Materials on 19 January 2018 year

  • Managing the fall
    Sonya Koshkina
    The agenda of a new political season will be heavily dominated by the looming presidential and parliamentary elections, and Petro Poroshenko's ambitions in this regard.
  • ATO HQ reports two enemy shelling attacks Over the past day, the Russian occupying forces have violated the ceasefire in Donbas twice, the antiterrorist operation (ATO) HQ press centre said n Facebook on 19 January. The…
  • ​Health Ministry suggests criminalising vaccination refusal The Health Ministry has suggested the refusal to vaccinate children should be made punishable, acting Health Minister Ulana Suprun told parliament on Friday, 19 January. "As our next…
  • Measles outbreak claims third life this year Since the beginning of the year, 1,285 new measles cases have been reported in Ukraine. Three people have died, acting Health Minister Ulana Suprun said in parliament on 19 January…
  • Ukraine can take Estonia, Latvia off anti-offshore control - minister Ukraine can remove Estonia and Latvia from the list of states whose transactions with counterparties are subject to control under the law on transfer pricing, Finance Minister Oleksandr…
  • MP: Ukraine adopts world standards in privatisation Ukraine has moved to international standards in the field of privatisation, which opens vast opportunities for economic growth and attracting investment, a deputy head of the People's…
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  • Opposition Bloc, Freedom challenge Donbas, privatisation bills A number of Ukrainian MPs have blocked the signing of two important bills adopted at the current plenary week: on securing the sovereignty of Ukraine over the temporarily occupied…
  • Kyivans mark Epiphany by taking dip in icy water Epiphany, one of the most important Christian holidays of the year, was marked in Kyiv and other cities of Ukraine on 19 January. People came to rivers and lakes for blessed water…
  • Police officer wounded in Odesa shootout dies Police officer Serhiy Pryharin, who was wounded in a shootout in Odesa on 19 January, died in a hospital, an adviser to the regional police chief, Ruslan Forostyak, has said. During…
  • Poroshenko, Trump said to meet in Davos Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will meet his US counterpart Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has said on the air…