Ukraine

Summary of transcript of phone call between Trump and Ukraine’s Zelensky released

U.S. President Donald Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a July telephone call to investigate whether former Vice President Joe Biden shut down an investigation into a company that…

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Trump says he authorized the release of ‘complete, fully declassified and unredacted transcript’ of Ukraine call

US President Donald Trump said he authorised the release of ‘complete, fully declassified and unredacted transcript’ of call with Ukrainian President Zelenski. Tuesday, speaking at the United Nations after news…

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Trump asked a foreign power to help him win, again – Hillary Clinton

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton blasted President Trump on Friday after his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani said he asked Ukraine to look into former Vice President Joe Biden. “The president…

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Joe Biden calls for publication of Trump’s phone call to Ukrainian President amid claims of ‘dirt mining’ on his family

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Friday called on President Donald Trump to make public a July phone call at the center of a report that Trump pressured Ukrainian…

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Trump urged new Ukrainian President to investigate Democrat’s former VP and Presidential candidate Joe Biden’s son

President Donald Trump urged the new leader of Ukraine this summer to investigate the son of former Vice President Joe Biden, a person familiar with the matter said. Democrats condemned…

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Photo Story: Ukrainian animal rights activists rally in Kiev

Dogs hold placards reading 'You need to respect their life rights!' and 'I'm not a fur coat!' during a rally advocating for animal rights, in downtown Kiev, Ukraine on Sunday.…

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Al Bano to be removed from Ukraine blacklist

Italian singer-songwriter Al Bano is to be removed from Ukraine's blacklist for those who have allegedly supported Russia's illegitimate claim to Crimea, his lawyer has announced. "It's," His lawyer, Cristiano…

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Ukraine, Russia exchange prisoners

A major prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine took place on Saturday after lengthy negotiations between the two countries. Planes carrying the prisoners landed at almost the same time at…

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White House reviewing military assistance to Ukraine

The White House is reviewing whether $250 million in military assistance should be sent to Ukraine in keeping with President Donald Trump's view that U.S. foreign aid must be justified,…

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Honacharuk appointed Ukraine’s Prime Minister

Oleksiy Honcharuk was appointed as Ukraine’s prime minister on Thursday, and said economic reforms aimed at accelerating growth would be the focus of his premiership. The 35-year-old lawyer's nomination was…

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Constitutional changes on Ukrainian Parliament’s agenda

The first official meeting of Ukraine’s newly-elected parliament took place on August 29, 2019. Ukrainian MPs plan to amend the Constitution. The Constitution is amended at two sessions, with 226…

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Ukraine warned about China’s ‘debt diplomacy’

U.S. President Donald Trump's national security adviser told Ukraine on Wednesday to avoid being lured into China's orbit by what he called Beijing's "debt diplomacy" amid a Chinese move to…

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Photo Story: Ukraine celebrates National Flag Day

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (C) reviews the Guard of Honor during the National Flag Day celebration at the St. Sophia square in downtown Kiev, Ukraine, 23 August 2019. Ukrainians mark…

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Ukraine’s and Syria’s conflict on agenda as Macron hosts Putin

Syria's and Ukraines' conflict were on the agenda as the French and Russian Presidents met on Monday ahead of the G7 summit in Biarritz, southwest France. Russia was excluded from…

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Ukraine high on agenda as Macron meets Putin

French President Emmanuel Macron will host his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a rare meeting on Monday before the start of the G7 summit in Biarritz. Macron is hoping to…

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Eight people killed in Ukraine hotel fire

Eight people were killed in a fire that broke out in a hotel Odessa in Ukraine, the state emergency services authority said. Firefighters were called to the blaze early on…

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Msgr. Joseph Grech assigned to the Permanent Mission of the Holy See to the International Organisations in Vienna

His Holiness Pope Francis has promoted Councillor of Apostolic Nunciature the Rev. Msgr. Joseph Grech and has assigned him to the Permanent Mission of the Holy See to the International…

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Estonia will not recognise Russian passports offered to residents in Ukraine

Estonia says it will refuse to recognise Russian passports controversially offered to residents in separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine. Vladimir Putin earlier this year promised fast-tracked citizenship to anyone living in Ukraine's…

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Ukraine seizes Russian tanker involved in Kerch Strait incident

