The increase in hot water rates is related to a change in gas tariffs starting from May 1 with the single gas price being set for all types of households at UAH 6,879 ($273) per 1,000 cubic meters, Joinfo.ua reports ...
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Russian Sochi gold medalists took steroids – report
A brief preview of the CBS program due to air on May 8 did not reveal the names of the suspected dope cheats. But Stepanov charges that the former head of Russia’s drug-testing lab told him he had a “Sochi ...
Read More »IMF forecasts Ukraine’s GDP growth in 2016
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has retained its forecast for Ukraine’s economy growth in 2016 at 1.5% and in 2017 at 2.5%, according to an economic survey of the central and southern states of Eastern Europe (CEE Outlook), Interfax-Ukraine reports. ...
Read More »Ukraine presented experimental four-seat plane at SUN ‘n FUN Expo in U.S.
Ukrainian private aerospace company Softex Aero presented an experimental four-seat, low-wing, T-tail, composite plane at SUN ‘n FUN international exhibition in the United States, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to the General Aviation News. The wing is constructed as a single piece. ...
Read More »Stunning space video from back of rocket
The video was recorded back in November 2015, by the GoPro camera strapped to the side of the rocket, during the UP Aerospace’s test flight aimed to check the aerodynamics and stability of payload upon reentry for future missions, Joinfo.ua reports with ...
Read More »Ukraine increases exports to Canada in 1Q 2016
Ukrainian exports to Canada in 2015 consisted mainly of iron and steel products and some food products. In January-February 2016 compared to the same period last year, Ukraine increased its exports to Canada by more than 70%. E-commerce opens even ...
Read More »Canada’s Alberta declared state of emergency over wildfire
As CTVNews reports, the northern Alberta town, which is Canada’s oilsands capital, was caught off guard by a quick-spreading conflagration on Tuesday. By Wednesday afternoon, more than 80,000 people had heeded a mandatory evacuation order, and tens of thousands were ...
Read More »US President visited Flint, Michigan to assure residents on water safety
Barack Obama made the trip to the mostly African-American community even as he predicted it would take more than two years to replace the city’s aging pipes, Reuters reports. Flint, with a population of about 100,000, was under control of ...
Read More »Ukraine increases exports to EU in 2016
In 1Q 2016, Ukrainian agricultural exports to the EU increased by 15.3% to almost $155 mln, according to Vladyslava Rutytska, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to Ukrainska Pravda. The Ukrainian exports to the EU reached ...
Read More »All Continents Up to NASA’s Challenge: Inspired by Technology, United by Fascination
After reporting on Canada’s special hackathon for children in Toronto, we received great feedback on projects elsewhere done for children and by children. Congrats to Canadian Ukrainian Tanya Oleksiuk and her team with their winning Kid on the Moon project and ...
Read More »World Press Freedom Day 2016: Azerbaijan journalist released from prison
The government of Azerbaijan was under growing international pressure to release the investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova from prison Tuesday, as she was honored with UNESCO’s annual World Press Freedom Prize, The Politico reports. Ismayilova, a contributor to the Azerbaijani service ...
Read More »Today Orthodox Christians celebrating Easter
The Resurrection of Christ, in relation to the Crucifixion, constitutes the essence of the Christian Easter, which is the center of the celebrations of worship of God in the Orthodox Church, UNIAN reports. On Saturday night, Orthodox Christians go to ...
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