Ukraine

Ambassador: local border traffic between Ukraine and Poland could open by June 20

“This document should be ratified in both chambers of the [Polish] parliament, and then it should be signed by the president. This has already …
Interfax-Ukraine

Update: Tymoshenko, Yanukovych close to coalition deal

Talks between groups led by the two politicians have taken place intermittently for more than a year amid recurring bouts of the political upheaval …
Reuters

Media: Ukraine’s premier, ex-premier close to coalition deal

Talks between groups led by the two politicians have taken place intermittently for more than a year amid recurring bouts of the political upheaval …
Reuters

Zhevago’s Vorskla soccer team beats Akhmetov’s Shakhtar to claim Ukraine Cup

Vorskla’s victory over Shakhtar in a game held in Dnipropetrovskcomes in the very same month that Akhmetov’s team made history by becoming the first …
Staff reports

Ukrainska Pravda: Tymoshenko, Yanukovych reach preliminary agreement on coalition, constitution

Details of the preliminary agreement have not yet been revealed but sources told Ukrainska Pravda both leaders reached such an agreement on Saturday …
Interns

Donetsk company to build two more Auchan hypermarkets in Kyiv

“We’ve already launched [the construction of] one [facility], and will start the second in a week. The term of the [construction project] …
Interfax-Ukraine

Ukraine should review its state language policies, says Rada speaker

“I believe that if a person learned some language at mother’s knees, than none, neither the president, nor the Verkhovna Rada can forbid him to speak …
Interns

Court orders Kommersant newspaper to retract claims that Deputy Transport Minister Urbanksyi has links with Faina ship’s owner

The press service of the Transport and Communications Ministry announced this in a statement. On May 20, the court upheld a lawsuit in which …
Ukrainian News

Ulianchenko sees Vakarash as her successor to post of Kyiv regional governor

She said this in an interview with the Ukraina Moloda newspaper published on Saturday. “We will propose Vakarash’s candidacy to the Cabinet of …
Interns

Klitschko sues Chernovetsky for claims he demanded land plot in Kyiv

“I’ve sued a lying mayor [for misleading reports],” his press service reported on Friday. The appeal was filed at Shevchenkivsky District Court in …
Interfax-Ukraine

Yushchenko to send Barroso letter highlighting visa issuance violations in Ukraine

“The letter has been drafted, and today or tomorrow, it will be signed and sent,” Presidential Secretariat Deputy Head Andriy Honcharuk said in Kyiv …
Interfax-Ukraine

New coalition could be formed next week, says presidential secretariat

“This is absolutely not a matter for the Presidential Secretariat, but according to comments by political forces… we’ll most likely see a final …
Interfax-Ukraine

Trade union of gas enterprises plans second phase of nation-wide protest, say Trade Union Federation officials

This was announced by Chairman of the gas enterprises’ trade union Ivan Yarovy, the FTUU press service has reported. In his words, cabinet officials …
Interfax-Ukraine

Speaker says parliament will consider defense minister’s dismissal next week if conciliatory council decides so

“[The heads of factions] will submit [this question] or insist [on its consideration] at a conciliatory council. If there are 226 votes in a show of …
Interfax-Ukraine

President suspends government resolution on sale of coalmines

Presidential decree No. 375/2009 to that effect was posted on the official Web site of the head of state on May 29. Yushchenko also challenged the …
Interfax-Ukraine

Yushchenko signs law on associations of local authorities

As was reported earlier, the law, in particular, stipulates that associations of local authorities may be both national and local. According to the …
Interfax-Ukraine

Ukraine central bank reserves up 13.5 percent in May

“May marked the first month this year that the currency reserves grew instead of contracting. This can be attributed to the arrival of money from the …
Interfax-Ukraine

EU doubts it can help Ukraine pay for Russian gas

Barely four months after a pricing dispute between the two ex-Soviet states in January that disrupted supplies to Europe, Moscow last week rejected a …
Reuters
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