Long promised, never delivered until Sept. 3: Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, voted to end their immunity from criminal prosecution. Lawmakers also gave preliminary approval to several constitutional changes, including reducing the number of members of parliament to 300 from the current 450. Here’s the summary.
Segodnya (Today) print run to become yesterday’s news: Ukraine’s leading daily newspaper, Segodnya, owned by billionaire oligarch Rinat Akhmetov, is eliminating its print edition on Sept. 27, citing rising costs and poor distribution channels. Like many others, it will become digital-only.
Don’t give to Russia: Officials in the Netherlands ask Ukraine not to surrender a key figure in the 2014 MH17 shootdown, killing 298 people, to Russia. The Ukrainian imprisonment of Volodymyr Tsemakh might be holding up a prisoner exchange between the Kremlin and Kyiv.
Angela Merkel invites Oleksiy Honcharuk to Berlin: The German chancellor extended the invitation to Ukraine’s new prime minister. “I would be very glad to welcome you soon in Berlin,” Merkel wrote.
Zelensky’s plans to start an agricultural land market, protect foreign investors: Reuters details the plans here.
China’s ambassador to Ukraine Du Wei complains about U.S. objections to China’s purchase of Motor Sich aerospace company.
Ukraine takes aim at corporate raiding with a change in how the state-run registry of legal entities operates, a move pushed by Minister of Cabinet of Ministries Dmytro Dubilet.
Foreign direct investment in Ukraine amounts to $33.7 billion: This figure is from the State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
BNE IntelliNews runs down the changes: Ben Aris writes President Volodymyr Zelensky is in a hurry to get things done.
Kateryna Lytvinchova is head of the Prime Minister’s office
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