RFE/RL: U.S. to evacuate all Peace Corps volunteers due to coronavirus
About 13 percent, or nearly 1,000
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2020 Tokyo Olympics to be postponed due to coronavirus pandemic, IOC member says
The Olympics would be the latest – and, by far, most significant – sporting event to be impacted by the coronavirus. REUTERS Veteran International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound says the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games are going to be postponed,…
Economic fall under optimistic scenario with COVID-19 will amount to 5% of GDP in 2020 – Kovaliv
The fall of the Ukrainian economy under the optimistic scenario of the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) will amount to 5% of GDP in 2020
President’s office estimates extra costs to fight COVID-19 at $3.5-4 bln, expects to double IMF funding
The President's Office estimates additional costs for fighting COVID-19 at $3.5-4 billion and expects to double financing from the IMF, Yulia Kovaliv, the deputy head of the President's Office, has said. "Only for the fight against coronavirus we already need…
IMF, World Bank, EBRD and other intl fiscal organizations ready to help Ukraine – Zelensky
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has emphasized that the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and other financial organizations were ready to help Ukraine amid the coronavirus pandemic. "Yesterday I had…
Unprotected freelancers wait for laws to formalize relationship with employer
A courier who works for food delivery company Glovo walks during snowfall in Kyiv on March 22, 2020. The activity of platform contractors dubbed “gig workers” is legally unprotected and provides no social guarantees. The Ukrainian government made the first…
Business Update – March 23: Ukraine starts to tally economic cost of COVID-19
A woman wearing a face mask, amid concerns of the COVID-19 coronavirus, crosses Khreshchatyk street in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on March 22, 2020
Mayor Klitschko: 24 confirmed coronavirus cases in Kyiv
As of today, 13 out of the 24 patients are in hospitals, and another 11 are in self-isolation. Twenty-two of them have returned from European countries / Photo from UNIAN Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko says there are 24 confirmed coronavirus…
Ukraine’s JFO HQ updates on enemy losses in Donbas last week: 13 killed, 22 wounded
They also lost a 120
Members of “DPR” deny OSCE SMM patrols passage at checkpoints in Donetsk region
The patrols were unable to enter to Russia-occupied areas. The patrols were unable to cross the contact line / Photo from UNIAN Members of illegal armed formations of the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic” (“DPR”) have denied all patrols of the…