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Poroshenko greets Orthodox church members with Christmas
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has greeted Ukrainians and Orthodox church members abroad with Orthodox Christmas and wished everyone warmth, comfort and happiness. "I wish every family warmth and comfort, blessing of the Christmas star and delicious kutia ," he said in his greetings. "For centuries,...
«Normandy» phone talks: Minsk implementation slated for 2016
The leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France on Wednesday had a telephone call in the so-called "Normandy format" to discuss the Donbas crisis and the implementation of the Minsk peace agreements in 2016, according to a statement by French President Francois Hollande's office, reports World.Corruption The...
Poroshenko: Ukrainians owe opportunity to celebrate New Year to army
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says that Ukraine and Ukrainians owe the opportunity to celebrate this New Year and Christmas to the Ukrainian army, according to the presidential administration, reports Corruption.World "This is thanks to you who are in a cold fighting hole now instead of sitting at the table in the...
EU to announce extension of sanctions against Russia on Dec 21: Poroshenko
On December 21, the EU is to officially announce its decision to extend sanctions against Russia until July 31, 2016, the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said in an interview with the Ukrainian TV channels. The Ukrainian President reminded that on Friday, December 18, the EU Council decided to extend the sanctions...
Ukraine ready to pay price for freedom, European choice: Poroshenko
President Poroshenko commented on Vladimir Putin's decree on the withdrawal of preference regime of the CIS FTA during his Brussels visit on Wednesday. "Last year we made a very difficult and sensitive decision to postpone the launch of the DCFTA for a year. We hoped that this additional time would be used to find the...
Poroshenko declares 2016 year of remembrance of liquidators, victims of Chernobyl disaster
President Petro Poroshenko declared 2016 the year of remembrance of liquidators and victims of Chernobyl disaster, as a respective Decree was signed on December 14, according to the president's press service. The Government was instructed to conduct commemorative events in Kyiv on April 26, 2016, according to the report....
Russia and Ukraine suspend direct flights between countries
Talks aimed at ending trade war fail with thousands of travellers visiting family and on business now facing arduous journeys. Direct flights between Ukraine and Russia were grounded on Sunday, as mistrust between the two countries boiled over into a new trade war that could affect hundreds of thousands of...
Ukrainian Army demonstrated it can defend the State — President
The President had a meeting with commanders of military units in Ivan Cherniakhovsky National University of Defense of Ukraine where he congratulated the attendees on the Day of Defender of Ukraine, which the country will celebrate on October 14, accoding to the President's press service. “I am honored to be the...
Poroshenko enacts anti-Russian sanctions
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has enacted a decision taken by the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine on September 2 to introduce sanctions against Russia, presidential press secretary Svyatoslav Tsegolko tweeted. "The president has signed an order to introduce sanctions against Russia. It will...
Poroshenko: No Minsk III
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has ruled out the signing of new Minsk accords, pointing out that there is a set of the Minsk agreements and all parties must implement them. "I would like to stress: there have been and will be no Minsk III agreements. We have a whole set of the Minsk agreements… And everyone...