Ukraine

Speaker opens Verkhovna Rada meeting with 429 members of parliament

A total of 429 MPs out of 450 registered at the session hall.
Interfax-Ukraine

New York Times: Ukrainian-born math giant dies at 96

Israel Gelfand, Math Giant, Dies at 96
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The Daily Times (Farmington, New Mexico): Worth a thousand words

Worth a thousand words
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World Press: An open letter to Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko

An Open Letter to Ukrainian President Yushchenko
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Ukraine, Russia’s Gazprom disagree on 2010 imports

This has made the European Union, which receives about 20 percent of its gas from Russia via Ukraine, extremely wary of a repeat “gas war” between the …
Reuters

Naftogaz eurobond holders support debt swap offer

“The voting of the company’s eurobond holders on the debt swap offer has been conducted since September 24, 2009. A of the evening of October 8, we …
Interfax-Ukraine

Russia: Ukrainian Insurgent Army members were war criminals, not freedom fighters

“Russia strongly opposes anything that is related to the Ukrainian Insurgent Army because this organization compromised itself during World War Two …
Interfax-Ukraine

Investor Unfriendly

(Kyiv Post Staff) As investment becomes scarcer during the global recession, Ukraine is among the world’s nations scrambling to appear attractive to …

Zahoor buys Kinopanorama but finds that Jewish group has other plans for building

The Kinopanorama building in the center of Kyiv has had a few different uses since its construction in 1899. Some say Jewish sugar magnate Lev Brodsky …
Yuliya Popova

Raiders run roughshod over property owners

If you leave your apartment in the morning and find that thugs in the entryway are blocking your return at night, don’t be surprised. If you discover …
Oksana Faryna

Political Pulse: Critics say Tymoshenko bent on trampling free speech

Bowing to pressure from free-speech advocates and political rivals, Yulia Tymoshenko’s political party dropped a controversial lawsuit banning …
Alina Pastukhova

3M hassled in its own offices

As Ukraine’s top officials renew promises to finally create a welcoming business climate, what do foreign investors endure in real life? “It was a …
Nataliya Bugayova

The Prodigy rocks Kyiv

Great Britain’s electronic music idols, The Prodigy, played their third show in Ukraine on Oct. 7 to a full house at the International Exhibition …

Yushchenko not to sign 2010 budget until Ukrainian army properly financed

“I won’t sign the 2010 national budget if the current situation with the complicated financing of the [Ukrainian] army’s minimum consumption does not …
Interfax-Ukraine

Yushchenko calls for resumed efforts to settle Russia-Ukraine frontier disputes

“We should do everything possible to put the mechanism of the interstate commission in operation,” Yuschenko told a news conference in the village of …
Interfax-Ukraine

Yushchenko considers it his duty to meet with Medvedev, based on mutual respect and neighborliness

Yuschenko said this at a press conference in the village of Novoozerne on Thursday, asked if he wanted to meet with his Russian counterpart in …
Interfax-Ukraine

Yushchenko: Ukraine will contribute to development of new strategic concept of NATO

“Ukraine will undoubtedly contribute to the matter,” the head of state said during a video conference during the opening of the 55th General Assembly …
Interfax-Ukraine

Ukraine holds naval exercises in Crimea

The exercises commenced just as a Russian state news agency said Russian drills in the same body of water were coming to a close. Crimea, Ukraine’s …
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