The draft state budget for 2022 provides for an increase in funding for the Ministry of Youth and Sports by 1.9%, or Hr 137.8 million compared to 2021. This is reported in the draft law No. 6000 of Sept. 15, 2021. In particular, out of Hr 7.169 billi...

Milk production in Ukraine shrank by 6.2% in January-August 2021 compared to the same period in 2020, to 6.04 million tonnes, the State Statistics Service has reported. Read more here. The post UkrInform: Milk production in Ukraine down 6.2% in 8 mon...

A multiday primary election to find a candidate to challenge Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban got under way on Sept. 18 but was suspended due to a system crash. Read more here. The post RFE/RL: Primary to find candidate to oppose Hungary’s...

Pakistan, the fifth most populous country in the world with more than 200 million people, has never been a major trade partner for Ukraine. But over the past two years, Ukrainian grain exports to the Asian country have skyrocketed from $468,000 in 20...

As of Sept. 16, there are 947 patients in hospitals in Kharkiv region who have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the vast majority of whom have not been vaccinated, deputy head of Kharkiv Regional State Administration Mykhailo Cherniak said. “Of th...

If you’re looking for escapist reading, this week’s recommended books won’t help. But if you want a cleareyed and sometimes rousing look at the state of the world today, settle right in: We’ve got books about the Mexican drug trade and Americ...

Even though the Russian authorities no longer allow the public to see the live video feeds from polling stations as the country votes, many videos from polling stations across the country have emerged that seem to show flagrant ballot-box stuffing. R...

France’s foreign minister has accused Australia and the US of lying over a new security pact that prompted Paris to recall its ambassadors. Read more here. The post BBC: French minister condemns US and Australia ‘lies’ over security...

The draft state budget for 2022 provides for a reduction in funding for the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy by 21.7%, or Hr 2.949 billion compared to 2021. According to the draft law No. 6000 of Sept. 15, out of Hr 10.634 billion of the pr...

Ukrainian super welterweight boxer Serhii Bohachuk has defeated American Raphael Igbokwe by technical knockout, according to Ukrinform. Read more here. The post UkrInform: Ukrainian boxer Bohachuk stops Igbokwe in sixth round appeared first on KyivPo...