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Thu, 03 Jun 2021 09:00:22 +0000
25 Years of Being a Place Where We Belong
Pechersk School International‘s 25th Anniversary year is one we will recall with pride. This is true, initially, for our many achievements and successes, in the context of the COVID-19 crisis. The school’s educational team rose to the many challe...

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 08:48:57 +0000
ABC News: Biden to look at Russia retaliation after JBS cyber attack
US President Joe Biden says he is looking at possible retaliation after the White House linked Russia to a cyber attack against global meat processing giant JBS. Read more here. The post ABC News: Biden to look at Russia retaliation after JBS cyber ...

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 08:34:39 +0000
UNIAN: Hryvnia strengthens to US dollar on June 3
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has set the official forex rate for June 3 at Hr 27.34 to the U.S. dollar, which made the country’s national currency stronger by 10 kopiykas. Read more here. The post UNIAN: Hryvnia strengthens to US dollar o...

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 08:31:43 +0000
PrivatBank’s transformation is laying the groundwork for its reprivatization
Experts say that if Ukraine’s banking sector is going to thrive, the share of state-owned banks — now roughly half of the sector — will have to shrink. One way to achieve this is privatization. To do that, PrivatBank, the nation’s largest and...

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 08:22:42 +0000
Deutsche Welle: Germany-Russia flights resume after air traffic suspension
Flights between Germany and Russia resumed later on June 3 after both countries suspended airline connections in an apparent tit-for-tat move as a part of diplomatic spat over Belarus. Read more here. The post Deutsche Welle: Germany-Russia flights r...

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 08:20:49 +0000
Ukraine may be Europe’s last promised land for pay TV
After a decade of stagnation due to cable TV’s monopoly, Ukrainian pay TV platforms finally had their year. During the quarantine lockdowns, a growing number of people switched to watching TV shows on their computers, bypassing cable and its tediou...

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 08:12:34 +0000
Court arrests PrivatBank ex-head Dubilet in absentia
The High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine (HACC) at a hearing on June 2 arrested in absentia former head of PrivatBank’s board Oleksandr Dubilet, who is currently on the wanted list. “Investigating judge of the High Anti-Corruption Court ...

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 08:00:00 +0000
Ukraine loses out on Black Sea’s rich natural gas supply
Talks about exploiting the Black Sea shelf have been ongoing since 2012 when estimates revealed that Ukraine’s deep territorial waters may contain more than 2 trillion cubic meters of gas. Shortly thereafter, Russia stole most of Ukraine’s offsho...

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 07:54:03 +0000
The Moscow Times: Russia to expand anti-Magnitsky sanctions worldwide
Russia is seeking to expand wide-ranging sanctions it adopted in response to a U.S. human rights abuse law to all foreigners but will continue to limit its controversial adoption ban to U.S. citizens, according to legislation introduced Wednesday. Re...

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 07:19:29 +0000
Reuters: Russia says Nord Stream 2 pipeline almost complete, 100 km left
The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea is almost complete with just 100 kilometres (62 miles) left to build, TASS news agency quoted deputy prime minister Alexander Novak as saying on June 3. Read more here. The post Reuters: Russia says...



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