Section: InSerbia (Serbia)
“Thanks for Kosovo – and we back Ukraine’s integrity”
PM Ana Brnabic and Ukrainian Ambassador Oleksandr Aleksandrovych on Friday “confirmed the readiness of the two countries to improve bilateral cooperation.” According to a government statement cited by Tanjug, they also assessed that there were “great opportunities to strengthening economic ties between Serbia and Ukraine, especially when it comes...
Ukraine starts liquidation of legendary aircraft manufacturer Antonov
The government of Ukraine has set up a special commission to manage the process of liquidating aircraft maker Antonov. The manufacturer is famous for producing Soviet-designed transport planes like the An-124 Ruslan and An-225 Mriya. The government has ordered Deputy Economic Development and Trade Minister Yury Brovchenko to head the commission...
US, Ukrainian Marines Conduct Amphibious Assault During Drills
Marines from the United States and Ukraine carried out a coordinated amphibious assault drill during exercise Sea Breeze in the Ukrainian town of Mykolaivka, the US European Command (EUCOM) said in a release on Wednesday. The drills, which began on July 10 and will last until July 23, are taking place in the north-western part […] …read...
Montenegro: Ukrainian AN-32P joins firefighting efforts
A Ukrainian AN-32P firefighting plane on Wednesday morning joined the effort to extinguish a wildfire above Obosnik, near the coastal town of Tivat. According to Montenegro’s state broadcaster, the plane has the capacity to carry 8,000 liters of water. A Super Puma helicopter, with 2,000-liter capacity, is also expected to arrive from...
Lithuania against Serbia’s EU admission?
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Antanas Linkevicius has asked why Ukraine is unable to move closer to the EU, while Serbia can, the Beta agency reported this on Tuesday, citing the US website Politico. Linkevicius thinks the organization’s enlargement policy, i.e., “the EU membership perspective,” lacks “a certain balance – countries...
Donetsk People’s Republic Declares Creation of New State of Malorossiya
Self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) Leader Alexander Zakharchenko proposed on Tuesday a three-year transition period toward a new state called Malorossiya (“Little Russia”) as a way to settle the three-year conflict. “We propose to establish the state of Malorossiya. Malorossiya is an independent young state. A transition period...
NATO membership is Ukraine’s main foreign policy priority
Ukraine has officially set NATO membership as a key foreign policy goal, overturning the country’s non-aligned status adopted by the previous government ousted in the Euromaidan coup of 2014. An amendment to Ukraine’s main law related to security was signed by President Petro Poroshenko on Thursday and officially came into force on...
British Defense Minister: Russian aggression toward NATO increasing
British Defense Minister Michael Fallon said in Romania on Thursday that “Russian aggression toward NATO is increasing.” Beta is reporting this, citing AP, adding that Fallon stated that NATO was “right to have agreed to a very high readiness taskforce.” In the last three years, he continued, “Russia annexed Crimea, threatened the Baltic states...
Montenegro bans 149 Russians and Ukrainians from entry
After Moscow’s decision to ban entry to that country of some senior officials of Montenegro, Podgorica has responded with similar measures. Namely, Montenegro has decided to ban 149 nationals of Russia and Ukraine from entry, because of, as stated, the role of Russia in the Ukraine crisis and the annexation of Crimea. The list is […]...
Portugal Wins 2017 Eurovision Song
Portugal’s Salvador Sobral won the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest narrowly beating Bulgaria and Moldova, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the scene. The Eurovision final took place in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev on Saturday night. Sobral’s jazz-style ballad Amar Pelos Dois (Love for Both) received 785 points from the jury and...
