Ukraine

Mass media report: Odesa sailors go on hunger strike aboard arrested vessel lying off Greek coast

Two crews are currently staying on the ship, one should have replaced the other, said the relatives of crewmembers, natives of Odesa. At the same time …
Interfax-Ukraine

Ukraine: Russia hostage to its imperial past

Relations between Russian and Ukraine, a former Soviet republic, have deteriorated steadily since Kiev’s Orange Revolution brought pro-Western …
Reuters

Cabinet likely to seek hike in cigarette taxes

In his words, the government at its Wednesday session meeting approved of such a proposal to parliament for considering in the second reading draft …
Ukrainian News

Kyiv acknowledges Hr 1.2 billion debt owed to Kyivenerho for difference in tariffs from 2000 to first half of 2009

The first act acknowledges the Hr 411.476 million debt the Kyiv city budget owes to the company for 2000-2008, including UAH 395.006 million owed to …
Ukrainian News

Ukrkosmos to attract $254 million loan from Canada for communications satellite

“The point at issue is $254 million to be allocated by Canadian investors under the project at an annual rate of 5.1% for ten years,” he told …
Interfax-Ukraine

Council of national societies demands Ukrainian leadership respond to statements by Ratushniak

The council submitted a respective statement to Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Parliament Speaker Volodymyr …
Interfax-Ukraine

Kyiv mayor not to run for presidency

“I have ambitions to change the country, my motherland Ukraine, and I still have these [ambitions]. I don’t think that most Ukrainians really …
Interfax-Ukraine

Expert: Presidents of Ukraine, Russia responsible for crisis in bilateral relations

The expert said that he considers Medvedev’s letter to his Ukrainian counterpart “as one of the battles in a diplomatic war, which Russia wants to …
Interfax-Ukraine

Expert: crisis between Kyiv and Moscow ‘stressed and deepened’ by Medvedev’s letter

“There’s nothing totally new about it, but the crisis between Ukraine and Russia has been stressed, deepened and institutionalized [by the letter],” …
Interfax-Ukraine

Hrytsenko says Ukraine should pay market gas price ‘if we don’t want to crawl on our knees’

“If we want to walk with our backs straight, rather than crawling on our knees, it means that we’ll have to pay a market-oriented gas price. In any …
interns

Nalyvaichenko orders SBU to help prosecutors investigate incident with Uzhgorod mayor

“The SBU chief has ordered the SBU office in Zakarpattia to help prosecutors in every way possible to investigate the shameful incident with the …
Interfax-Ukraine

Ukrainian population contracts by 15,400 people to 46 million in June

Ukrainian News learned this from the State Statistics Committee. As of July 1, Ukraine’s urban population was 31,531,100 people (a decrease by 0.03% …
Ukrainian News

Hrytsenko says Ukraine should pay market gas price ‘if we don’t want to crawl on our knees’

“If we want to walk with our backs straight, rather than crawling on our knees, it means that we’ll have to pay a market-oriented gas price. In any …
Interfax-Ukraine

Agriculture minister: Ukraine harvests 35 million tonnes of grain as of August 12

He said on Wednesday that grain and leguminous crops had been harvested on over 90% of the area. As reported, the Agriculture Ministry forecast this …
Interfax-Ukraine

Kremlin: Ukraine misinterpreting Medvedev’s statements

“In principle, this text signed by Ms. Ulyanchenko on behalf of quite an unrepresentative (just of 3% rating) party does not need any comment. Anyone …
Interfax-Ukraine

Mayor Leonid Chernovetsky: New tariffs for public utility services still in effect

“My resolution is in effect and no one has the right to cancel it,” Chernovetsky said in an interview posted on the Liga online edition. “The setting …
Interfax-Ukraine

Moscow denies Medvedev address related to upcoming elections in Ukraine

“This does not have any relation to the elections, because elections are Ukraine’s internal affair,” Russian Charge d’Affaires in Ukraine Vsevolod …
Interfax-Ukraine

Tymoshenko: Cabinet to buy unfinished apartments from 35 constructors

“Today, we’ll decide on 35 construction companies, which represent all of the Ukrainian regions… After making the decision, we’ll be able to buy 1,569 …
Interfax-Ukraine
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