Ukraine

Regions Party still blocking Ukrainian parliament

Besides, they occupied the Verkhovna Rada’s presidium and barricaded the entrance to the rostrum. This plenary week is the last in the Verkhovna …
Interfax-Ukraine

Ukraine’s tax police prevent illegal reimbursement of VAT worth UAH 3 billion

This was UAH 286 million more than over the same period of 2008. According to the STAU, 377 criminal cases into illegal VAT reimbursement were open, …
Interfax-Ukraine

International Gymnast: Strazheva wants to return glory to Ukrainian gymnastics

Strazheva: ‘Return Glory to Ukrainian Gymnastics!’
Interns

Dual Identities

Just as no good mother would give up her children, Ukraine does not want to share its people with other countries when it comes to citizenship. By …
Yuliya Popova

Case of fugitive ex-deputy, a murder suspect, heats up immunity debate

How hard can it be for Ukraine’s political elite to help law enforcement find one of their own? The answer: Very hard, as the case of Victor Lozinsky …
James Marson

Ukraine seen as a winner in U.S.-Russia summit talks

Even though U.S. President Barack Obama publicly mentioned Ukraine just once during his July 6-8 visit to Moscow, the reference was exactly what the …
Oksana Faryna

Vinsky plans to launch his own political party

Yosyp Vinsky resigned as transportation minister on June 17, after a split with Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko over her proposed alliance with the …
Alina Pastukhova

Victory over HIV, drugs: Oleksandr Sidletskiy’s story of love, redemption

For many people, becoming HIV positive is tantamount to a death sentence. For Oleksandr Sidletskiy, the diagnosis led him to a better life. The …
Iryna Prymachyk

Police investigating report that Regions Party MP Shufrych punched Liovochkin

The Ukrainian Interior Ministry’s media liaisons department told Interfax-Ukraine that after the incident, Liovochkin had been treated at a local …
Interfax-Ukraine

Economy Ministry: Ukraine in June 2009 imports gas at two prices

“The customs cost of natural gas imported in June announced by customs applicants was $270.95 and $272.22 per 1,000 cubic meters,” the statement …
Interfax-Ukraine

Ukraine expects Czech Republic to abandon visa requirements for Ukrainians demanding provision of medical certificates on absence of infectious diseases

Deputy Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Yeliseev said this in an interview with the Focus magazine. “An adequate answer [to Ukraine’s introduction of …
Ukrainian News

Yushchenko: Rada’s draft on amendments to law on presidential elections dangerous for democracy

Ukrainian News learned this from a statement by the presidential press service. “In this context the draft law is dangerous for democracy in Ukraine. …
Ukrainian News

Government to check expediency of raising housing and utility rates in Kyiv

“We have passed a decision to check the expediency of the introduction new housing and utility rates in Kyiv,” he told reporters on …
Interfax-Ukraine

Ukrainian speaker proposes reducing presidential election campaign to 90 days

The relevant bill drafted by Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn document was posted on the parliamentary Web site on Wednesday. The document …
Interfax-Ukraine

Court: Yushchenko not required to hold consultations while appointing Constitutional Court judges

The court released this ruling on Thursday after considering a presidential query on the constitutionality of the law on the introduction of …
Interfax-Ukraine

NBU ex-head Tihipko against financing Euro 2012 preparations using NBU revenues

The decision to finance preparations for the Euro 2012 European Football Championship by restructuring part of the National Bank’s revenues, as …
Interfax-Ukraine

Yatseniuk proposes replacing expensive gas with cheap electricity

“We can propose nothing but cheap electricity. Today, it is the only way out. This is what they are doing in France – French nuclear power plants are …
Interfax-Ukraine

Cabinet dismisses Tihipko as Prime Minister’s advisor

The relevant decision was taken at the meeting of the government on July 8. He has occupied this position since March 2008. As Ukrainian News earlier …
Ukrainian News
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