Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Iran allocates $150,000 for families of victims of Ukraine plane crash
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Cabinet on Wednesday allocated $150,000 for the families of each of the 176 victims of a Ukrainian plane shot down in Iranian airspace in January, the official IRNA news agency reported. Read full story …read more Source:: The...
Ukrainians flock to local ski resort, with many European resorts shut to curb coronavirus spread
POLIANYTSIA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine’s biggest ski resort Bukovel in the Carpathian mountains is fully booked until the end of year as Ukrainians have sped to it instead of other foreign resorts that have been shut due to coronavirus-linked restrictions across Europe. Read full story …read more Source:: The...
Ukraine to spend record high of funds on medicine in 2021: PM
KIEV, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) — Ukraine will spend a record high of nearly 160 billion hryvnias (5.8 billion U.S. dollars) on medicine in 2021, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said in his official Telegram channel on Wednesday. Read full story …read more Source:: The...
Ukraine says dozens of police hurt in clashes with lockdown protesters
KYIV (Reuters) – One police officer was knocked unconscious and 40 others received chemical eye burns from gas on Tuesday in clashes between police and thousands of people protesting a government lockdown to fight the coronavirus, the interior ministry said. Read full story …read more Source:: The...
Ukraine parliament restores powers of anti-corruption agency in bid for foreign loans
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian lawmakers voted to restore the powers of the NAZK anti-corruption agency on Tuesday in a bid to secure new loans from the International Monetary Fund to fight a sharp economic slump caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read full story …read more Source:: The...
IBRD grants Ukraine 300-mln-USD loan to support low-income families
KIEV, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) — Ukraine has signed an agreement on a 300-million-U.S.-dollar loan with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and will receive the first tranche of 170 million U.S. dollars by the end of this year, Ukrainian Ministry of Finance reported on its official website on Monday. Read full story...
World Bank approves $300 million loan to fight poverty amid COVID-19 in Ukraine
KYIV (Reuters) – The World Bank has approved an additional loan of $300 million to help Ukraine’s government support low-income families amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, the bank said late on Friday. Read full story …read more Source:: The...
ICC prosecutor seeks investigation into Ukraine war crimes -statement
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday said she would seek permission to open a formal investigation into whether war crimes and crimes against humanity were committed in Ukraine. Read full story …read more Source:: The...
EU leaders agree to extend Russia sanctions again
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to extend economic sanctions imposed on Russia for its intervention in Ukraine by another six months, a spokesman for European Council President Charles Michel said. Read full story …read more Source:: The...
Ukrainian student launches initiative to turn fallen tree leaves into paper
ZHYTOMYR, Ukraine (Reuters) – Valentyn Frechka was a high school student living in rural Ukraine when he began a science project to turn fallen leaves from trees and plants into paper. Read full story …read more Source:: The...
