Israeli lawmakers passed a law on Monday allowing the government to temporarily shutter foreign media outlets that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has determined undermine the country’s national security, and the Israeli leader said he would use the new law to block Al Jazeera broadcasts and activities in Israel. Mr. Netanyahu’s government has had a tense…
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Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba, after the meeting of the ministerial conference “Restoring Justice for Ukraine” which took place in The Hague (the Netherlands) on Tuesday, said that the current expansionist policy of Russia is inextricably linked with impunity throughout the entire imperialist history of Russia, it is reported on the website…
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The share of non-performing loans (NPL) in the banking sector as of March 1, 2024 decreased to 36.59% from 36.75% in February, mainly due to a decrease in problem loans to individuals by 0.45 percentage points (p.p.), to 22.35%, according to data from the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU). The volume of loans in February…
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Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk together with President of the National Assembly of the French Republic Yaël Braun-Pivet visited Odesa. “The seaport, a place that has been repeatedly attacked by enemy missiles and drones. Together with President of the National Assembly of the French Republic Yaël Braun-Pivet, we visited the port, where, first…
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that attacks on Russian refineries are a response to attacks on the Ukrainian energy system. In an interview with the Washington Post published Friday, Zelenskyy argued that he could check Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy grid only by making Russia pay a similar price. “If there is no air…
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One year ago on Friday, Ella Milman and Mikhail Gershkovich received a chilling phone call from the managing editor of The Wall Street Journal. Their son, Evan, a foreign correspondent for The Journal who was on a reporting assignment in Russia, had missed his daily security check-in. “We were hoping this was some kind of…
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Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has described the extraction of critical raw materials as a promising area of cooperation, the presidential press service said. “Rare earths have become a key component for a broad range of technologies. They are needed to achieve net-zero emissions and in strategic sectors such as industry, digital technology, space and defense.…
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The new leadership of the High Qualifications Commission of Judges (HQCJ) should be virtuous and independent, the Italian Presidency of the G7 Ambassadors Support Group in Kiev said in a statement published on social network X on Thursday. “The G7 Ambassadors are closely following the news of the High Qualifications Commission of Judges and call…
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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky during his working visit to Sumy region took part in the first regional meeting on the new program of economic policy “Made in Ukraine”. “For the first time held a regional meeting regarding our new program of economic policy “Made in Ukraine”. There is a substantial amount of funds for…
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On March 23, omnichannel retailer Foxtrot opened a new store in the Victory Plaza shopping and entertainment complex in Kryvy Rih (Dnipropetrovsk region), expanding the network in the country to 125 outlets, the retailer’s press service reported on Tuesday. According to the report, the store has become the fifth facility of the chain in the…
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