Cabinet of Minister (government)

The citizens will be able to submit and sign e-petitions to the Cabinet of Ministers starting from August 29.

On August 23, the Cabinet of Ministers decided to close up the State Intellectual Property Service. Its functions are now entrusted with the Economy Ministry.

On Monday, August 15, the government introduced electronic workflow at central executive authorities and is hoping for a 50% increase in document exchange, Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Oleksandr Sayenko told Ukrinform.

Russia uses provocations in Crimea to convince the world that the ‘Normandy format’ is ineffective and to make the West lift sanctions, Deputy Prime Minister on European Integration Ivanna Klympush–Tsintsadze said on Hromadske.

Ukraine has been ranked 62 out of 193 countries in the E-Government Development Index 2016 published by the UN, which is 25 points higher than 2014.

Over five hundred activists of the ‘Civic Corps of Azov,’ trade unions and miners marched from the Cabinet of Ministers building to the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry in Kyiv demanding to reduce utility rates.

The Cabinet of Ministers dismissed the Chief Sanitary Doctor of Ukraine Sviatoslav Protas, who is suspected of bribery.

The Cabinet of Ministers requested the National Security and Defense Council (RNBO) to consider measures to counter Russia’s ban on the transit of Ukrainian goods.

Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan believes that Brexit may harm the Open Skies agreement between Ukraine and the EU.

Minister of Infrastructure Volodymyr Omelyan announced that open online voting for the new name for Boryspil International Airport will start in a week.