Jan. 31—VAN WERT — The Ohio Transportation Review Advisory Council drafted a slate of new projects to potentially receive funding through the state department of transportation’s Major New Capacity Program and among them is a project in Van Wert. The state would introduce new funding to the tune of $1.4 million for the removal of […]
On 30 January, Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers approved and submitted to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine’s Parliament) an updated draft law on mobilisation. Source: website of the Ukrainian Parliament; press service of the Ministry of Defence Quote: “Comments and remarks on the bill were considered collaboratively with the General Staff, the Government, and people’s deputies. This […]
The government has submitted a draft law on restructuring the Economic Security Bureau, which is one of the conditions of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) financing to Ukraine, Taras Melnychuk, the government’s representative in parliament said on Jan. 29. The IMF said that the Bureau, which investigates economic crimes, should develop transparent criteria for selecting […]
UK Defence Intelligence believes that the upsurge in attacks on military enlistment offices and similar institutions in Russia may indicate a lack of confidence in Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s promise not to conduct a new wave of mobilisation. Source: UK Defence Intelligence review dated 28 January on Twitter, as reported by European Pravda Details: The […]
Mediators from Arab nations say they have a new proposal to end the Israel-Hamas war, drafting a hostage release cease-fire on Saturday, according to a new report. Egyptian officials reportedly said they have a proposal that would end the months-long conflict between Israel and Hamas that began on Oct. 7. The proposal would see the […]
A migration deal between Italy and Albania took a step forward on Wednesday as the Italian Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of parliament, approved a draft law to ratify the agreement in Rome. According to the bill, two reception centres for migrants are to be set up in Albania in order to restrict irregular […]
The European Commission has begun work on a draft negotiating framework for Ukraine – a document that outlines the principles and procedures for conducting negotiations on EU accession. Source: European Pravda, citing European Commission spokeswoman Ana Pisonero at a briefing in Brussels Details: “We have already started working on the draft negotiating framework also to […]
Plans to draft 150 judges to run a new fast-track appeals system for Rwanda deportations have been unveiled. More than 100 staff have already been hired to support a new system hearing appeals against deportation orders, the justice secretary said. Last year’s Illegal Migration Act proposed the new courts to stop migrant appeals clogging up […]
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The new version of the draft law on mobilisation will be submitted to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine’s Parliament) in a few weeks. Source: Nataliia Kalmykova, Deputy Minister of Defence, on the air of the national 24/7 newscast Quote: “It [the draft law – ed.] will be in the Verkhovna Rada as soon as possible, it […]
Canada has sent a draft of its plans for security assurances for Ukraine, said Natalka Cmoc, the Canadian ambassador to Ukraine, in an interview with Ukrainska Pravda published on Jan. 15. Ukraine’s efforts to gain security guarantees from its Western allies have picked up speed since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. The Group of […]
The government has officially announced that it has withdrawn the draft law on improving mobilisation. Source: Cabinet of Ministers on Telegram Details: It is reported that on 11 January, at an extraordinary meeting, the government supported the protocol decision initiated by the Ministry of Defence “On the withdrawal of the draft law of Ukraine: On […]