Norwegian parliament investigates officials' links with Jeffrey Epstein
Storting committee begins review of contacts between current and former ministers and the convicted American. Government must explain its actions regarding these relationships.
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SBU blocks drug supply channel to DNR
The Security Service of Ukraine has blocked a channel for supplying medicines from Dnipropetrovsk region to the territories of the DNR occupied by terrorists. The supplies were carried out by certain local business structures.
Cabinet hands over four customs posts to Britons
Today, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk officially announced that four customs posts would be handed over to the management of a British company in the near future.
Lviv prosecutor caught taking a bribe
A prosecutor from one of the district prosecutor's offices in Lviv Oblast was caught demanding a $3,000 bribe from a Ukrainian citizen to reduce the scope of charges in a criminal case. This was announced by Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine David…
Moldovan media report Saakashvili appointed prime minister
New Odesa Governor Mikhail Saakashvili is set to be appointed Prime Minister of Moldova, according to Moldovan media. The former Georgian president stated he is not an "on-call civil servant," loves Ukraine, and is not interested in positions in other…
Korban demands removal of Chernihiv city police chief from office
Tensions remain high in Chernihiv, where by-elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine are scheduled for this weekend in constituency 205. This time, one of the candidates and representative of the Privat group, Hennadii Korban, has demanded the dismissal of…
Moskal sends three caught smugglers to military registration office
New head of Zakarpattia region Hennadii Moskal is actively combating smuggling in the border region. The governor has devised his own method of fighting smugglers. Three individuals caught illegally transporting goods across the border were sent by law…
Recruitment begins for new patrol police in Dnipro
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk arrived in Dnipro today on a working visit, accompanied by Interior Minister Arsen Avakov and representatives of the new Kyiv patrol police.
Interpol no longer seeks Yanukovych
The name of Ukraine's fugitive president Viktor Yanukovych remained in Interpol's database for just over six months. Five days ago, on 16 July, the International Criminal Police Organisation, following a complaint from Yanukovych's lawyers, who claim
Lawsuit filed against Korbans and Berezenko
The upcoming Sunday by-elections in Chernihiv at polling station 205 are likely to be the most shameful and scandalous in Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada. Candidates resort to any means, openly bribing voters with food packages and cash under the guise of a…
SAO detains Ministry of Education officials
According to Ukraine's Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin, the SAO, with the support of the SBU and the MIA, is currently detaining senior Ministry of Education officials linked to the Centre for the Evaluation of Education Quality.
Russian aircraft intercepted again over the Baltic Sea
On 21 July, a Russian Il-20 military aircraft was intercepted again over the Baltic Sea near the Latvian border. The country's National Armed Forces announced this on their Twitter page.
Three closed distilleries found operational in Chernihiv Oblast
Tax police in Chernihiv Oblast were informed that three officially closed distilleries owned by the Ukrspirt concern are still operating, naturally, illegally.