29 August 2016
News
16:54
NABU Puts MP Onyshchenko’s Mother on Wanted List
National Anti-Corruption Bureau put the mother of MP Oleksandr Onyshchenko on a wanted list, according to the ‘Persons Wanted’ page on NABU website. The MP has escaped to London several weeks ago.
16:13
Property and Accounts of Ex-Minister Klymenko ‘Frozen’
Property and accounts of ex-Minister for Revenue and Duties Oleksandr Klymenko who is believed to be one of the main associates of Yanukovych have been frozen.
14:41
Poroshenko Appointed Rainin the Chief of His Administration
President Petro Poroshenko announced the resignation of Boris Lozhkin and appointment of Ihor Rainin the Chief of the Presidential Administration.
12:08
NABU Investigates ‘₴300 Million Embezzlement by National Security Authorities’
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) started investigating the alleged embezzlement of ₴300 million during the procurement of radio stations for national security authorities.
09:26
Government Launches E-Petitions
The citizens will be able to submit and sign e-petitions to the Cabinet of Ministers starting from August 29.
05:22
Human Rights Defenders: 13 Persons Released from SBU ‘Secret Prison’
A total of 13 persons have been released from a ‘secret prison’ of the State Security Service.
28 August 2016
14:33
Locals Demand Roma Evictions after Child Murder
The murder of an eight-year-old girl has provoked civil unrest in Loshchynivka village in Odesa Oblast. Police arrested a suspect, a Roma male, and locals are now demanding to evict all Roma from the village.
13:51
Defense Minister Dismisses His Adviser Volunteer Muravskyi
The Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak dismissed the volunteer and photographer Dmytro Muravskyi who used to chair the coordination center in the Department of Communications and Press of the Ministry and was the Minister’s adviser.
13:13
Anniversary of Ilovaisk Tragedy Marked in Kyiv
Ukrainians marked the second anniversary of the ‘Ilovaisk tragedy’ on Sofiyska Ploshcha in Kyiv, the event was attended by over a hundred mothers and widows of the killed servicemen, volunteer fighters, and activists.
11:54
Leshchenko: Avakov’s Dismissal Will Provoke Rupture of Coalition
The dismissal of Interior Minister Arsen Avakov will incite rupture of a coalition resulting in early parliamentary coalition, the Petro Poroshenko Bloc MP Serhiy Leshchenko believes.
10:10
Journalist Alexander Shchetinin Found Dead in Suspected Suicide
The founder of information agency ‘Novy Region’ Alexander Shchetinin was found dead in Kyiv on the night of August 27. The press service of the Kyiv Office of the National Police reports that the people who discovered his body contacted the police at about midnight.