The Parliament adopted a new law on local elections. Political blocs won’t be able to participate in elections, but the partis, registered or renamed at the time of the law adoption, are allowed to participate. Election of the city Mayors will be held in two rounds. Elections will not be held on the occupied territories. The political advertising will be regulated by a separate law.
A law on the disclosure of property rights registries of movable and immovable property was adopted, according to it, the information can provided not only about objects, but also about property ultimate owners.
The deputies of the Verkhovna Rada decided to process the amendments to the law on the deprivation of parliamentary and judicial immunity. The consideration of this law is postponed till the end of August. The draft resolutions on the abolition of the changes to the Laws on the National Police, the Prosecutor's Office and the Interior Ministry were not supported . Thus, the Head of the Parliament Groisman can sign these laws and submit for President’s approval.
The Verkhovna Rada established a temporary commission regarding the events in Mukachevo, in which participated deputy Lanyo.
President Poroshenko announced that he supports both sides of the conflict in the General Prosecutor's Office and is ready to sign the amendments to the Law on the Prosecutor’s Office.
Ukraine and the United States signed an Open Sky Treaty, liberalizing air transport services and eliminating the state interference with the commercial activities of the airlines.
Chevron Corporation is closing its office in Ukraine after the collapse of the project on the shale gas production.
The official hryvnia exchange rate is relatively stable, but its rate continues to gradually decline against the US dollar : 22.00 UAH/USD (+0.04 UAH), 24.26 UAH/EUR (-0,01 UAH), 3.86 UAH/RUR 10 (-0.02 UAH). Cash dollar and euro in exchange offices are sold and bought at much more expensive rate than the official rate.
During the day, the militants sharply increased the number of shellings with the use of heavy artillery and MLRS of the Ukrainian army positions and settlements, including the settlements under their control under the guise of "exercises" and to show the violation of the truce by the Ukrainian side. As a result of the shellings, the residential areas of Donetsk and Gorlovka were damaged and infrastructure objects were destroyed, there are casualties among the civilians. Five Ukrainian soldiers were wounded .
In Donetsk, several high-ranking "officials" of the self-proclaimed republic were attacked. Arrests were carried out among the military leadership, "the deputy minister of taxes and duties" was arrested in Rostov, "the defense ministry of the DPR" was abolished, the "Republican Guard" was reorganized into the "corps".
As a result of the attacks near the police stations in Lviv two policemen were seriously injured .
In Minsk, behind the closed doors, gathered the "political subgroup" of the working group to resolve the conflict in the Donbass. There are no reports on the results of its work.
The US, Germany, the UK, France, China and Russia reached an agreement with Iran regarding the restrictions to its nuclear program in exchange for the reduction of sanctions. President Obama believes that this event is his greatest victory, along with the health reform and the restoration of relations with Cuba. Arms embargo for Iran will remain for five years after the signing of the agreement. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu called the decision a mistake of the historic proportions. The US allies in the region fear that the agreement is more favorable to Iran than to the international consortium. The members of the Republican Party of the United States believe that the deal on the nuclear program will strengthen the regime in Iran and will allow it to continue to destabilize the region.
Russian President Putin and Saudi Arabia Prince Mohammed bin Salman signed an agreement under which Russia will receive $ 10 billion for investment projects. This money is urgently needed by the Russian economy, which suffers considerable losses due to the Western sanctions. In addition, a decision on the BRICS contingency fund , adopted at the summit of the organization in Ufa, is also intended to reduce the losses from the sanctions and free Putin’s hands.
Prime Minister Yatsenyuk urged the International Creditors Club to accept the government's proposal to restructure the public debt. He said that this week the Parliament is to adopt a number of laws to implement the economic reforms agreed with the IMF. Yatsenyuk invited the US business to participate in the privatization of the state property, carried out by the Ukrainian government.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Pritzker said that Ukraine and the United States are creating a "roadmap" of the investment attractiveness. The US party will review the progress of the Ukrainian reforms in October.
Following the adoption by the Greek government of conditions of European lenders the public sector workers trade union announced strike.
The UN Security Council began discussing the possibility of creating an international tribunal to prosecute those responsible for the MH-17 flight plane crash in the sky over the Donbass.
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