Ukraine's State Service of Geology and Mineral Resources has reported that a deposit with an estimated weight of 2.4 tonnes of gold has been found in the Carpathians of Zakarpattia region's Rakhiv district, according to the regulator's press service.
The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland has confiscated a large amount of gold in a criminal probe launched in 2016, according to the television news service TSN, which cites the Office's response to a respective inquiry.
The Swiss prosecutor's office has refused to disclose at journalists' requests any details about Yanukovych's assets in gold, earlier reported by Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yevhen Yenin to have been arrested.
The law enforcers have arrested more than half a tonne of gold, which was stolen and exported from Ukraine by the associates of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, according to Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yevhen Yenin, Іnsider reported.
U.S.-based Avellana Gold has developed a feasibility study for mining of gold and polymetallic gold ore in Zakarpattia, the west of Ukraine, and plans to invest about US$100 million in it, according to the Ukrainian State Geology and Mineral Resources Service.
Ukraine's National Deaflympic Team has taken the second place in terms of their tally of medals at the 23rd Summer Deaflympics held in Turkey's Samsun on July 18-30, according to the National Sports Committee for the Disabled, according to the LIGABusinessInform news agency.