• China invested $1 billion in the Ukrainian energy sector

    Chinese Company CNBM has completed registration of the ownership of the 10 largest solar power plants in Ukraine, with total capacity of 267 MW, as stated by the general director of Chinese CNBM New Energy Engineering Co., Ltd Yongzhi Chen, in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.

    Commenting on the recent news of the purchase of one of the companies, Solar Neptune, he said that it was the last registration of 10 solar power plants, sold for debts, while the rights to the other nine stations had …

  • Ukraine extended the agreement with the Netherlands on the investigation of MH17

    The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, has ratified an agreement with the Netherlands prolonging the treaty on protecting the international mission investigating the crash of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 until August 2017, as reported on the official website of the Ukrainian Government on Thursday.

    Act 1688-VIII ratifies the agreement signed on 28 July 2014, providing the legal framework to continue the activity of the international mission protecting the investigation of the crash. The …

  • Peskov: Russia maintained contact with Trump and Clinton campaigns

    The press secretary for the president of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Peskov, who arrived in New York at the opening ceremony of the World Chess Championship, stated in his interview to the Associated Press that Russian experts maintained contact with colleagues from the US presidential campaign headquarters of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.“Our experts, specialists on the United States and experts on international affairs… constantly communicate with their colleagues here, including those …

  • Montenegro PM accuses pro-Russian opposition of organizing his assassination attempt

    The Prime Minister of Montenegro, Milo Đukanović, has accused the pro-Russian opposition of direct involvement in pursuing a violent change of power in the country. He has also accused them of being involved in his assassination attempt on election day.

    Balkan Insight reports that he stated this while on the Pink M TV channel.

    “I see their activity as part of the preparation of my murder and as an attempt to take away the independence of Montenegro,” Đukanović continued.

    He also called on …

  • NATO exercises begin in Georgia

    NATO exercises began on the Vaziani base near Tbilisi in Georgia on Thursday. This was reported by the Rustavi 2 TV channel.

    These large-scale exercises will last for 10 days and will be attended by soldiers from 11 NATO countries and two partner states.

    A total of 250 soldiers will participate in the exercises. Their main goal is to practice interactions between NATO forces and Georgia in response to crisis situations.

    These exercises are a part of a package of measures adopted by the …