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The former head of the Ministry of Economic Development in an interview with UNIAN said that he will stay in Ukraine and that he is interested in politics, ready to help the country in the development of civil society.

One criminal probe was launched in Ukraine over the illegal banning of the Mejlis; 171 countries, including Ukraine, signed the Paris Climate Agreement, the wage of the Ukrainian MPs increased to UAH 17,650.

The new government of Volodymyr Groysman held its first meeting, the IMF announced readiness to resume cooperation with Ukraine as soon as possible, and the National Bank reduced the discount rate – these are the main economic news of the past week.

Putin's political game around the release of Nadia Savchenko has entered a new stage. The European Commission has proposed to abolish visas for Ukrainians. PACE has assessed objectively in its resolution the situation in Ukraine. France’s top diplomat did not find a better place than Moscow to urge Ukraine to grant a special status to Donbas.

On April 20, for the first time in two years since the beginning of the illegal annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and the beginning of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine, a meeting is held of the NATO-Russia Council.

Ukraine’s national currency has been strengthening against the dollar for the past two weeks. According to experts, this trend will continue in case cooperation with the IMF prevails.

As the new Cabinet has its program green-lighted by the Rada, UNIAN has asked the experts on how the newly-appointed executive branch will act and what innovations may be ahead.

Amid all the ups and downs of Ukraine’s marathon for a new coalition and a new prime minister, the topic of the Russian-occupied Crimea was left a bit sidelined, but the thing to remember is that the oppression of the Crimean Tatar people continues. It is possible that the Mejlis, the elected government body of the Crimean Tatar people, will be banned in the territory of Crimea.

The Games of Coalition have ended with a substitute of Arseniy Yatsenyuk for Volodymyr Groysman, who promised the MPs to show them what it is to run the state. Reformatting the coalition has led to the diverse opposition forming in the session hall of the parliament. The situation in the Prosecutor General’s Office suggests that it is too early to talk about the end of political crisis in Ukraine.

One post – of a Minister of Health – remains vacant in the new Cabinet; 76% of Ukrainians believe that the things are going in a wrong direction in Ukraine; 1,323 Ukrainians declared incomes of more than UAH 1 million.

Ukraine’s three-month “premiership” saga is over. The country has received a new Government, which is to meet a number of strategic challenges for Ukraine to get out of economic and political crises.

Lies have become a regular feature of Russian foreign policy. The European Commission, through its representative in Kyiv Jan Tombinski, has promised before the end of April to submit proposals on lifting visa regime for the Ukrainians. Cooperation between Kyiv and Warsaw is taking on a new shape.

A major offshore scandal that erupted early April, focusing, among others, on Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, set a very difficult task for the Ukrainian authorities – to stop the praxis of seeking corporate benefits in foreign jurisdictions, and to finally reform business environment.

A multinational taxi service involving private drivers Uber may appear in Ukraine in the near future. Ukraine’s taxi operators strongly oppose Uber, organizing protests in fears they will fail competition with the international online service. Although, it is not for them to decide whether Uber should come to Ukraine – it’s up to customers.

It has been almost 30 years since Chernobyl nuclear disaster shocked the world. Its consequences are still a heavy burden laying on Ukraine’s shoulders. Experts believe that, given the right approach, the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone can become not just self-sufficient, but profitable as well.

The public associates judicial reform mostly with the courts of general jurisdiction. However, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, whose role and influence on public policy are enormous, needs change as well

Arseniy Yatsenyuk made a show of his resignation announcement. The process of forming the parliamentary coalition is reminiscent of what the Ukrainian political arena had already witnessed. The foreign-policy complexities may result in a large-scale error-fixing in Ukraine.

20 individuals connected with Ukraine, including the country’s president, were exposed in a journalists’ investigative report on offshore activities; Ukrainians surrendered to authorities 4,542 firearms in the past month; UAH 40,000 was the average size of a bribe in Ukraine in 2015.

The National Bank of Ukraine declared insolvent one of the capital’s oldest banks – Bank Khreschatyk; the Cabinet has launched the development of a mechanism of banning purchases of Russian fuel; the hryvnia has started its gradual strengthening – these are the main economic news of the past week.

The outcome of the referendum in the Netherlands on the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement will be a lesson for many politicians. The scandal over Petro Poroshenko’s offshore companies has smeared the president’s visit to Japan. Russian top officials once again resort to the stone-age anti-Ukrainian rhetoric.