• Hungary agrees to redefine position of the commissioner for Transcarpathia after Ukraine’s protest

    Hungary has made a decision to change the name of the position of the ministerial commissioner for Transcarpathia after Ukraine’s protest, said Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Pavlo Klimkin.

     “The morning began with a conversation with my Hungarian counterpart Péter Szijjártó. Hungarians understood us and will change the name of their commissioner for Transcarpathia. We continue constructive work on all the other issues,” he wrote on his Twitter page.

    In the summer of 2018, the …

  • Montenegro, Albania, Norway and Ukraine extend sanctions against Russia

    Montenegro, Albania, Norway and Ukraine supported the EU’s proposal to extend sanctions against Russia until January 31, 2019, according to a statement by High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Federica Mogherini, posted on the EU Council website.

    "The Candidate Countries Montenegro and Albania, and the EFTA country Norway, member of the European Economic Area, as well as Ukraine, align themselves with this declaration. They will ensure that their national …

  • Exodus of Russian oligarchs to Cyprus accelerates

    The demand among Russians for property in European offshore havens with the consequent acquisition of citizenship is growing, finanz.ru reports.

    Between January and August 2018, the number of applications by Russian citizens to purchase residential and commercial property in order to acquire Maltese or Cypriot citizenship rose by 40%, according to the consulting company Knight Frank.

    Cyprus’s passport program requires applicants to invest at least €2 million in the economy, of which €500,000 …

  • Lithuania publishes proof of Red Army crimes

    The Genocide and Resistance Research Center of Lithuania published documents on crimes of the Red Army in Lithuania that included murders, rapes and robberies, Delfi news outlet reports. The publication ran on the anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Lithuania.

    Documents of the Communist Party, the Red Army, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and other departments were published on the Internet, disclosing their "repressive and violent actions in Lithuania from 1944 to 1953". The …

  • Ukraine files a request with the US for the purchase of air defense systems

    Kyiv has sent an official request to Washington for the purchase of air defense systems to meet the needs of the Ukrainian army, announced Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States Valeriy Chaly, informs Novoye Vremya news outlet.

    He said that the request was made at “the highest level” during the meeting of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and US President Donald Trump in Brussels, as well as during the meetings of Ukraine's representatives with the US …