Materials on 28 December 2016 year

  • Ukraine received € 55mn in second tranche of EU assistance Ukraine received the second tranche of the EU financial assistance at EUR 55,125,000 in the frameworks of the Financing Agreement signed between the Government of Ukraine and the European…
  • EU court banned Gazprom increased access to OPAL pipeline A European court upheld the suspension of implementation of a decision of the European Commission in a claim by Polish PGNIG about increased access of the Russian Gazprom to OPAL pipeline…
  • Ukrainian chess player Vasyl Ivanchuk of Lviv defeated world champion Magnus Carlsen at the Rapid World Championship in Doha, Qatar on 27 December. "Just now, Vasyl Ivanchuk of Lviv…
  • ATO HQ reported 44 militant attacks Over the past day, militants fired 44 times fired at the positions of Ukrainian army in the zone of the antiterrorist operation in Donbas, ATO press center reported on Facebook on…
  • Cabinet pledges land reform until 2020 Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman says Ukraine will carry out a land reform before until 2020. "We have clearly outlined our priorities in the 2017 budget law. We have sectors that…
  • No casualties in ATO last day Over the past day, Ukrainian army in the zone of the antiterrorist operation in Donbas suffered no losses, defence ministry speaker on ATO Andriy Lysenko told a press briefing on Wednesday…
  • Cabinet adopts priority action plan for the period until 2020 The Cabinet presented a medium-term priority action plan for the period up to 2020 at a government meeting on Wednesday, 28 December. The action plan was designed based on the sustainable…
  • Government will stop Odessa Port Plant and lease it out The Cabinet plans to stop the Odessa Port Plant and lease it out, Nashі groshі wrote with a reference to the explanatory note to the draft executive order on the restructuration of…
  • Court quashed arrest warrant for Kurchenko Kyiv Court of Appeal overturned the warrant on the detention and arrest of fugitive businessman Serhiy Kurchenko, the Court's said in a statement on Friday. On 28 December, a panel…