On January 30-31, Italy's Minister of Foreign Affairs, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Angelino Alfano will make a visit to Ukraine. At 1530, Ukrainian and Italian foreign ministers, Pavlo Klimkin and Angelino Alfano, will hold a joint press conference (1 Mykhailivska Square, 3rd entrance). Accreditation by phone or e-mail: (044) 238 1720, 238 1576, press@mfa.gov.ua. An ID document and a press card are required for entry. At 1600, the Ukrainian-Italian Business Forum will begin at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (33…

At 10.00, a press briefing on the subject: "Payment Fraud in Ukraine: 2017 Statistics and Trends. Results of the National Program for Security of Non-Cash Payments Safe Card" will start. Participants will include bankers, representatives of the National Bank of Ukraine, Cyber Police Department of the National Police of Ukraine, and payment fraud prevention experts. The press briefing will be held within the framework of the 18th Payments & XI Security EMA Conference at the initiative of the Ukrainian Interbank…

At 15.00, a roundtable talk on the subject: "First Year of the Law on Export Credit Agency. Why Is Ukrainian Export Facing Obstacles?" will start. Organized by the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Industrial Policy and Entrepreneurship and the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Financial Policy and Banking (5 Hrushevskoho Street, 9th entrance, conference hall). Online registration for participants at: https://goo.gl/forms/aidCXiXmRgBUJ1g82, or by phone: (044) 255 3595. Admission requires press accreditation. Accreditation by phone: (067) 748 0819.

At 10.30, a press conference on the subject: "Index of Modeled Political Activity in February 2018 without Budget-Related Rush" will start. Participants: Director of the Situations Modeling Agency Vitaliy Bala and Deputy Director of the Situations Modeling Agency Oleksiy Holobutsky (UNIAN, 4 Khreschatyk Street, conference hall). Admission requires press accreditation.