Politics

Yermak comments on the idea of creating a Donbas advisory council / Photo from UNIAN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak says the idea of creating an advisory council as part of the Minsk Trilateral Contact Group’s…

Serhiy Marchenko becomes Ukraine’s new finance minister / Photo from UNIAN Serhiy Marchenko has been appointed Ukraine’s finance minister after repeat voting by the Verkhovna Rada, the country’s parliament. The decision was made at a special parliament meeting on March…

Some lawmakers are blocking the launch of farmland / Photo from UNIAN Five bills have been registered in Ukraine’s parliament so far to block the signing of the draft law on farmland, which was passed in the early hours on…

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…