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Zelenskiy defends his national poll idea
KYIV, Oct 22 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday defended his idea of running a nation-wide poll on Sunday to learn public opinion on five important issues, but added the poll would not have any legal power. 20:44 | More

Dozens of Belarusian IT firms move to Ukraine after domestic crackdown
KYIV, Oct 22 – Dozens of Belarusian IT companies have already moved to Ukraine thanks to the IT Relocate Belarus project, which is being implemented by the team of the Ministry of Digital Transformation with the support of President Volodymyr Zelensky, Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation Oleksandr Borniakov has said. 20:37 | More

Ukraine, EU to discuss Green Deal in Brussels in mid-December
KYIV, Oct 21 - Ukraine and Brussels will discuss the Green Deal at the Association Council, which is to meet in mid-December this year, Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Oleksiy Riabchyn has said. 20:21 | More

A number of bilateral documents were signed in Istanbul in the presence of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is on a working visit to Turkey, and President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. (Photo by Presidential press service.)

NBU Board changes Rozhkova’s role as PrivatBank issue looms
KYIV, Oct 21 – The Board of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) at a meeting on October 20 made a decision to change the organizational structure of the central bank, including narrowing the vertical of subordination of First Deputy Governor of the NBU Kateryna Rozhkova, a source said Wednesday. 20:17 | More

IN FOCUS	Ukraine, Turkey sign military agreement ISTANBUL, Oct 16 - Turkey and Ukraine signed military cooperation agreements in Istanbul on Friday, deepening a defense partnership seen as an effort to counterbalance Russia's dominance in the Black Sea region, The Associated Press reported. 10:54 \| More
NBU likely to keep interest rates unchanged KYIV, Oct 21 - Ukraine’s central bank will keep its main interest rate unchanged at 6% for the third monetary policy meeting in a row this week, wary of delays in foreign aid loans and an expected inflation jump, a Reuters poll forecast on Wednesday. 11:04 \| More

COMMENT AND ANALYSIS

Threats persist from Chernobyl and Fukusima, Greenpeace reports The forest areas around Ukraine's Chernobyl and Japan's Fukusima remain sources of radiation and carry a potential threat to the health of local residents, Greenpeace said.More	Consumer inflation slowing faster than expected, NBU reports The actual slow of consumer inflation in February in annual terms is quicker than the inflation-slowing trajectory to 12% as of late 2016 projected by the National Bank of Ukraine, the regulator has reported on its website.More
ING analysts forecast 2016 GDP decline, citing political risks Analysts from ING Bank have confirmed the forecast of a decline in real gross domestic product in 2016 by 1%, pointing to a predominance of political risks in the economy.More	NBU: Hryvnia slide caused by temporary and fundamental factors The decrease of the hryvnia exchange rate on the interbank currency market continue being caused by both temporary and fundamental market factors that result in the reduction of supply of foreign currency, Deputy National Bank of Ukraine Governor Oleh Churiy said.More