Ukraine

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• Ukrainian Parliament adopts state budget for 2018 December 7, 2017
• 24 hours in Donbas: 120 mm mines hit Troitske, Luhansk region December 7, 2017
• Judicial reform: Real consequences for Ukrainians December 7, 2017
• UEFA Europa League: Dynamo Kyiv – Partizan Belgrade 4:1 December 7, 2017
• Ukraine's problems with possible minimum wage increase December 7, 2017
• UEFA Europa League: Zorya Luhansk stands up against Athletic Bilbao December 7, 2017
• Klimkin, Kurz discuss humanitarian situation in Donbas December 7, 2017
• Ukrainian movie Frost about Donbas war to participate in ArteKino Festival December 7, 2017
• UEFA Europa League: Dynamo hosts Partizan Belgrade December 7, 2017
• Ukraine to get news on court trials with Russia in 2018 December 7, 2017
• Parliament dismisses Sobolev from office of head of anti-corruption committee December 7, 2017
• EU delegation to Ukraine urges to cancel draft law on parliamentarian control of NABU December 7, 2017
• Yanukovych's state treason case: Prosecution asks to interview Avakov, Parubiy and Deschchytsia December 7, 2017
• Klimkin met Tillerson, Volker, Wallström at OSCE session of foreign ministers December 7, 2017
• Prosecutor's Office to question Poroshenko on case of Yanukovych's treason December 7, 2017
• Boxing: I always fight to win, – Lomachenko December 7, 2017
• Ukrainian parliament to reform diplomatic service in Ukraine December 7, 2017
• Russia opens criminal case against Ukrainian MP over "calls for terrorist acts" December 7, 2017
• Poroshenko to submit draft law on anti-corruption court if MPs do not remove old one December 7, 2017
• On Trump's inauguration day, Flynn promised to lift sanctions from Russia, – CNN December 7, 2017

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euromaidanpress.com

• Despite criticism, Ukrainian Parliament dismisses head of Anti-Corruption Committee Soboliev December 7, 2017
• Ukrainian authorities escalate undeclared war against anti-corruption front December 7, 2017
• Ukraine may swap its 74 hostages in occupied Donbas before New Year December 7, 2017
• Russian Diaspora: from "Monarchists" to "Communists" December 7, 2017
• Ukraine's anti-corruption reforms are going in the wrong direction: open letter to the EU December 7, 2017

informnapalm.org

• Sergeant Tekuzhev and Major Epishin of the Russian 18th Brigade: after Crimea they were sent to Donbas December 6, 2017
• Monuments of contention: a study into Russia's interference in Ukrainian-Polish relations (video) December 5, 2017
• Uprising behind iron curtain: Article on UPA from September 30, 1948(!) December 4, 2017

en.interfax.com.ua

• Klimkin calls conflict freezing alternative to peacekeepers introduction into Donbas December 7, 2017
• DTEK announces buyback of DTEK Dniproenergo shares for UAH 488.14 per share December 7, 2017
• World Bank follows IMF in expressing concern over attacks on Ukrainian anti-corruption institutions December 7, 2017
• Rada extends moratorium on agricultural land sale until 2019 December 7, 2017
• Ukraine intends to recover UAH 1 bln in recourse from Russian owners of Lysychansk oil refinery December 7, 2017
• U.S. looking forward to Ukraine's next steps towards establishing Anti-Corruption court December 7, 2017
• Rada passes amendments to Budget Code – first bill from 2018 budget package December 7, 2017
• Ukrposhta interested in strategic partnership with bank without problem loan portfolio December 7, 2017
• Norway allocates EUR 950,000 for implementation of EC projects for Ukraine December 7, 2017
• SAPO blames courts for delaying probe against MP Onyschenko and other suspects in 'gas case' December 7, 2017

interpretermag

• "Trump is Dangerous and More Unpredictable than Kim Jong-un", Says Kremlin Propagandist December 7, 2017
• On UAF Day, No Casualties on the Front Line; Saakashvili Supporters Clash with Police; 14 Police, 2 Protesters Injured December 6, 2017
• Demonstrators and Police Clash in Maidan Protest in Kiev; 4 Detained November 29, 2017

