Europe

Ukraine parliament brings back powers of anti-corruption agency

Ren Leen December 15, 2020

KYIV (UKRAINE) – Ukrainian lawmakers voted to bring back powers of the NAZK anti-corruption agency on Tuesday in pursuit of securing new loans from the International Monetary Fund to tackle a sharp economic slump caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The constitutional court had made a ruling

Finance

World Bank gives approval for $300 million loan in the battle against poverty in Ukraine, amid COVID

Editorial Bureau December 12, 2020

KYIV (UKRAINE) – The World Bank has approved an additional loan of $300 million to help Ukraine’s government support low-income families amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, the bank said late on Friday. “The new funds will help finance Ukraine’s COVID-19 social protection emergency response by introducing fast cash transfers to individuals and households

Europe

Ukrainian student starts initiative to convert fallen tree leaves into paper

Editorial Bureau December 2, 2020

ZHYTOMYR (UKRAINE) – Valentyn Frechka was a high school student living in rural Ukraine when he began a science project to turn fallen leaves from trees and plants into paper. Three years on, and the 19-year-old is heading an initiative called “Re-leaf Paper”, producing paper bags and packaging from fibre extracted from dead leaves. The […]

Europe

Ukraine’s total coronavirus cases surpasses 700,000, health minister says

Ren Leen November 28, 2020

KYIV (UKRAINE) – The total number of novel coronavirus cases in Ukraine climbed to 709,701 as it registered a record daily tally of 16,294 new infections in the past 24 hours, health minister Maksym Stepanov said on Saturday. He said 184 patients had died of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, taking the total number […]

Europe

Ukraine is hopeful to get eight million doses of COVID-19 vaccine

Editorial Bureau November 20, 2020

KYIV (UKRAINE) – Ukraine said on Friday it was expecting to receive eight million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine by the first half of next year. It reported 14,575 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, passing the previous day’s record of 13,357. Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said that the tally jumped to 598,085 […]

Sport

Three Ukraine players test positive for COVID-19 ahead of Switzerland match

Editorial Bureau November 16, 2020

KYIV (UKRAINE) – Ukraine’s national soccer team are waiting for the decision to be made by Switzerland’s authorities if their Nations League match will be allowed tomorrow after three of their players tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday. The team said in a statement, “The tests of three players – Eduard Sobol, Yevhen Makarenko and […]

Europe

Ukraine’s health minister diagnosed with COVID-19

Editorial Bureau November 15, 2020

KYIV (UKRAINE) – Ukrainian Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said on Saturday he had tested positive for COVID-19, shortly after announcing the country had posted a record number of new cases in a single day. “This is a war, every day the virus takes the lives of Ukrainians,” Stepanov told a televised briefing at which he […]

Europe

Ukraine President Zelenskiy hospitalised because of COVID-19

Ren Leen November 12, 2020

KYIV (UKRAINE) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was hospitalised after he contracted coronavirus earlier this week, a presidential official said on Thursday. “He first went home, but decided to move to Feofania (hospital). To accurately isolate and not expose anyone,” a presidential spokeswoman told Reuters. “There are better

Europe

Ukraine witnesses record number of daily COVID-19 fatalities

Editorial Bureau October 28, 2020

KYIV (UKRAINE) – The national security council of Ukraine said on Wednesday the number of daily coronavirus fatalities has climbed to 165 from the previous record of 141 deaths on Oct. 21. According to the council, there were 7,474 new infections in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 363,075 cases with 6,755 fatalities.

Europe

Ukraine again hits record number of daily new coronavirus cases

Ren Leen October 23, 2020

KYIV (UKRAINE) – Ukraine registered a daily record of 7,517 COVID-19 cases, the national security council said on Friday. The total number of cases touched 330,396. The council said 121 new coronavirus-related deaths were reported in the past day. On Wednesday itself, the toll hit a record 141. Ukraine has recorded over 5,000 new coronavirus […]