Section: Global Times (China)
Ukraine approves 2016 budget
The Ukrainian parliament on Friday adopted a budget for 2016 with a deficit of 3 percent of GDP, crucial for unlocking much-needed aid from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Western countries. …read more Source: Global...
Ukraine approves state budget for 2016
The Ukrainian parliament adopted on Friday the state budget for 2016, setting a deficit target of 3.7 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), in an obvious attempt to secure financial aid from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). …read more Source: Global...
Ukraine food embargo starts next month
Russia will introduce a food embargo against Ukraine next month over Kiev’s trade deal with the EU, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Monday, extending measures already in place against Western countries. …read more Source: Global...
Ukraine imposes moratorium on debt payments to Russia
Ukraine has imposed a moratorium on repayments of its multi-billion debts to Russia, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenuk announced here on Friday. …read more Source: Global...
Ukraine to halt payments to Russia
Ukraine announced on Friday it would not make payment on its $3 billion debt to Russia due this weekend, deepening a row with Moscow. …read more Source: Global...
Putin signs decree suspending free trade deal with Kiev from Jan 1
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed a decree to suspend Russia’s free trade deal with Ukraine from Jan. 1, 2016, the same day when Kiev’s free trade regime with the European Union (EU) becomes effective. …read more Source: Global...
No more Ukraine debt deal offers: Kremlin
The Kremlin insisted Tuesday that Russia has made its last debt restructuring offer to Ukraine as the clock ticks down on a deadline that could see Kiev pushed into default. …read more Source: Global...
Dutch police officer held for online sale of MH17 ‘souvenirs’
Dutch police have suspended a police officer who tried to sell online souvenirs said to have come from the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which was shot down over war-torn Ukraine last year while flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. …read more Source: Global...
Russia, Ukraine enter gas supply standoff
A clash over natural gas pricing between Russia and Ukraine escalated on Wednesday, with Russian exporter Gazprom announcing it will halt deliveries and Kiev saying it can find cheaper supplies from Europe. …read more Source: Global...
Crimea declares state of emergency after explosion
Crimea declared a state of emergency on Sunday after its main electricity power lines from Ukraine were blown up, leaving the peninsula in darkness after the second such attack in a matter of days. …read more Source: Global...
