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Pope Francis called the situation in Donbas a hybrid war during when he met with Ukrainian bishops in Vatican. At a meeting with the Ukrainian bishops in Vatican, Pope Francis condemned the war in Donbas. The reception of Ukrainian bishops was held the day after the pontiff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “A hybrid war is going on in […]
The top 50 best-looking nationalities revealed: Ukrainians have been voted the sexiest people, the English are ranked 9th, Americans 45th – and the Irish last, dailymail reports. Ukrainian has been voted as the sexiest nationality in a new survey. At the other end of the table is Irish, in 50th, with American ranking 45th. The survey was carried out by […]
The federal court in Chicago confirmed the validity of the allegations of titanium conspiracy against Firtash, a Ukrainian oligarch and former Trump presidential campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s associate. This is reported by the Politico. U.S. prosecutors indicted Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash accusing him of leading a scheme to pay bribes to Indian officials in connection with a titanium mining project […]
Zelensky’s spokesperson applied for the position and had her works published in NYT for a month. The US claims the conflict of interests The New York Times published at least three Mendel’s materials in May. In May, The New York Times wrote about a conflict of interest faced by former US Vice President Joe Biden in connection with his involvement […]
The European Commission has confirmed that the meeting between President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker will be held in Brussels on Tuesday. This was announced by spokesperson of the European Commission Margaritis Schinas at a briefing on Monday, as an Ukrinform correspondent informs. “This will be the first meeting with the new President […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the simplified procedure for the obtaining of Russian passports by residents of the temporarily occupied Donbas. The decree comes into force from the day of its official publication. The corresponding decree was published on the Russian president’s website. “To establish that persons who permanently reside in the territories of certain districts of […]
Ukraine’s pro-Russian former president, Viktor Yanukovych, has been linked to a widening scandal involving Sweden’s Swedbank, neweurope reports. According to documents reviewed by Sweden’s state-owned broadcaster, Swedbank appears to have been an instrument for transferring millions of euros in kickbacks that were acquired by Yanukovych while he was in office to other EU banks. Over the last year, Swedbank’s CEO has […]
Russia reserves the right to react in the event of a threat to the right to freedom of religion in neighboring countries, Vladimir Putin said. Commenting on the creation of an autocephalous church in Ukraine, Putin said that the Ukrainian authorities were allegedly interfering in church affairs and added that in Russia such actions are considered “absolutely unacceptable.” He said […]
Poland wants the UN Secretary-General to appoint special envoy for changing the Normandy format and solving the Ukrainian issue. Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Jacek Czaputowicz believes that Europe should be represented by European institutions, rather than France and Germany, at negotiations. He stated this in an interview to Handelsblatt. The head of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs proposed […]
Russia dismisses German – French demand to release 24 Ukrainian sailors kidnapped by Russia after attacking their ships in the sea of Azov, euronews reprots. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron appeal to Russia for human rights violation in Crimea and also demanded the release of the 24 Ukrainian sailors currently detained in Russia following last month’s […]
The Court of Justice of the European Union, whose office is located in Luxembourg, by its decision of December 19, partly annulled the sanctions imposed on the former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov who fled to Russia. It is about the sanctions in form of a ban on the entry and freezing of funds of a former official, that is, […]
Russia threatened to block the Sea of Azov for Ukrainian ships “within minutes” by closing it for any ships other than Russian ones.