Politics

Maksym Stepanov / Photo from UNIAN Newly appointed Ukraine’s Health Minister Maksym Stepanov has called the fight against coronavirus and the completion of health care reform his major priorities. “There is a lot of work ahead. The first priority is…

Andriy Yermak / Photo from UNIAN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak says that the main condition for holding a new summit in the Normandy format for the leaders of Ukraine, France, Germany, and Russia is the…

Zelensky and Merkel discuss issues related to COVID-19, Donbas / Photo from UNIAN The Ukrainian leader has agreed with his German counterpart that EUR 150

Photo from UNIAN Two Ukrainian legislators have blocked the signing of the law lifting the long-standing ban on farmland sales, which was voted overnight Tuesday in a bid to unblock IMF funding. The MPs have used their procedural rights to…

Illia Yemets / Photo from UNIAN The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s Parliament, has dismissed Health Minister Illia Yemets and Finance Minister Ihor Umansky. The move on Yemets was backed by 271 MPs, while 249 lawmakers voted for Umansky’s sacking. Yemets and…

Photo from UNIAN Serhiy Sivokho has been dismissed from the post of an advisor to the secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. Detector.media says that’s according to the NSDC’s response to journalists’ inquiry. Another aide, Maksym…

Oleksiy Reznikov / kievcity.gov.ua Vice Prime Minister, Minister for the Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov has said the team of President Volodymyr Zelensky is considering several options for the development of the situation regarding the return of…

Photo from UNIAN The so-called “advisory council” within the framework of the Trilateral Contact Group for Donbas settlement in Minsk could be created after the approval of the Normandy Four member states at the level of advisers, says Vice Prime…

REUTERS The Cabinet of Ministers, Ukraine’s government, has supported the initiative of Health Minister Illia Yemets to strengthen quarantine measures amid the coronavirus spread. The relevant decision was made at an extraordinary government meeting on March 29, the press service…

Zelensky says two bills need to be passed to secure support from donors / Photo from UNIAN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says there is default looming if Ukraine’s parliament fails to pass two important bills. “I would also like to…