BRUSSELS, Aug. 12 - EU foreign ministers will meet on Friday to discuss targeted sanctions against Belarus following Sunday’s contested election and subsequent violent crackdown down on protesters, Reuters reported Wednesday citing Sweden’s top diplomat.
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KYIV, Aug 12 - Ukrainian privately-owned conglomerate DCH said Wednesday it had signed an agreement to buy a 25% stake in national aircraft engine maker Motor Sich from Chinese investors, Reuters reported.
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BRUSSELS, Aug 12 – The European Union will provide macro-financial assistance of EUR 3 billion to neighboring partner countries to mitigate the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the European Commission reported on Tuesday.
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KYIV, Aug 11 – Head of the State Property Fund (SPF) Dmytro Sennychenko has announced the Fund's readiness to begin the process of privatization of objects of the State Enterprise Ukrspyrt, the department has already received 12 proposals for privatization.
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KYIV, Aug 11 – Ukrainians should be able to buy housing on credit at affordable interest rates – at least 10% per annum, as bank mortgage rates, which have existed so far, are simply unaffordable for many Ukrainian families, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
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KYIV, Aug 11 – Ukrainian Coke-Chemical Plants in January-July this year have reduced the production of metallurgical coke with 6% moisture content by 6% compared to the same period last year - to 5.63 million tons.
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KYIV, Aug 11 – Ukraine temporarily suspended the operation of entry points to the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol and exits from it, Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Oleh Nemchynov said Saturday.
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KYIV, Aug 11 – Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has exposed the management of the Ukrbud construction corporation to millions of violations during the construction of radioactive waste storage facilities on the territory of the Chornobyl NPP exclusion zone.
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KYIV, Aug 11 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday has come under fire from his main domestic political rival for his alleged connection to a wealthy businessman Ihor Kolomoiskiy who is under active investigation by U.S. Justice Department.
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KYIV, Aug 11 – The indicator of business confidence in the industrial market in Ukraine the third quarter of 2020 improved by 10.6 percentage points (p.p.) compared to the second quarter of 2020, to "minus" 12.4%, in processing industry increased by 11 p.p., to minus 13.2%, the State Statistics Service has reported.
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