A draft law that proposes to raise oligarchs’ rents for extracting iron ore may actually allow them to pay less, experts warned. Bill 5600, commonly called the “anti-Akhmetov” bill, was pitched as a tax code amendment that would for...

Ukraine and Kuwait discuss mutual recognition of COVID certificates to facilitate travel of citizens. Read more here. The post Ukrinform: Ukraine, Kuwait discuss mutual recognition of COVID certificates appeared first on KyivPost.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs will create an Office for Business Protection for more effective communication in the field of protection of entrepreneurs, Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky has said. “I have made a decision to create an Offi...

American defenseman Jalen Smereck said he is unsure about his future in the Ukrainian Hockey League (UHL) after an opponent made a racist gesture toward him in a game over the weekend. Read more here. The post Reuters: Smereck unsure about Ukraine le...

Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Dmytro Razumkov has signed a law on stimulating the activities of farms, Ukrinform reports, referring to the parliament’s website. Read more here. The post UkrInform: Razumkov signs law on stimulating activ...

The so-called Supreme Court of Crimea will hold this Friday a hearing of the appeal of Nariman Dzhelyalov’s arrest. Read more here. The post Ukrinform: Mejlis official Dzhelyalov’s arrest to be appealed in occupied Crimea on Oct. 1 appear...

Belarusian security forces shot dead a 31-year-old man, identified by the pro-democracy opposition as an IT worker with U.S. company EPAM Systems, during a raid on Sept. 29 at an apartment block in the capital Minsk. Read more here. The post Reuters:...

MINSK – Belarus’s Information Ministry has blocked access to the website of the Belarusian version of the popular Russian tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda. Read more here. The post RFE/RL: Belarusian version of Russia’s Komsomolskaya Pravda...

The Ministry of Health of Ukraine will destroy 34,000 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine due to inappropriate storage conditions. Read more here. The post UkrInform: Ukraine to destroy 34,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine appeared first on KyivPost.

After signing by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, the law on de-oligarchization will be re-sent to the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission), Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Dmytro Razumkov has said. “And as s...