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Chevron pulls out of gas extraction in western Ukraine

December 15, 2014December 15, 2014 The Kyiv Post energy, Ukraine

Global Energy giant Chevron terminated its contract with Ukraine to extract shale gas in western Ukraine after trying for more

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US Congress approves bill offering defensive weapons and more for Ukraine

December 13, 2014 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

In a blitzkrieg vote on December 11, both chambers of the US ​Congress ​passed a landmark bill known as the Ukraine Freedom Support

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Ukraine’s power plants working at minimum capacity because of coal shortage

December 7, 2014 The Kyiv Post energy, Ukraine

Ukraine is obviously short of coal, the country’s newly-appointed Energy Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn told a December 5 news conference in Kyiv. There

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Ukraine’s parliament approves new cabinet with three foreigners

December 3, 2014 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Ukraine’s parliament approved the new Cabinet of Ministers at the December 2 evening session. For the first time in history,

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EU lends $186 million to reconstruct Ukraine’s major gas pipeline

December 1, 2014 The Kyiv Post energy, Ukraine

The European Investment Bank, the European Union’s lending arm, is providing a $186 million loan to Ukraine’s government for modernising

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Ukraine’s lawmakers slow to agree on Cabinet a month after election

November 26, 2014 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

A month after the parliamentary election, Ukrainians are still watching the same political soap opera unravel in grinding coalition talks.

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Ukraine: Pro-Western parties sign historic coalition agreement

November 23, 2014November 23, 2014 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

One year after the start of the EuroMaidan Revolution that drove president Viktor Yanukovych from power on February 21 2014,

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Human Rights Watch releases damning report on Crimea

November 19, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Nine months after Russia seized control of the Crimean peninsula​,  Human Rights Watch has released a report blasting Russia for violating international

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Ukraine: Yatsenyuk names his government candidates

November 16, 2014November 16, 2014 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has named his candidates for the new government. The list of the candidates was published

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