UNESCO mission to visit Ukraine next week – deputy culture minister
Representatives of UNESCO reactive monitoring mission will arrive in Ukraine next week, according to Deputy Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports of Ukraine Svitlana Fomenko.
Society and Culture
06.02.2020
Fifty-four Ukrainians agree to be evacuated from Wuhan – media
Fifty-four Ukrainians have agreed to be evacuated from Wuhan to the homeland in the near future.
Fifty more e-services to become available to Ukrainians in 2020
Ukrainian authorities intend to make another 50 e-services available to citizens in 2020.
Zelensky presents Diia mobile app
The Diia (Action) mobile application is already available to citizens and allows nine million Ukrainians to use their driving licenses and vehicle registration certificates in a smartphone, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
Zelensky presents Diia mobile app
The Diia (Action) mobile application is already available to citizens and allows nine million Ukrainians to use their driving licenses and vehicle registration certificates in a smartphone, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
05.02.2020
Ukraine gets coronavirus test kits
Ukraine has received German test kits for the diagnosis of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), the Public Health Center of the Ukrainian Health Ministry has reported.
Zelensky expresses support to Chinese citizens fighting coronavirus
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky addressed a letter to President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping, expressing condolences over the deaths of people caused by complications from the coronavirus epidemic.
Ukrainian MPs double fines for forest fires
The Verkhovna Rada has approved a law introducing amendments to Ukraine's Code of Administrative Offenses (on strengthening the liability for fire safety violations in forests).
More than 310 thousand babies born in Ukraine in 2019 - Justice Ministry
In Ukraine, 310,605 babies were born in 2019, the Justice Ministry reported on its Facebook page.
Ukrainians most often travel to Poland, Russia - border guards
The number of Ukrainian passengers traveling to the EU countries is growing, whereas the number of those visiting Russia is shrinking, Ukraine's State Border Guard Service has reported.
Royal Canadian Mint again issues pysanka coin
The Royal Canadian Mint has issued a colourized pure silver coin in the shape of traditional Ukrainian Easter egg — pysanka.
Freedom House: Russian authorities in Crimea maintain chokehold on media
Despite the release of Crimean journalist Mykola Semena after four years of probation and a ban on leaving Crimea, the media in the annexed Crimea remain tightly restricted, with professional and citizen journalists facing reprisals for their work.
04.02.2020
Foreign Ministry collecting information about Ukrainians wishing to leave China
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry and Ukraine's consulates in China are collecting information about Ukrainian citizens who want to leave China, with the evacuation of Ukrainian citizens tentatively planned for this week.
Prystaiko declares five apartments, over UAH 2 mln in income
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko earned UAH 2,072,520 as income in 2019, according to his asset declaration posted on the website of the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption.