Ukraine has the world’s second-highest mortality rate of 15.75 people per 1,000 people, according to a new report released by the CIA. Only South Africa fared worse with a rate of 17.36 per 1,000 people, writes rbc.ua.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will now be able to issue hryvnia loans due to a new regulation released by the central bank. EBRD, which supports private and municipal projects in Ukraine, is the nation’s largest investor to date, having committed $11 billion to 337 projects by now, writes Kommersant.
Four people will go to court for the May 18 beating of Ukrainian journalists Olga Snitsarchuk and Vladislav Sodel during a political rally, according to Deputy General Prosecutor Anatoliy Pryshko.
The suspects are accused of hooliganism and obstructing the professional work of journalists, writes delo.ua. The journalists were attacked during an oppositional rally before the eyes of several police officers, who made no attempts to help them.
The Ukrainian financial community is predicting a devaluation of the national currency in the second half of this year, writes Liga Business Inform. The agency’s pool of experts have made a consensus forecast that by the end of the year the hryvnia-to-dollar rate can reach 8.69, which means that the national currency will have lost 8.76 percent of it value.
The good news is that Ukraine’s male fencing team won a bronze medal at the European championship in Zagreb, Croatia, writes Korrespondent.net