Human Rights in Ukraine

kyivpost (mostly for the other urls)

• Tiger Conference: Banks should not view financial technology business as competition December 7, 2017
• Michael Carpenter: 'Ukraine is moving backward on its fight against corruption' December 7, 2017
• Lavrov holding bilateral meeting with Ukrainian FM for first time December 7, 2017
• 112.ua: Ukrainian movie Frost about Donbas war to participate in ArteKino Festival December 7, 2017
• Associated Press: Ukraine parliament removes anti-corruption official December 7, 2017
• RFE/RL: How Saakashvili and Poroshenko got themselves into this mess December 7, 2017
• Associated Press: Tillerson says Ukraine key sticking point in US-Russia ties December 7, 2017
• Guardian: What's it like being LGBT in Russia? Share your stories December 7, 2017
• BBC: Syria war – UN rebukes Russia and Iran over evacuations December 7, 2017
• UNIAN: Gazprom continues lobbying across Europe for gas transit lines bypassing Ukraine December 7, 2017

liveuamap.ua

• Meeting of MFAs of Ukraine and Russia has began in Vienna December 7, 2017
• Department of State: Today, Secretary Tillerson and Austria's Foreign Minister @sebastiankurz discussed our joint commitment to restoring Ukraine's sovereign territory, the war against terrorism and our efforts to defeat ISIS, and North Korea during their meeting in Vienna. December 7, 2017
• Head of anticorruption committee of Rada Sobolev was fired by voting, 256 for December 7, 2017
• Russia's state TV hosts: "Tillerson said that U.S. sanctions against Russia will remain in place until Crimea is returned to Ukraine. Therefore, forever." December 7, 2017
• 34 y.o man was shot dead in Dnipro city, assassins on the loose December 7, 2017
• In joint press avail with @SebastianKurz on margins of OSCEMC17, Sec. Tillerson voiced support for @OSCE, appreciation for work of Chair-in-Office @AUT_OSCE, and called on Russia to allow full, safe, unfettered access to @OSCE_SMM in Ukraine December 7, 2017
• West of Sevastopol US Navy P-8A Poseidon 20,000 feet over the Black Sea – West of Sevastopol December 7, 2017
• The Moldovan Parliament adopted today a law limiting the broadcasting of Russian TV channels in the country December 7, 2017
• MFA Pavlo Klimkin meet with US State Department Secretary Rex Tillerson December 7, 2017
• Foreign ministers and top officials from OSCEMC17 delegations today met Akhtem Chiygoz and Ilmi Umerov –Crimea Tatars recently released from wrongful imprisonment in Russia-occupied Crimea– to hear their story and stand in solidarity with them December 7, 2017
• Russian MFA Lavrov at OSCE meeting in Vienna: Russia could withdraw from JCCC monitoring mission at Donbas December 7, 2017
• Secretary Tillerson on eastern Ukraine: "Russia is arming, leading, training and fighting alongside anti-government forces" December 7, 2017
• MFA Klimkin met with Amb. Volker at OSCE summit in Vienna December 7, 2017
• ATO spox: Russia-backed militants committed 27 ceasefire violations yesterday. Fortunately, Ukrainian Armed Forces suffered no casualties. December 7, 2017
• ATO spox: Donetsk sector – militants attacked Avdiivka and Shyrokyne areas 6 and 4 times respectively, used mortars in both localities; near Shyrokyne they used a tank and anti-tank missiles; Vodiane came under hostile mortar fire. December 7, 2017

qha.com.ua News from Crimea

• Solemn meeting of Parliament to 100th anniversary of Qurultay: Results December 7, 2017
• Zakharov: Russia forces Crimean Tatars to violent resistance December 7, 2017
• Tillerson: As long Crimea is annexed sanctions would remain December 7, 2017
• Umerov and Chiygoz discussed human rights in Crimea at OSCE Council December 7, 2017
• Militants using prohibited weapons in ATO zone December 7, 2017
• Scientific conference to 100th anniversary of First Qurultay December 7, 2017
• Court hearing on detained activists to be held December 8 December 7, 2017
• Khodorkovsky and Navalny commented on Putin running for presidency December 7, 2017
• 2750 Ukrainian military have died since hostilities began in Donbas December 7, 2017
• Ukraine-EU Council to consider state of bilateral relations December 7, 2017