Kyiv said it has detained a Russian tanker it alleges was involved in an incident in the Kerch Strait that saw three Ukrainian vessels seized. Ukraine's secret service (SBU) said…

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Escalation of tension between the Moscow and Kiev, Russian tanker involved in Kerch Strait confrontation captured

The Ukrainian government says it has detained a Russian tanker it alleges was involved in an incident in the Kerch Strait that saw three Ukrainian vessels seized. Their crews were…

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Facebook removes fake accounts from Thailand, Ukraine, Honduras and Russia

Facebook said on Thursday it had erased over 1,800 accounts and pages from Thailand, Russia, Ukraine and Honduras, its latest move to counter deceptive political propaganda and other abuses of…

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Ukraine president’s party declares victory

Servant of the People, the party of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, could win a majority in the new parliament, a senior party official said on Monday. Under Ukraine’s mixed election…

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Ukrainian President Zelensky’s party heads for win

An exit poll published by a Ukrainian NGO says Volodymyr Zelensky's Servant of the People party is on course to win 44.2% percentage of the vote as Ukrainians endorse his…

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Ukrainians voting in snap elections

Ukrainians started to vote in a snap parliamentary election on Sunday that could consolidate the power of new President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and hand the novice politician a stronger mandate for…

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Photo Story: Ukraine prepares to go to the polls

An activist dressed like Sauron, the malevolent character of the Tolkien saga ‘Lord of the rings’ and that symbolizes the malevolent forces activity before elections, performs in front of Central…

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Photo Story: The 5th anniversary of the downing of flight MH-17

Tags with the names of all 298 passengers who lost their lives onboard MH17 are seen hanging between trees out the front of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation…

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Corporate Dispatch Morning Briefing

Good morning, Your morning briefing for today. Developing Story: Planning Authority's CEO Johann Buttigieg, in a post on his Facebook page announced that there is a major operation is currently…

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Russia and the Ukraine agree to prisoner exchange

A senior Ukrainian official announced his country and Russia had agreed to exchange prisoners from the conflict in eastern Ukraine over the next month. Kiev’s forces have been battling pro-Russian…

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Photo Story: New sarcophagus for Chernobyl

The European Union (EU) has officially passed the keys to the New Safe Confinement (sarcophagus), constructed atop the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant’s reactor number four destroyed in 1986, to Ukraine…

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Ukraine’s President Zelensky ready to meet Putin in Minsk

Ukraine’s new president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said on Monday he was ready to meet Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Minsk for talks that he said should also involve Germany, Britain, the…

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Royal Navy destroyer HMS Duncan in Ukraine for major multinational maritime exercise

The Type 45 has docked in the Port of Odesa on the Black Sea alongside NATO Allies and partner nations for Exercise Sea Breeze 2019. Alongside forces from 18 other…

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Ukraine captures separatist believed to be linked to MH17

One man who may have witnessed and possibly involved in the shooting down of the MH17 has reportedly been arrested by the Ukrainian secret service. The arrested man is a…

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Seven countries stop their participation in Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe following return of Russia legislators

Delegations of Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, and Ukraine to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe decided to cut short their participation in the summer session following…

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Malaysian Prime Minister has doubts Russia was behind downing of MH17

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad questioned the objectivity of the investigations into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 and added that Russia is being made a scapegoat for that tragedy…

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Corporate Dispatch Be Informed Evening Roundup

Good evening, These are the headlines of the stories that our editorial team at Corporate Dispatch worked on Thursday. 10-year-old child dies in traffic accident in Manikata - Read more…

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Ukrainian court upholds order for new parliamentary elections

Ukraine's Constitutional Court upheld the order given by the new president Volodymyr Zelensky to dissolve parliament and go for general elections. The elections will be held tomorrow.n The order calling…

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UPDATED : Four charged with murder over downing of MH 17

Investigators probing the downing of a Malaysia Airlines jet in eastern Ukraine in which 298 people died in 2014 are to charge four persons with murder. The Dutch-led Joint Investigation…

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Pentagon Announces $250M to Ukraine

The U.S. Department of Defense announced plans to provide $250 million to Ukraine in security cooperation funds for additional training, equipment, and advisory efforts to build the capacity of…

