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“The mutually friendly relations between our people, the sincere goodwill and interest have always been a reliable foundation of the multifaceted Belarusian-French cooperation that, I am confident, will continue growing actively and fruitfully,” the message of greetings reads.

The indicative budget (of the program) is understandable to me, however I am deeply convinced that we must increase the targeting and put every single efforts to allocate funds to the neediest sectors", underscored the Prime Minister.

Poor rains across East Africa have worsened hunger and left crops scorched, pastures dry and thousands of livestock dead - according to an alert released today by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has passed the government bill No. 6614 on amendments to legislative acts of Ukraine regarding increasing pensions in the first reading. The respective decision was supported by 282 MPs.

The President of the European Commission addressed the Verkhovna Rada and the President of Ukraine: “We agreed to establish a Special Anti-Corruption Chamber designed to struggle against corruption and we do not insist on the establishment of a separate Anti-Corruption Court”.

“Ukraine has great prospects in the integration in the EU's Common Digital Market. We discussed this today. We also insist on other projects that are really ambitious and I am grateful for the support of our partners,” President Petro Poroshenko emphasized.

“The establishment of the Ukraine-EU informal working group on strategic communication will raise the efficiency of our response to hacking and disinformation campaigns from Russia not only against Ukraine, but also against all the EU countries.

In the course of the joint briefing with President of the European Council Donald Tusk and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, President Petro Poroshenko emphasized that the European plans of Ukraine were enshrined in the Association Agreement.

As the war in Yemen grinds on, the increasing battles of attrition are extracting a terrible toll on the country’s women, men and children, senior United Nations officials told the Security Council, calling for concrete action to end the fighting.

President Petro Poroshenko expressed hope that the EU would increase its leading role in the peaceful settlement of the situation in Donbas and support the international initiatives of Ukraine on de-occupation of Crimea.

Prime ministers Andrej Plenkovic of Croatia and Miro Cerar of Slovenia on Wednesday agreed on the continuation of dialogue between their countries.

2017-07-13 - July 13, 2017 - FACTS technology to support major expansion project at Norway’s Nyhamna gas plant supplying power to up to 22 million UK homes