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The pace of coronavirus spread in Italy is on the rise as 977 new cases were detected over the past 24 hours. REUTERS Since the start of Covid-19 outbreak, 119,132 people have been infected and 65,765 – recovered, that’s according…
Trump made the announcement in a televised address to the nation. REUTERS Charles Michel, the European Union’s council president, tweeted that the EU would “assess the situation today” after President Trump’s earlier announcement banning travel from 26 European countries to…
Some 68,284 people have recovered. REUTERS The number of deaths from the novel coronavirus originating from China’s Wuhan has risen to 4,638. As of March 12, there were 126,258
Participants in the rally accuse the minister of the lack of results of investigations into murders of public activists and journalists. Protesters demand Avakov’s resignation / Photo from Automaidan on Facebook Several dozen activists on Sunday, February 23, gathered outside…
He sustained serious injuries. The incident occurred during a protest rally / Screenshot from a YouTube video A man attempted to set himself on fire outside the building of the President’s Office in Kyiv on February 26. The flame was…
Privatization is scheduled for 2020-2021. REUTERS Kyiv City Council on Thursday approved a list of 120 objects of municipal property to be put up for privatization. Sixty-two of 95 deputies supported the decision at Council meeting, according to a UNIAN…
No confirmation of coronavirus infection has followed so far. REUTERS On February 27, a Ukrainian woman was hospitalized in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, immediately after arriving at Boryspil International Airport from Italy. Ukrainian border guards during a temperature check recorded that…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has defended the pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine, calling for direct talks between them and the Kyiv government to help restore peace. He said Ukraine had accepted the rebel leaders’ signatures on the 2015 Minsk ceasefire…
President Vladimir Putin has heralded the opening of a railway bridge to the Russian-annexed Crimea peninsula by posing in the driver’s cab and praising construction workers. But the opening of the railway was immediately condemned by the European Union as…
Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was travelling over conflict-hit Ukraine on 17 July 2014 when it disappeared from radar. A total of 283 passengers, including 80 children, and 15 crew members were on board.…