June 29, 2015

06/28/2015 Ukraine: Daily Highlights - Constitution Day of Ukraine

Constitution Day of Ukraine
The adoption of the Сonstitution in 1996

06.28.2015 Daily Highlights by the Digests & Analytics Ukraine News Agency

Topics from Media and Social Networks

  • Constitution Day of Ukraine.
  • Finance Minister Yaresko calls not to be afraid of default.
  • Poroshenko awarded the Head of the Central Election Committee Ohendovsky with an Order.
  • Ukrainian team got the 8th place at the European Games in Baku.

Key Events In Ukraine

  • Ukraine celebrated its 19th Constitution Day. President Poroshenko laid flowers at the monument to the founder of the first Ukrainian constitution, Hetman Pylyp Orlyk.
  • Finance Minister Yaresko refused to comment the fact that 90% of the sovereign debt of Ukraine belongs to the family of former President Yanukovych. She urged not to politicize the return of the credit to Russia and said that it is one of the bonds that are subject to restructuring, along with other commitments. In her opinion, the announcement of the technical default does not mean the suspension of all payments in the Ukrainian banking system, and there is no point to be afraid of it.
  • The number of fiscal and customs services staff, which was subordinated to the Ministry, will be reduced, and the Minister hopes that the reforms will increase budget revenues. Yaresko also announced about the launch of a pilot project on transferring of one of the customs to the management of the foreign company in order to reduce corruption.
  • Prime Minister Yatsenyuk during the regular Sunday television interview, said that the process of registration for subsidies was considerably simplified. He hopes that within 10 years, Ukraine will be fully provided with the natural gas of its own production.
  • The court arrested one of the leaders of the "Berkut" Special Forces, who took part in the shooting of the Maydan activists on February 20, 2014.

Ukraine at War

  • The situation in the combat zone in the Donbass remains tense but stable. According to the Anti-Terrorist Operation Headquarters, during the previous day, 11 Ukrainian soldiers were wounded. As a result of militants shellings of Avdeevka and Stanitsa Luhanska several civilians were injured. Near Mariupol, as a result of militants shelling, an observation post of a joint center for control and coordination of the ceasefire was destroyed. Settlements and Ukrainian army positions near Donetsk  are under continuous attacks and strong shellings.

Ukraine and the World

  • The demonstration in Yerevan continued, despite the ultimatum, delivered by the police. Their demands remain the same - a complete cancellation of the decision to increase the electricity tariffs. The police did not use the force to disperse the demonstration.
  • The Greek President signed a law on referendum on July 5, where the proposals of the international creditors will be introduced. IMF Director Lagarde considers that in such a way the authorities are trying to play for time and find a reason to refuse to pay the sovereign debt. European politicians believe that there is a high probability that Greece will leave the Eurozone. On Monday, all banks and stock exchanges in Greece are closed  and restrictions on cash withdrawals are introduced. At the same time, the European Central Bank continues to provide the emergency loans to Greek banks.
  • Minister of Transport of Malaysia Liow Tiong Lai said that his country supports the proposal of the Government of the Netherlands and is looking forward to the early establishment of an international tribunal to investigate the destruction of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.
  • Former US ambassador to Russia McFaul said that it makes no sense to Russia to place the  S-400 and Pantsir-S anti-aircraft missile systems on the western borders, since NATO does not plan to invade Russia.
  • The Head of the Council of Europe Tusk considers Russian threat one of the main challenges for the EU, along with climate change, Islamist terrorism and economical crisis.

The Trends


  • The public considers the award for the Central Election Committee Head Ohendovsky, suspected of corruption during elections, and his presence in the office after the escape of former President Yanukovych, a betrayal of the ideals of the Maydan. This is comparable with award, given by President Yushchenko to the former Head of the CEC Kivalov, who took part in election fraud of 2004 in favor of Yanukovych.

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