Materials on 19 May 2016 year

  • US president nominates new ambassador to Ukraine On 18 May, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Marie L. Yovanovitchas ambassador to Ukraine, the White House has said on its website. Current US ambassador Geoffrey…
  • US envoy to NATO: the Alliance's main task is to decide how to deal with Russia Russia remains the largest and having the greatest military power neighbour of NATO, and the main task of the Alliance at the moment is to decide how to cooperate with Russia "as it…
  • Parliament shortens Dnipropetrovsk to Dnipro In compliance with the law on decommunization, the Ukrainian parliament on 19 May had Dnipropetrovsk renamed Dnipro. The bill sponsored by MP Andriy Denysenko was supported by 247…
  • Myrotvorets web project to continue The Myrotvorets (Peacekeeper) website, which used to collect personal data about pro-Russian separatists and Russian troops taking part in hostilities in Ukraine's Donbas…
  • NATO: no change in Russia policy on agenda At present, one should not expect any significant changes in NATO policy towards Russia, a senior NATO official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, has told LB.ua. According to…
  • Two Ukrainian troops killed in Donbas Over the past days, two Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and two wounded in the Donbas combat zone, the spokesman of the presidential administration for the antiterrorist operation…
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  • Ukraine counts on three IMF loan tranches this year Ukraine expects to receive in 2016 the three tranches of the IMF credit line, the deputy governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, Dmytro Solohub, told reporters on Thursday, 19 May…
  • Estonia opens skies to Ukraine The government of Estonia has decided to lift restrictions on the number of airlines and routes in air communication with Ukraine and introduce the Open Skies policy, the press service…
  • NATO, Montenegro sign accession protocol The foreign ministers of 28 NATO member states on Thursday, 19 May signed a protocol on the accession of Montenegro to the Alliance, an LB.ua correspondent has reported from Brussels…
  • New prosecution bodies said at risk of being challenged The head of the Special Investigation Department of the Prosecutor-General's Office, Serhiy Horbatyuk, does not rule out that the results of the Conference of Prosecutors, which on…
  • Premier unveils priority steps for 2016 Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman on 19 May outlined a plan of priority steps for his cabinet for 2016. According to the head of government, the main tasks for the current year are…
  • Parliament fast-tracks increase in social standards On 19 May, the Ukrainian parliament decided to increase social standards of 1 December, ahead of schedule. According to bill No 4543, which was adopted as a whole by 248 MPs, as of…
  • USA says "no business as usual" with Russia until Minsk implemented US Secretary of State John Kerry said on 19 May that a key aspect of NATO's response to Russia's actions in Ukraine is to meet the Wales commitments on defence investments and…
  • Belarus serves third death penalty this year A 33-year-old man, who was recognized guilty of raping and killing two women in 2014 and 2015, has been convicted to death penalty. He was the third to be sentenced to death since…