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uawire.org

• International Criminal Tribunal confirms Russia's military involvement in the armed conflict in the Donbas December 7, 2017
• Russia accuses US special services of trying to recruit Russian media December 7, 2017
• Ukrainian representative to UN: Russia should be tried for war crimes in Ukraine December 7, 2017
• Media: Russian security services search offices of largest Russian IT companies December 7, 2017
• Putin: Kremlin will not interfere with participation of Russian athletes under neutral flag at 2018 Olympics December 7, 2017
• Tillerson: Deploying peacekeepers in Donbas a priority for US December 7, 2017
• Russia bans reporters of Voice of America and Radio Liberty from entering State Duma December 7, 2017
• Pentagon: Syria not yet cleansed of ISIS December 7, 2017
• Putin announces complete defeat of ISIS in Syria December 7, 2017
• Putin announces he will run in 2018 election December 7, 2017

unian.info

• NABU's Sytnyk responds to accusations by prosecutor general: It's about corrupt elite craving to survive December 7, 2017
• Rada allows Poroshenko appointing new members to NEURC to unblock operations of energy regulator December 7, 2017
• Russian propaganda once again seeking to "topple" Angela Merkel December 7, 2017
• Gazprom continues lobbying across Europe for gas transit lines bypassing Ukraine – Naftogaz December 7, 2017
• Hungary plays ethnic card in all neighboring countries: experts explain "language row" with Ukraine December 7, 2017
• PGO conducts search in PrivatBank HQ probing customer data leak to Russia – journalist December 7, 2017
• Rada sacks head of Rada's anti-corruption committee Sobolev December 7, 2017
• Operation "Embarrassment" December 7, 2017
• Rada prolongs moratorium on farmland sale until 2019 December 7, 2017
• Ukraine exports 17.5 mln tonnes of grain since July 1 December 7, 2017
• Law on mandatory video recording amid raids comes into force in Ukraine December 7, 2017
• Poroshenko adds $36,144 in interest income from bank deposits to 2016 assets declaration December 7, 2017
• Klimkin: Russia now wages real war against Europe and its values December 7, 2017
• Poroshenko's office: Sobolev to be fired as Rada anti-graft committee's head December 7, 2017
• Construction costs in Ukraine 12.9% up in 10 months December 7, 2017

zik.ua

• A note by ZIK's translator November 30, 2017
• NABU decries interference of SBU and PGO in its operations November 30, 2017
• Denmark bans North Stream over its territory November 30, 2017
• "Axe to fall on AMCU," – Premier Grojsman November 29, 2017
• Justice ministry blows whistle on SBI Director Roman Truba November 29, 2017

Around Ukraine

Balkan Insight

• Serbian Artist Gives Turbo-Folk a Makeover December 7, 2017
• Cancer of Corruption Continues to Blight Europe December 7, 2017
• Fight-Back Starts Against Balkan 'Fake News' Machines December 7, 2017
• Fatal Inaction: How Measles Made a Comeback December 6, 2017
• 'Repat' Brings UK's Craft Beer Passion to Serbia December 6, 2017

Baltic Times

• Two Estonians fined for climbing Freedom Monument in Riga – The Baltic Times December 8, 2017
• Rail Baltica could positively affect freight carriers working model – The Baltic Times December 8, 2017
• Majority of largest Baltic companies expect turnovers grow next year – survey – The Baltic Times December 8, 2017
• Estonian ship guards arrive in Tallinn after 4 years in India – The Baltic Times December 8, 2017
• Estonia's digital solutions to global challenges to be introduced in Brussels – The Baltic Times December 8, 2017

Belarus Digest

• Minsk silently builds a new army December 7, 2017
• Ineffective state-owned enterprises, improved business climate – digest of the Belarusian economy December 6, 2017
• Belarus at EaP summit 2017, peacekeepers in Ukraine, London conference, legal education – Ostrogorski Centre digest December 5, 2017

