Ukraine

Cabinet decides to privatize 15 regional power distribution companies

State Property Fund acting head Dmytro Parfenenko announce this at a press conference. “The government has endorsed a decision to start the procedure …
Ukrainian News

European Commission official: Ukraine provides gas sector reforms schedule

Representative of the European Commission Mark Gray told the president in Brussels on Thursday that the commission received a respective letter from …
Interfax-Ukraine

Krebo insisting on legal possession of property at Boryspil Airport

The company is also drafting the appeals to Dutch authorities (a stockholder of the company is the resident of this country), regarding raid attacks …
Ukrainian News

Patriarch calls on autocephaly proponents in Ukraine to reject simple view of church history

He said that the autocephaly proponents had a very simple understanding of history. “I don’t want to go into too much detail. All I want to say is …
Interfax-Ukraine

Ohryzko: Russia’s response to Ukraine’s decision to expel Russian diplomats is ‘Soviet practice’

“It’s impossible to reconcile the activities of these so-called ‘Russian diplomats,’ to the fact that attempts are currently being made to expel from …
Interfax-Ukraine

Patriarch Kirill concerned over pressure placed on Orthodox believers in Ukraine’s western regions

“How can it be that the Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate has no cathedral in Lviv? How can it be that it’s impossible to build any church …
Interfax-Ukraine

Analyst: Ukraine pursuing tactic of maintaining controlled tensions in relations with Russia

“In doing so, they apparently want to preserve a tiny pretext for scandals or for something else. This is a certain petty method of fueling tensions, …
Interfax-Ukraine

Prosecutors not planning to change staff of investigative group on Gongadze case

The press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office told Interfax-Ukraine on Thursday that “based on Articles 58 and 60 of the Criminal Code of …
Interfax-Ukraine

Patriarch Kirill consecrates main Orthodox cathedral in Donbas

An Interfax-Religion reporter said that the patriarch offered a short prayer and consecrated the cathedral upon his arrival in Donetsk from Kyiv. The …
Interfax-Ukraine

Lawyer says Gongadze case will be submitted to court by current staff of investigative group

“I’m sure that this investigative group [was formed] to submit the case to court before the election,” she said live on the Fifth TV channel late on …
Interfax-Ukraine

Yatseniuk says Ukraine should become subject of international policy

“Today, when the structure of the geopolitical system is changing, we have a chance similar to the one that led us to independence in 1991. The main …
Interfax-Ukraine

Foreign Ministry studying reports on possible expulsion of Ukrainian diplomats from Russia

“We already have official information, and we’ll study and analyze it,” he told reporters in Kyiv on Thursday. Kostenko said that Ukraine had expelled …
Interfax-Ukraine

Cabinet to allocate Hr 400 million for purchase of farm equipment for agrarians by Ukrahrolizynh

Premier Yulia Tymoshenko announced this at a meeting dedicated to the issue of providing agrarians with agricultural machinery. “We are able to solve …
Ukrainian News

Russia expels Ukraine diplomat in tit-for-tat move

Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it summoned Ukraine’s Moscow ambassador on Wednesday to complain of “openly anti-Russian actions.” …
Reuters

Russia strikes back against Ukraine in diplomatic row

The ministry said the Ukrainian ambassador in Moscow, Kostiantyn Hryschenko, had been given “an account in connection with the unfriendly actions of …
Interfax-Ukraine

Source: Ukraine finds Russia’s decision to expel Ukrainian diplomats too harsh

“We are extremely surprised by the harsh and inadequate reaction of the Russian side,” the source told Interfax on Wednesday.
Interfax-Ukraine

Presidential secretariat: Ukraine dissatisfied with pace of talks with EU on Eastern Partnership

“The president considers rather low the level of concrete issues in discussions between Ukraine and the EU on the practical implementation of Eastern …
Interfax-Ukraine

Ukrainian premier invited to visit Vatican

Archbishop of Lviv in the Roman Catholic Church Mieczyslaw Mokrzycki made this announcement, the press service said. He said that the Holy See praised …
Interfax-Ukraine
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