All news for 26.01.2017/XNUMX/XNUMX

Minister of Infrastructure Volodymyr Omelyan failed to convince the Polish head of Ukrzaliznytsia Wojciech Balczun of the need to repair the escalator at the Kievsky railway station. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. The minister stated this at a briefing in Kyiv. “Since I failed, as a minister, to persuade Balchun to repair the escalator at the Kievsky railway station, which is a symbol of Ukrainian reforms......

Popular Russian blogger Ilya Varlamov published photographs of an apartment in the center of Kyiv to demonstrate a complete lack of taste. He titled his post “You can’t live like this: rustic glamor in the center of Kyiv.” Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte “So, meet: the apartment of a glamorous Ukrainian! What happens when you sell your last cow and move to the capital...

The share of smokers in Russian society decreased over the year by only one percent (from 32 to 31%). Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. This is evidenced by the results of a survey conducted by the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM). 19% of respondents smoke a pack or more a day, another 10% smoke several cigarettes almost every...

Khmelnitsky Lyceum No. 17 was left without a monument to the Soviet writer Nikolai Ostrovsky, the author of the book “How the Steel Was Tempered.” Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte A photo of the process of demolishing the monument was published on the social network by the head of the education department of the Khmelnytsky City Council, Roman Nikolaev. “This is a sign of the end of the era of destruction of humanity. First of all, the symbols change,” the official wrote pathetically.…

A Ukrainian and a Belarusian were awarded the international literary prize “Warrior of Light” for works whose heroes fight against the “Russian occupation.” Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. This was reported in the press service of the award. “Ukrainian writer Nikolai Khomich with the historical detective story “The Riddle of the Tomb” and Belarusian author Mikhail Skobla with the essay book “Sarcophagi of Fear” received an international literary award...

Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak fired a general who fell asleep during a meeting of the Ministry of Defense Reform Committee. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Defense Alina Frolova reported this on Facebook. “...Poltorak at a meeting of the #ReformCommitteeMOU fired the general who was sleeping. With the formulation “what kind of reforms can we talk about if the generals are sleeping”...

Already this year, 25 units will switch to a new power system according to NATO standards, which was successfully tested last year. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak said this during a meeting of the Reform Committee of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the Armed Forces of Ukraine. “Food supply reform continues, approved...

Ukraine has taken the lead in the number of cases against it in the European Court of Human Rights, where, with 79 thousand 750 complaints at the end of 2016, almost a quarter are against Ukraine. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. This was stated by the President of the ECHR Guido Raimondi. “As of December 31, 2016, most cases...

Trump is taking action. His first independent steps as President of the United States are aimed at destroying the Obama health care system and strengthening the internal security regime against the influx of migrants. But these are internal problems of the United States that few people outside the United States care about. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte Perhaps Trump’s most important and notable decisions...

The installation ceremony of the icon of the “mourning” Lugansk Mother of God, painted by a militiaman who died in the battles for the LPR, took place in the St. Vladimir Cathedral of Lugansk. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. Local media reported this. Lugansk artist Alexei Pilyugin painted the icon and donated it to the cathedral back in 2009. “This icon was painted by a young artist when he...