OSCE Secretary General Greminger goes to Donbass. OSCE Secretary General Tomasz Greminger arrives in eastern Ukraine this week. This was reported by the press service of the OSCE. "As part of his trip to the east of Ukraine, Mr. Greminger will talk about the role of the OSCE and its activities in Ukraine," the message says..
*** Groisman initiated an official investigation into the facts of delayed payment of pensions. Prime Minister of Ukraine Vladimir Groysman decided to initiate an internal investigation into the actions of the leadership of the Pension Fund of Ukraine and the heads of PFCs in the regions. "We need to understand the situation in order to prevent its recurrence. The central budget of the debt to the PFC does not have. Ukrainian pensioners deserve respect and protection, "Groysman stressed..
*** Parliament should support the initiatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to strengthen responsibility for violation of traffic rules. This was during a meeting chaired by Prime Minister of Ukraine Vladimir Groisman on topical issues of strengthening road safety on Wednesday, July 25, said First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Sergey Yarovoi. According to Yarovoi, it is necessary to strengthen liability for violation of traffic rules.
*** ECtHR urges Sentsov to stop hunger strike. The European Court of Human Rights made a decision on interim measures against the illegal convicted Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov, who is starving to release all Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia. This is reported in a press release of the court. "The court decides on an interim measure of medical assistance for Oleg Sentsov and calls on him to stop the hunger strike," the message says.. The court called on Russia to grant Sentsov appropriate treatment, and the director himself was asked to take the medicine for the sake of saving his life.
*** Pentagon allocates money for Javelin production for Ukraine. The US Defense Ministry has signed a contract for the production of portable anti-tank missile systems Javelin worth more than $ 307.5 million. Produce them will be a consortium Raytheon-Lockheed Martin, said the Pentagon. The complexes are intended for export to Ukraine, Estonia, Lithuania, Turkey, Taiwan and Australia. Under the terms of the contract, this Javelin party should be ready by August 31, 2021.
*** Harvest-2018: 20 million tons of new crop harvested. In Ukraine, as of July 25, 20 million tons of early grain and leguminous crops were harvested at a yield of 31.9 centners per hectare.
*** Military higher educational institutions are forced to announce an additional reception for carrying out state orders. Some military schools are not popular with young people and could not even recruit the minimum number of young people who would like to link their lives with APU. The state order for a set of cadets is not fulfilled. In order to try to correct the situation, the MO decided to extend the set. Now those who could not enter civilian universities will be able to file documents in military universities. This does not apply to the Academy of the National Guard of Ukraine, which does not subordinate to the Ministry of Defense and has completely fulfilled the plan for recruiting cadets. In Nang, the reception of cadets is over and an additional one will not be produced.