US company to build nuclear fuel plant in Ukraine
Ukraine has reached agreements with Westinghouse with regard to the increase of supply, and the future construction of a nuclear plant in the country. Interfax-Ukraine reported that this was said by the Minister of Energy and Coal Mining of Ukraine, Ihor Nasalik.
“We have agreed on the diversification of supplies to nearly half of the nuclear units. We have also agreed to build a nuclear fuel plant in Ukraine,” Nasalik said.
He said that they reached these agreements during his recent trip to …
Latvia to spend one sixth of its defense budget on radio systems
The Latvian Ministry of Defense plans to modernize their tactical radio systems in the coming years. To accomplish this, the ministry plans to purchase equipment made by American manufacturer Harris Corporation for €67.4 million. As noted by BaltNews, this purchase represents more than one sixth of Latvia’s entire defense budget.
Latvian military experts say this is good equipment, and the intention is to make the purchase by 2019. The equipment to be purchased includes Falcon-II and Falcon- …
Russia destroyed 7,500 tons of banned food imports
Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) announced that over 7,500 tons of banned food products, mostly fruit and vegetables, were destroyed over the last year, Russian TASS news agency reported.
"Overall, 7,282 tons of vegetable products under sanctions have been destroyed from August 6, 2015 to date," Rosselkhoznadzor’s spokeperson Yulia Melano stated.
The representative added that fruits and animal products were also destroyed.
In July of …
Naftogaz believes their chances of beating Gazprom in Stockholm court are high
Director for Business Development at the national joint-stock company Naftogaz of Ukraine Yuriy Vitrenko stated that Ukraine has a good chance of obtaining a positive decision for their claim against Gazprom in the Stockholm Arbitration Court.
“In short, we are in the home stretch. Trials will start in the next few months. Our position is very firm, as demonstrated by the fact that, in particular, even Putin had to change his favorite statement about Gazprom: that since 2020 they will not need …
Despite ban, Russian airliners frequently fly through Ukrainian airspace
Russian passenger airliners, flying from southern Europe, occasionally cross the Ukrainian border, despite the ban, Ukrainian TSN news channel reported.
In the last few days of July, Ukrainian airspace has been violated, in particular, by Aeroflot aircraft. Ukrainian air traffic services confirmed that the Russian airliners do fly over Ukraine.
"All of these cases are related to the avoidance of hazardous weather conditions, all allowable by protocol. They are allowed to pass through the …