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      Ukraine: Crowd in Kiev demands PM’s resignation
      Mar25

      Ukraine: Crowd in Kiev demands PM’s resignation

      KIEV – A crowd of 400 is demonstrating in front of the Ukrainian government’s building for the resignation of the current Cabinet …read more Source:...

      Ukraine’s military expert: Belarusian special forces train in the Donbass
      Mar25

      Ukraine’s military expert: Belarusian special forces train in the Donbass

      Ukraine has a constant threat of invasion on the part of Belarus. …read more Source:...

      Belarus eager to ramp up trade with Ukraine
      Mar25

      Belarus eager to ramp up trade with Ukraine

      “The trade turnover (between Belarus and Ukraine. – BelTA’s note) made up $5.8 billion in 2014. We will try to ensure maximum growth this year,” Valentin Velichko said. …read more Source:...

      [Ticker] Ukraine’s default ‘virtually 100%’ certain
      Mar25

      [Ticker] Ukraine’s default ‘virtually 100%’ certain

      The Moody’s rating agency downgraded Ukraine’s rating on Wednesday (25 March) to Ca, the second-worst level. Moody’s notes that the Ukrainian government plans “to restructure the majority of its outstanding Eurobonds”. That means that the risk of “a default on government debt taking place is virtually...

      Sofia Airport, Varna Airport Voted among Top 10 Airports in Eastern Europe
      Mar25

      Sofia Airport, Varna Airport Voted among Top 10 Airports in Eastern Europe

      Sofia Airport and Varna Airport have made it into the top 10 of Best Airports in Eastern Europe in a ranking of Skytrax for 2015. Bulgaria is the only country in the region to have two airports in the top 10 for Eastern Europe. Sofia Airport ranks 7th and Varna Airport ranks 10th. The ranking for Eastern Europe is headed byBudapest’s Liszt...

      Petro Poroshenko dismisses Ihor Kolomoisky
      Mar25

      Petro Poroshenko dismisses Ihor Kolomoisky

      The president of Ukraine the accepted resignation of Ihor Kolomoisky as governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region. …read more Source:...

      Fragile truce brings limited respite to war-weary people of eastern Ukraine
      Mar25

      Fragile truce brings limited respite to war-weary people of eastern Ukraine

      The population of eastern Ukraine faces a humanitarian crisis with an acute lack of basic amenities and mental health problems taking a heavy tollJust over a month after a fragile ceasefire came into effect in eastern Ukraine, a traumatised population is struggling with a lack of basic services, critical shortages in medical supplies and power...

      Ukraine leader fires oligarch Kolomoisky as regional chief
      Mar25

      Ukraine leader fires oligarch Kolomoisky as regional chief

      KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has fired billionaire Ihor Kolomoisky as governor of a key region in the east after a raid by armed men on the Kiev offices of a state oil firm, his website said on Wednesday. …read more Source:...

      Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk Governor Steps Down
      Mar25

      Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk Governor Steps Down

      Dnipropetrovsk Governor Ihor Kolomoisky has resigned as the governor of Dnipropetrovsk after a row with the government over the future of propertu where he is one of the shareholders.Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko has accepted his resignation and has appointed Valentyn Reznichenko to take over ad interim.Kolomoisky, a key figure in...

      Invisible army: the Russian soldier sent to fight in Ukraine
      Mar25

      Invisible army: the Russian soldier sent to fight in Ukraine

      Moscow denies its soldiers are crossing the border but 20-year-old conscript Dorji Batomunkuev, who was seriously injured near Donetsk, tells a different story. He talks to Elena Kostyuchenko of Novaya GazetaDorji Batomunkuev, military unit number 46108, is 20 years old and part of the Russian fifth tank brigade from Ulan-Ude, a city near the...