Ukrainian Foreign Ministry: Ukraine and NATO have not formally prepared ministerial meeting of joint commission for December
Ukraine and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have not formally prepared for a December meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the NATO-Ukraine Commission, reported the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
The Ministry notes that events at the level of the Foreign Ministers of NATO are usually held twice a year: once in April or May, and a second time within the first ten days of December.
The meeting of the Foreign Ministers in December was envisaged by an annual national program …
Human rights activists: at least 52 people are political prisoners in annexed Crimea
To date, 52 people are being held in detention centers in the annexed Crimea for political reasons; and since 2014, at least 70 people have become political prisoners, as reported in an expert study conducted by the Crimean Human Rights Group (CHRG), Krym.Realii reports.
"To date, 52 people continue to be held in prisons and detention facilities in Crimea or Russia; three are under house arrest, and this figure is inconclusive, because there are other criminal cases in the Crimea in which …
Head of Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s office: US is concerned over tensions between Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Prosecutor’s General Office
The US State Department supports Ukrainian anti-corruption bodies and is extremely unhappy with the conflict between the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO), stated the Head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP), Nazar Kholodnytsky.
"The first key message we heard from the US State Department was, "We support you 1000 %." These are their exact words. Their second statement is that all conflicts should be resolved through …
Polish Ambassador to Ukraine: Kyiv was first to start denying Poles entry to Ukraine
The Ambassador of Poland to Ukraine, Jan Pieklo, believes that Ukraine was the first country to start the practice of creating “black lists” for Poles, the diplomat told the Delovaya stolitsa newspaper.
“As for non-grata persons, Ukraine was the first who started this practice. A year ago, the Mayor of the Polish city of Przemysl, Robert Choma, was denied entry to Ukraine. A little bit later the same happened to a Polish professor from Lublin. Then Poland retaliated and denied entry to …
Saakashvili's wife says that Kyiv is preparing to extradite her husband to Georgia
Interfax-Ukraine reports that Sandra Roelofs, the spouse of the Movement of New Forces Party (Rukh Novykh Syl) leader Mikheil Saakashvili, said on the Rustavi 2 television channel that the Georgian and Ukrainian authorities are preparing for the extradition of her husband from Kyiv to Tbilisi.
"I have no hope that the Ukrainian court, which is due to impose a measure of restraint on my husband tomorrow, will be fair. Most likely, the Ukrainian authorities have already told the court what …