Finland YLE

• Messy winter weather looms over Finland on Friday December 7, 2017
• Fennovoima to spend 500m on infra – even before nuclear plant building permit issued December 7, 2017
• Survey: Most kids get 5 euro weekly allowance in Finland December 7, 2017

Intelli News

• EC to sue Bulgaria, Romania for failing to adopt copyright legislation December 7, 2017
• Blockchain conference participants call for moderate regulation December 7, 2017
• IIB to advise Mongolia on how to tackle money laundering December 7, 2017
• Belarus forex reserves inch up 0.2% in November December 7, 2017

Muscovy/RF

Meduza.Io

• An elderly gladiator and his cardboard sword. Alexey Ulyukayev's closing statement (in English) December 7, 2017
• Ramzan Kadyrov's 18-year-old daughter has opened her own erotic boutique in Chechnya December 7, 2017
• 'Their hearts are broken'. Meduza talks to Russian-American snowboarding gold medalist Vic Wild about Moscow's Olympic ban in South Korea December 7, 2017

The Moscow Times

• Moscow Police Question American Journalist Michael Bohm Over Registration December 7, 2017
• Russian Foreign Ministry 'Alarmed' by Trump's Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's Capital December 7, 2017
• Former Economy Minister Ulyukayev Apologizes for 'Compromising' in Final Court Appearance December 7, 2017
• Anti-Corruption Protester Sentenced to 1.5 Years in Moscow December 7, 2017
• Why Was a Russian Ambulance Helping an Injured Man in Stockholm? December 7, 2017
• Russia's Defense Ministry Says Syria '100% Free of Islamic State' December 7, 2017
• Artificial Intelligence Robot 'Alisa' Nominated for Russian President December 7, 2017
• Russia Will Support Its 'Neutral' Athletes At Winter Olympics, Says Mutko December 7, 2017
• It's That Time of Year! Red Square's Christmas Market December 7, 2017
• The Olympic Ban on Russia Is a Design Triumph (Op-ed) December 7, 2017

EU – USA – World

Deutsche Welle on EUrope

• Opinion: Vladimir Putin's presidential fortress December 7, 2017
• Catalan independence supporters in Brussels demand EU attention December 7, 2017
• Aspiring NATO member Macedonia angles for membership invite in 2018 December 7, 2017
• EU sues Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland over low refugee intake December 7, 2017
• Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan in historic Greece visit December 7, 2017
• Reporter Birgit Maass December 7, 2017
• Catalonia's Carles Puigdemont vows to remain in Brussels December 6, 2017
• Poland: Ex-military intel chief detained on charges of collaborating with Russia December 6, 2017
• Institute for Human Rights (DIMR) publishes second report on Germany December 6, 2017
• Czech billionaire Andrej Babis named new prime minister December 6, 2017

EU Observer

• Schulz fights for 'United States of Europe' by 2025 December 7, 2017
• Political deal done on EU oversight of car emissions December 7, 2017
• 'Calais of Italy' mayor pleads with MEPs for help December 7, 2017
• Two EU states break ranks on Jerusalem December 7, 2017
• Commission takes Orban's Hungary to court December 7, 2017
• [Interview] Run-off against Putin would be 'success', say opposition December 7, 2017
• [Analysis] Microplastics threat poses dilemma for new EU strategy December 7, 2017
• [Ticker] EU negotiators reach deal on car approvals system December 7, 2017
• [Ticker] Committee MEPs want carbon-neutral EU by 2050 in law December 7, 2017
• EU to 'extend' lobbyist register December 7, 2017

Politico

• Franken resigns December 7, 2017
• Inside the demise of Al Franken December 7, 2017
• Full text: Al Franken's resignation speech on the Senate floor December 7, 2017
• Why Democrats had to dump Franken December 7, 2017
• Shutdown looms as House GOP scrambles for votes on funding bill December 7, 2017
• The Environmental Scandal in Scott Pruitt's Backyard December 6, 2017
• Tears still flow in Tar Creek December 8, 2017
• White House attributes Trump's slurred speech to dry throat December 7, 2017
• White House: Trump Jr. had 'legitimate reason' to refuse to discuss conversation with president December 7, 2017
• Trump Jr. cites attorney-client privilege in not answering panel's questions about discussions with his father December 7, 2017