- Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko formally submitted a resignation letter to President Petro Poroshenko amid public outrage over the stalled investigation into an acid attack that killed activist Kateryna Gandziuk, whose funeral was held today in Kherson.
- Ukrainian parliament approved in the first reading a draft law on demining the Donbas frontline. Since the beginning of the war with Russia in 2014, 482 civilians were killed — including 21 children — by landmines and 1,376 people were injured.
- Ukrainian lawmaker, former owner of NewsOne TV channel, and a potential candidate for Ukrainian presidency Yevheny Murayev launched a new TV channel called Nash – similar to the name of his new political party Nashi (Ours).
- Under a new bill signed by Poroshenko on Nov. 7, it is now a crime for Russian nationals or “anyone acting in Russia’s interests” to enter the annexed Crimea by flying from Russia or driving there via the new bridge. Under Ukrainian law, the only legal route to Crimea is the land crossing in Kherson Oblast. Any other ways are punishable by up to 3 years in Ukrainian prison.
- Ukraine’s major poultry producer Myronivsky Hliboproduct, owned by a tycoon Yuriy Kosyuk, received nearly $30 million in subsidies from the government this year.
- Ukrainian delegation is in Shanghai this week to pitch further investment opportunities in Ukraine’s infrastructure.
- Ukrainian state-owned oil company Ukrnafta announced a 400% increase in net profit over the first nine months of 2018. “A significant improvement in financial results reflects a positive trend in prices for oil and petroleum products,” company sources said in a report.
- New data showed that Microsoft and Amazon now hold 50% of the Ukrainian cloud storage market as cloud computing consolidates its position and becomes more popular in the country.
- Owners of used cars imported from the EU blocked several streets in Kyiv in front of the parliament building and the Infrastructure Ministry demanding lower customs clearance rates on car imports.
- Roma victims of a pogrom in Odesa region got justice in the European Court for Human Rights after 16 years since they had been driven out of their homes by a racist mob. The court ordered the Ukrainian government to pay them damages totaling 177,000 euros.
- Kyiv court released former CEO of Mriya agroholding Mykola Huta without bail and under personal guarantee for the time of the investigation. Huta was extradited to Ukraine from Switzerland on Nov. 5 on charges of defrauding the company for over $100 million. “The National Police investigators had no grounds for his arrest,” a source in the Interior Ministry told Ekonomichna Pravda.
- Here’s the full list of people and companies sanctioned by the Kremlin on Nov. 1 in response to Ukraine’s alleged “unfriendly actions” against Russia.
- Kyiv’s Teatr na Podoli (a theater on Andriyivsky Descent) designed by Drozdov&Partners has been nominated for the European prize for modern architecture Mies Van Der Rohe Award.
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