President Poroshenko held a meeting on the fight against contraband in Ukraine, which includes also the occupied territory of Donbass, and initiated a bill on destruction of the excise goods in place of detention and on confiscation of vehicles.
The court, despite the overwhelming evidence presented by the investigation, acquitted the former rector of the Tax Academy Melnik, who was accused of corruption and bribery. The Prosecutor's Office announced that they will appeal this case. Minister of Justice Petrenko says that acquittal of the bribe-taker is an evidence of totally corrupt judicial system.
The Deputy Chief of Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General's Office, who was arrested after the search of his office, was released on bail.
The National Bank slightly strengthened the hryvnia exchange rate after three days of decline: 21.85 UAH/USD (-0.12 UAH), 24.15 UAH/EUR (-0,07 UAH), 3.83 UAH/RUR 10 (-0.01 UAH).
Secretary General of the Council of Europe Jagland considers that Ukraine should record the special status of the occupied part of the Donbass in the Constitution of Ukraine to fully implement the Minsk agreements.
Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Churkin called the attempts to create an international tribunal to investigate the accident with the aircraft MH-17 flight, shot down over the Donbass, futile.
Ukraine's Foreign Ministry protested against the new charges, brought up by Russian investigation against Ukrainian deputy Savchenko.
US Secretary of State Kerry reported on no breakthrough in the negotiations over Iran's nuclear program. He said that decisions must be taken quickly for the US Congress to adopt timely decisions on lifting the embargo. Otherwise, according to him, the US is ready to withdraw from the negotiation process. However, the Iran representatives are more optimistic and claim that negotiations are constructive, because otherwise they would not participate in them.
The US is considering all applications of the Ukrainian government to provide weapons, but at the moment, before the adoption of the program by President Obama, it provides only non-lethal military aid.
The United States successfully tested a new nuclear bomb, is it the first of three tests scheduled for this year. According to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission representative, this bomb is an essential component of the nuclear deterrence.
The European Parliament received the Greek proposals to resolve the financial crisis. German Chancellor Merkel once again stressed that the country's debts will not be written off. Greek Prime Minister Tsipras asked from Europe 12 billion euros for two years, in return his government promises to raise the corporate tax and the VAT for restaurants and hotels. President of the European Central Bank Draghi doubts that it is possible to save Greece from bankruptcy this time.
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