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Ukrainian president enacts "split" law
The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, earlier passed a bill on improving the functions of state regulation of financial services markets.
18:44, 16 October 2019
NBU to regulate Ukraine's non-banking financial sector from July 2020
This refers to about 1,900 institutions, including insurance and factoring companies, credit unions, pawnshops, and companies that provide remittance services.
20:30, 16 September 2019
Ukraine's parliament passes "split" law
The decision was backed by 296 MPs with the required minimum of 226 votes.
16:20, 12 September 2019
Split law to be adopted by Oct 1, 2019, Zelensky says
The head of state also named officials responsible for drafting and adoption of the law.
16:30, 02 September 2019
New Ukrainian church punishes Filaret, taking from "patriarch" Kyiv diocese, temples
Only two bishops, both from Russia, came to support Filaret at his "council" last week.
15:00, 24 June 2019
Religious scholar: Patriarch Filaret may be laicized over defiance of new independent church
Russia is manipulating Filaret's ambitions, the expert says.
13:30, 21 June 2019
At Filaret's "Council", decision made to restore Kyiv Patriarchate
The decision is in defiance of the newly created Orthodox Church of Ukraine which was created after Filaret signed the document dismantling the UOC-KP.
16:50, 20 June 2019
Filaret's efforts to restore Kyiv Patriarchate "irreversible aging symptoms": OCU cleric
Patriarch Filaret said on April 27 he was not satisfied with the OCU's status as a metropolis.
14:25, 20 June 2019
Patriarch Filaret ignores new independent church's warnings, invites bishops to attend "Council"
Earlier, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine declared that the so-called "Council" of the now non-existent Kyiv Patriarchate announced by Filaret would mean a split in church and entail "canonical consequences" for its participants.
12:40, 16 June 2019
Patriarch Filaret claims Moscow fine with Metropolitan Epifaniy in top position
Today all "anti-Ukrainian" forces have joined effort to destroy the Kyiv Patriarchate in Ukraine, he says.
14:00, 15 May 2019
Patriarch Filaret admits split in newly formed Orthodox Church of Ukraine
The patriarch stressed the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate had not been liquidated.
14:50, 13 May 2019
Ukraine's Finance Ministry announces deadline for State Fiscal Service reorganization
The reorganization is planned to be completed by late April.
13:17, 17 January 2019
Terms of Fiscal Service split into customs, tax agencies announced
The finance ministry plans to split the Service by the end of April 2019.
21:10, 20 December 2018
Kremlin unleashing international religious conflict between Orthodox churches – Rada Speaker
Moscow earlier vowed to protect the interests of the Orthodox Christians in Ukraine, while and the Russian Orthodox Church ruled to sever eucharistic communication with the Constantinople Patriarchate.
13:35, 16 October 2018
Constantinople ahead of Russia in church diplomacy game
The anticipation of Constantinople possibly granting Ukraine church a tomos on autocephaly thus ensuring independence of Russia by July 28, the 1030th anniversary of Baptism of Rus-Ukraine, earlier hinted at by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, led to full mobilization of pro-Moscow forces opposing the move.
12:40, 24 July 2018
Juncker says no EU unity for Russia Nord Stream 2 talks
<p>The European Commission on Thursday said that despite a lack of unity among member states over Russia’s plans for a new gas pipeline to Germany, it would press ahead to seek support for talks with Russia on its objections.</p>
10:40, 20 October 2017
