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Rada may consider bill on creation of High Anti-Corruption Court on June 21 (Tue, 19 Jun 2018)
Parliamentarians didn’t include in the agenda of the session of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine a presidential bill (No.8497) on the creation of the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC). The Verkhovna Rada Speaker Andriy Parubiy conducted a “rating” vote three times to check whether there are enough votes in the session hall to include the legislative […] The post Rada may consider bill on creation of High Anti-Corruption Court on June 21 appeared first on KyivPost.
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UNIAN: Border guards forced to open fire in western Ukraine after aggressive group tries to attack troops (Tue, 19 Jun 2018)
In Starozhynetsky district of Ukraine’s Chernivtsi region, a group of about 20 individuals attempted to block movement of a border patrol unit and further attacked the troops, according to the State Border Guard Service’s press office. In order to put halt to the unlawful actions, border guards were forced to open fire at violators, according […] The post UNIAN: Border guards forced to open fire in western Ukraine after aggressive group tries to attack troops appeared first on KyivPost.
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Denisova asks Russian ombudswoman to help her visit four Ukrainians in Russian jail (Tue, 19 Jun 2018)
Ukrainian Human Rights Commissioner Liudmyla Denisova has prepared a letter to her Russian counterpart, Tatyana Moskalkova, asking to help her visit Volodymyr Balukh, Oleh Sentsov, Stanyslav Klykh, and Oleksandr Kolchenko, all Ukrainians being held in custody in Russia. “In the context of our recent agreements with the Russian side, we have prepared our letter and […] The post Denisova asks Russian ombudswoman to help her visit four Ukrainians in Russian jail appeared first on KyivPost.
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UNIAN: Stoltenberg- Political differences between Trump, EU leaders threatening NATO (Tue, 19 Jun 2018)
Political differences are putting NATO under strain, but all parties must realize that the transatlantic union “makes us safer,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says. Back in 1952, Lord Hastings Ismay, the very first secretary general of the Alliance, predicted “that there will be persistent efforts to drive a wedge between us” and “that we […] The post UNIAN: Stoltenberg- Political differences between Trump, EU leaders threatening NATO appeared first on KyivPost.
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