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Turchynov orders army back on offensive
KIEV, April 22 - Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov called on Tuesday for government forces to re-launch an offensive against pro-Russian rebels after a local politician from his own party was found dead with signs of torture. 10:47 | More |
More sanctions coming if Russia doesn't back off, Kerry tells Lavrov
WASHINGTON, April 22 - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in a telephone call on Tuesday that Washington would impose more sanctions on Russia if tensions did not de-escalate in eastern Ukraine, a senior U.S. official said, Reuters reported. 10:45 | More |
PM: Ukraine seeking US and European investors for gas transit
KIEV, April 22 - Ukraine will seek to attract U.S. and European energy companies to modernize and to operate the country’s natural gas transportation system, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said Tuesday.
Yatseniuk made the comments after meeting U.S. Vice President Joe Biden in Kiev who has come to assure Ukraine in support amid growing fears of armed confrontation with Russia. 10:44 | More |
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Diplomats call for Ukraine violence halt
GENEVA, April 17 - The United States, Russia, Ukraine and the European Union called after crisis talks on Thursday for an immediate halt to violence in Ukraine.
President Barack Obama said the meeting in Geneva between Russia and western powers was promising but that the United States and its allies were prepared to impose more sanctions on Russia if the situation fails to improve. 11:16 | More |
International Ukraine agreement faltering
KIEV, April 21 - An international agreement to avert wider conflict in Ukraine appeared to be faltering on Monday, with pro-Moscow separatist gunmen showing no sign of surrendering government buildings they have seized, Reuters reported. 13:03 | More | |
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| Ukraine’s consumer confidence up in November, GfK reports KIEV, Dec. 24 - The Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) in Ukraine was 85.5 in November 2013, which is 1.5 higher than in October, according to a monthly survey of GfK Ukraine.
More | Ukraine saw deflation in 2012 for 1st time in 10yrs, says government Ukraine saw deflation in 2012 for the first time in 10 years, with consumer prices going down 0.2% throughout the year.
But consumer prices grew 0.2% in December compared to November, the State Statistics Service said.More | | EP resolution calls October elections ‘a step backwards’ from 2010 The European Parliament has expressed regret at the fact that, according to international observers' evaluations, the 2012 parliamentary elections in Ukraine failed to meet major international standards "and constitute a step backwards compared with the national elections in 2010."More | Hillary: October vote ‘a step backward’ U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on November 29, 2012, sharply criticized Ukraine’s October elections and expressed concern about selective prosecution of opposition leaders.
“Ukraine’s October elections were a step backwards for democracy and we remain deeply concerned about the selective prosecution of opposition leaders,” Clinton said in a speech on Europe at the Brookings Institution.More |
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11.25 |
11.23 |
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0.315 |
0.312 |
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15.58 |
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412.3 |
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