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The Ukrainian Cabinet approved a priority action plan and launched a customs reform, the National Bank sent a good signal by decreasing the key interest rate and easing the foreign exchange market, and the banking market saw new bankruptcies – these are the main economic news of the last week of May.

Russian state-owned banks want to leave the Ukrainian market. VTB announced its intentions publicly while two other subsidiaries in Ukraine – Prominvestbank and Sberbank – are still waiting. Experts believe that the inevitable withdrawal of the Russians from the Ukrainian market will not bring significant problems.

On May 25, 2016, the Ukrainian female pilot and a member of parliament, the most high profile of Ukrainian citizens, who have become the Kremlin’s captives, Nadia Savchenko finally returned home. The Ukrainian citizen was a prisoner of the Russian Federation for more than 700 days. UNIAN remembers the key moments of the history of Nadia’s captivity.

NATO Assistant Secretary for Emerging Security Challenges, Ambassador Sorin Ducaru ahead of his visit to Ukraine has told UNIAN about the Alliance’s joint projects with Ukraine within the framework of the Science for Peace and Security program.

Head of socio-cultural research at Russia’s Levada-Center Alexei Levinson in an interview with UNIAN explains why it was so easy for the Russians to agree on war with Ukraine.

Oleksandr Kotsyuba in an exclusive interview with UNIAN explained why Ukraine no longer produces aircraft by a "Soviet" scheme, why Antonov design bureau withdrew from cooperation with Russia and what opportunities our country can offer to the market in the segment of commercial and civilian air transportation.

Parliamentary coalition fails to please the public with stability and efficiency. Ukraine’s newly appointed prosecutor general Yuriy Lutsenko decided not to make any sharp moves. Jamala's victory at the Eurovision-2016 makes the country’s officials discuss the prospects for holding the next year's finals in Ukraine.

18 Crimean Tatars remain in detention in the Russian-occupied Crimea; the SBU Security Service reports 657 people as missing in Donbas; hosting a Eurovision-2017 song contest may cost Ukraine EUR 14.5 million.

Jamala's victory at the Eurovision Song Contest gives Ukraine a new chance for the implementation of the strategy of cultural diplomacy. The European Union has begun to turn up its nose at the issue of granting a visa-free regime for Ukraine, Georgia and Kosovo. New envoys of Ukraine’s strategic partners in Kyiv are able to give a positive impetus to bilateral relations.

The IMF mission is satisfied with Ukrainian reforms; Prime Minister Groysman presented his plan for the country’s development, while Ukraine’s strategic enterprise, the Odesa Portside Chemical Plant is put up for sale – these are the main economic news of the past week.

Despite a year-old declaration by Ukraine officials that the illegal amber mining was about to be stopped, the "Amber People's Republic" is still thriving. The only thing that changed is the levy for such unlawful extraction.

Vice Prime Minister Pavlo Rozenko in an exclusive interview with UNIAN explained how he had gotten into Groysman’s government and what the area of his responsibility is. He also voiced his own assessment of ex-minister Abromavicius’s move and commented on the preliminary results of verification of social benefits, naming the problems regarding payments to the internally displaced persons (IDPs) and outlining the prospects for pension reform.

As Ukraine marks the anniversary of the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people, the people should not only remember the tragic events of 1944 but also keep in mind the importance of a strategy to return the Russian-occupied Crimea in order to not let the ethnocide repeat today.

For the second consecutive week, one of the hottest debates in the Verkhovna Rada has been on setting up a temporary investigative commission to probe corruption of senior officials. However, even if the commission is established, it will not solve the problem. UNIAN knows why.

On the eve of the tragic date - the anniversary of the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people - the occupation authorities in Crimea have been tightening the screws ever more thoroughly.

A well-known Russian historian and social activist Valeriy Solovey spoke to UNIAN about the secrets used by the Russian propaganda and the things of which Ukraine should be proud.

The deputy head of the National Bank of Dmitry Sologub in an interview with UNIAN has talked about the IMF mission in Ukraine, the upcoming first international conference to be held in Ukraine on the transformation of the central banks, the regulator’s forecasts and plans on forex liberalization.

Arming itself with the cult of the “Great Victory,” Russia tried to escalate inner political situation in Ukraine on May 9. Yuriy Lutsenko changed his post of a leader of the largest parliamentary faction for the chair of Ukraine’s Prosecutor General, with the help of  certain amendments to the legislation. By-elections in four single-mandate constituencies will be a litmus test for many political forces. The prime minister announced an action plan for the transformations in the country.

Ukraine’s Jamala has taken the first spot at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest; 264 deputies voted for the appointment of Yuriy Lutsenko Prosecutor General of Ukraine; there are 41 million internally displaced persons across the world.

The IMF mission to Ukraine is examining priority reforms in the economy declared by the Ukrainain authoirities, the prime minister threatens the customs officials with a so-called "Black Hundred," while the fight for Ukraine’s largest gas producer Ukrgasvydobuvannya broke out with more vigor – these are the main economic news of the past week.