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MONDAY, MAY 21, 2018

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Russian stirring Poland-Ukraine tensions
WARSAW, May 17 – Poland has detained a Russian woman who was part of a pro-Russian group that sought to whip up tension between Poland and Ukraine, Reuters reported Thursday citing the national agency for internal security ABW. 10:55 | More

World Bank: Land reform will help Ukraine earn $1.5-bln/year more
KYIV, May 17 - The land reform will have a comprehensive impact on the Ukrainian economy and will bring tangible economic growth of up to $1.5 billion annually, World Bank Director for Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova Satu Kahkonen said. 10:54 | More

Foreign firm bids to lease Chornobyl land to build massive solar power plant
KYIV, May 17 - A foreign company has submitted its bid for a tender to lease part of the engineering facility of Chornobyl nuclear power plant's cooling system with an area of 2.5 million square meters for the construction of a solar power plant, said the State Property Fund (SPF) of Ukraine has said in the Vidomosti Pryvatyzatsii privatization bulletin. 10:53 | More

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and President of Slovenia Borut Pahor discussed a wide range of issues of bilateral cooperation. "I see that your state, from the time of my past visit four years ago, has made a significant progress. Ukraine has already recovered from the economic crisis and is now developing at a very fast pace," the Slovenian President said, noting the merits of the President’s and Government’s teams. (Photo by the press service of the president.)

Poland criticizes Russia for building bridge to Crimea across Kerch Strait
KYIV, May 17 - The Polish Foreign Ministry has criticized Russia for the construction of the bridge across the Kerch Strait without the consent of the Ukrainian side and calls on Russia to refrain from further violation of Ukraine's territorial integrity and independence. 10:52 | More

IN FOCUS	SBU raids two Russian propaganda outlets KYIV, May 15 - Ukraine’s state security agency SBU raided offices of two Russian state-owned media outlets in the Ukrainian capital Tuesday and leveled treason accusations against a journalist, The Associated Press reported. 20:37 \| More
Ukraine shares evidence of Russian strike KYIV, May 16 – Ukraine’s security service SBU on Wednesday shared evidence with the U.S. indicating that Russia had used its military personnel to attack civil population in Donbas. 16:27 \| 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