika virus, which has been linked to birth defects and could spread to the United States in warmer months, ...
Read More »China welcomes Ukraine’s new cargo delivery route bypassing Russia
Chinese authorities welcome Ukraine’s steps on establishing new route of the “Silk Road” for cargo delivery to China bypassing the Russian Federation, said official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China Hua Chunying Joinfo.ua reports with reference to ...
Read More »Ukraine increased gas imports from Slovakia
On January 23 and 24, Ukraine increased its daily imports of natural gas from Slovakia by 2.5% from 37.14 to 38.06 mln cubic meters, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to UNIAN. According to Eustream, the pipelines operator in Slovakia, Ukraine has ...
Read More »The U.S. withdrawn credentials of five Russian honorary consuls
The U.S. State Department said it was ready to take further measures “if there are additional efforts” to impede diplomatic and consular activity, BBC reports. Mark Toner, spokesman of the U.S. State Department said there had been “widespread harassment” of ...
Read More »Russian Gazprom sais Ukraine’s fine is an attempt to put pressure and goes to court
Gazprom said in a statement that it does not conduct any business in the territory of Ukraine. The company expressed surprise at the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) put up a fine of UAH 85 bln (near $3.5 bln) for ...
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