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Corporate Dispatch BeInformed Evening Roundup

Good evening, These are the headlines of the stories worked upon our editorial team on Tuesday. Boris Johnson increases lead, Raab eliminated from Tories’ leadership race Malta: Protest against developers…

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Merkel stresses that sanctions against Russia for Crimean annexation must remain

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for his first official visit to Germany. At a joint press conference, Merkel backed Zelenskiy's remarks that sanctions…

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“New developments” in MH17 investigation

There are "new developments" in the investigation into the downing of flight MH17, the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) said on Friday in an email sent to the relatives of…

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EU-wide operation against counterfeit products, Law enforcement agencies in Malta involved in the operation

More than 4.7 million counterfeit products seized, over 16 400 social media accounts suspended and 3 300 websites closed in the EU-wide operation Aphrodite II against trafficking of counterfeit goods.…

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Corporate Dispatch End-of-Day Roundup

The British and Americans have been historic partners, they have shared values, and those values will endure for the next 75 years and beyond. That is why she was so…

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Ukraine’s new President says country aspires to be EU and NATO members

During his visit to Brussels on Tuesday, newly elected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said his country still aspires to being a member of both the European Union and the NATO…

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Former Georgian president Saakashvili gets back his Ukrainian citizenship

Ukraine’s new President Volodymyr Zelensky has returned the Ukrainian citizenship to exiled former Georgia president Mikheil Saakashvili and is returning to Ukraine. Saakashvili was last known to be living in…

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UN Maritime Tribunal orders Russia to release sailors arrested onboard Ukrainian vessels back in November

Russia must release 24 sailors it arrested onboard three Ukrainian vessels last year as they crossed a strait between Russian-annexed Crimea and southern Russia, an international maritime tribunal said on…

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Ukraine’s early election may take place on July 21

Ukraine may hold a snap parliamentary election on July 21, an adviser to new President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday after Zelenskiy held consultations with lawmakers. “We see the most…

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Ukrainian President Zelensky dismisses Parliament and calls early election

Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine's new President, in a somewhat surprise move, dismissed his parliament upon assuming office and called an early election. Zelensky addressing MPs and dignitaries in his first presidential…

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Possibility of a snap election in the Ukraine increases

The probability of an early election in the Ukraine looks one step closer after the ruling coalition broke up after the People’s Front party quit outgoing President Petro Poroshenko’s…

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Corporate Dispatch Friday Morning Briefing – Friday 17th May 2019

Good morning, Theresa May seems set for departure, Malta qualifies for the Eurovision final, Australia goes to the polls, Angela Merkel's political future are some of today's selection of headlines…

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Zelensky to be sworn in as Ukraine’s new President on May 20

The inauguration date for Ukraine’s president-elect Volodymyr Zelensky has been set for May 20 during a parliamentary session in Kiev. The swearing in will be held amid tension and…

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Putin raises possibility of meeting new Ukrainian leader

Russian President Vladimir Putin has raised the possibility of meeting Ukraine's president-elect. This possible move is being seen as a sign Moscow might want to improve relations that soured after…

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Russia irked with Ukraine’s law to boost use of Ukrainian language

Tensions mounted between Moscow and Kiev after Ukraine’s parliament voted to boost the use of the Ukrainian language, a move testing already fraught relations between the two countries in the…

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33 years since Chernobyl’s apocalyptic disaster

Ukrainians lay flowers at the memorial for 'liquidators' who died during the cleaning up after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster during a ceremony in Slavutich city, Ukraine, early 26…

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Corporate Dispatch Morning Briefing and Newspaper Review

Good morning The latest from Sri Lanka, Northern Ireland, Ukraine and the headlines of Malta's front page stories in your morning briefing for Monday. The death toll in Sri Lanka…

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Comedian Zelensky wins the Ukrainian presidency

Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelensky has won a landslide victory in the Ukrainian presidential election. Zelensky, who dominated the first round of voting three weeks ago, won more than 70% support.…

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Ukraine: Polls show Zelensky winning 73% of the vote, beating incumbent President Petro Poroshenko in the run-off elections

Exit polls show Volodymyr Zelensky has won a major victory over incumbent Petro Poroshenko. The comedian plays the role of president in a fiction television sit-com. Ukraine's president holds significant…

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