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RFE/RL: Hungary’s Orban calls for referendum on ‘anti-LGBT’ law

BUDAPEST — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has announced plans for a referendum on child-protection issues to gauge support for controversial …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Mykolaiv seaport cuts cargo handling by 16.9% over six months

Mykolaiv seaport in January-June reduced cargo handling by 16.9% compared to the same period in 2020, to 11.927 million tonnes. According to the data …
Interfax-Ukraine

Mines forced to pay salary debts from 80% of their sales 

Mines in Ukraine that have overdue debts in salaries to miners will be obliged to pay wages using 80% of the proceeds from the sale of their products, …
Oleksii Chaharnyi

UA.TV: The fourth modern sports ground is working in Kharkiv

An urban park instead of a waste lot. The fourth modern sports ground has been opened in eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. It is already considered …
UA.TV

Lithuania limiting rights of illegal immigrants

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda signed legislative amendments on July 21 limiting the rights of illegal immigrants, the office of the president …
Interfax-Ukraine

Authorities detain first-ever suspected pirate in Ukraine’s history

The Security Service of Ukraine, or SBU, detained a Ukrainian citizen who seized a ship in the Indian Ocean and demanded a ransom for its release, the …
Daria Derevianchuk

John Lough: Why Ukraine’s system of crony capitalism endures

John Lough outlines how Ukraine’s crony capitalism – described as ‘systema’ – is an enduring relationship between big business and the country’s …
John Lough

Joanna Pritchett: Russia’s economic influence in the Mediterranean

Russia has returned as a major actor in the Mediterranean. Yet a closer look at its economic tool kit in this region suggests concerns about Russian …
Joanna Pritchett

Paul Goble: If to write Russian history the way Putin writes Ukraine’s

Vladimir Putin describes the history of Ukraine as the result of the actions of outside powers, effectively negating the role of the Ukrainian people …
Paul A. Goble

Reuters: Kremlin says Russia won’t use energy as political weapon

MOSCOW – Russia would never use its energy supplies as a tool to exert political pressure, the Kremlin said on July 21, commenting on the Nord Stream …
Reuters

UkrInform: Ukraine approves draft agreement with Hungary on mutual recognition of education

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a draft agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of Hungary on the mutual recognition of …
UkrInform

RFE/RL: How Stalin liquidated the Ukrainian peasant class

On Jan. 30, 1930, the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU(b) issued a resolution ‘On measures for the liquidation of kulak property’, …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
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EuroMaidan Press

Vaccination center in Kyiv now offers Moderna and Pfizer to everyone

Moderna and Pfizer vaccines are now available in the Kyiv vaccination center. Previously, only CoronaVac was available. On July 18, Ukraine received 2 …
Oleksii Chaharnyi

Court recognizes seizure of goods in simplified customs control zone as unconstitutional

The Constitutional Court of Ukraine on July 21 made three decisions on the constitutional complaints of citizens of Ukraine: it declared …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: Newlywed Svitolina back on court

TOKYO – Few athletes would have had a more eventful buildup to the Tokyo Olympics than Ukrainian Elina Svitolina and Gael Monfils of France. Read more …
Reuters

Associated Press: US life expectancy in 2020 saw biggest drop since WWII

NEW YORK — U.S. life expectancy fell by a year and a half in 2020, the largest one-year decline since World War II, public health officials said on …
Associated Press

E-residency for tech specialists to bring Ukraine $1.5 million annually 

The Ukrainian parliament voted in the first reading for a bill that allows foreign tech specialists to register businesses and pay taxes in Ukraine …
Daryna Antoniuk

UA.TV: Ukraine lost $135 billion because of the occupation of Crimea by Russia

Ukraine lost $135 billion because of the occupation of Crimea by Russia. This data was provided by the Center for Economic Strategy. My colleagues …
UA.TV
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