Events

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine favors creating additional mechanisms designed to support Ukrainian export, in particular the export of finished products through the launch of the Export Credit Agency, to ensure establishment of favorable lending policy and to approve Free Trade Agreements.

The third consecutive failed rainy season in East Africa has seriously eroded families' resilience, and urgent and effective livelihood support is required, the United Nations agricultural agency has warned.

On 13 July, defence ministers of the Visegrád Group (V4) countries met in Warsaw to coordinate the direction of V4 cooperation on defence policy and on the transfer of the Group’s rotating presidency.

Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides announces additional funding to assist and protect civilians in Iraq.

Noting the challenges that continue to hamper sustained progress in combating cholera in Haiti, the United Nations General Assembly underscored the need to strengthen national health, sanitation and water systems

Chinese troops have begun the cross-border delivery of military equipment to the sites where the International Army Games-2017 will take place, the Chinese Defense Ministry said.

“The mutually friendly relations between our people, the sincere goodwill and interest have always been a reliable foundation of the multifaceted Belarusian-French cooperation that, I am confident, will continue growing actively and fruitfully,” the message of greetings reads.

A new multimillion pound collaborative research project led by BP and The University of Manchester could help to dramatically reduce the impact corrosion has on industry worldwide.

The indicative budget (of the program) is understandable to me, however I am deeply convinced that we must increase the targeting and put every single efforts to allocate funds to the neediest sectors", underscored the Prime Minister.

Poor rains across East Africa have worsened hunger and left crops scorched, pastures dry and thousands of livestock dead - according to an alert released today by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has passed the government bill No. 6614 on amendments to legislative acts of Ukraine regarding increasing pensions in the first reading. The respective decision was supported by 282 MPs.

The President of the European Commission addressed the Verkhovna Rada and the President of Ukraine: “We agreed to establish a Special Anti-Corruption Chamber designed to struggle against corruption and we do not insist on the establishment of a separate Anti-Corruption Court”.

“Ukraine has great prospects in the integration in the EU's Common Digital Market. We discussed this today. We also insist on other projects that are really ambitious and I am grateful for the support of our partners,” President Petro Poroshenko emphasized.

“The establishment of the Ukraine-EU informal working group on strategic communication will raise the efficiency of our response to hacking and disinformation campaigns from Russia not only against Ukraine, but also against all the EU countries.

In the course of the joint briefing with President of the European Council Donald Tusk and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, President Petro Poroshenko emphasized that the European plans of Ukraine were enshrined in the Association Agreement.