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  • 2010.03.12
    President delivers address to nation
    Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said he will spare no effort to prove to the people of Ukraine that they did not make a mistake in their choice. He said this in an address to the Ukrainian people on March 11, his press service reported. "After five years of fruitless discussions and destructive confrontation, which cost Ukraine the loss of almost all economic and social achievements seen in the Soviet era and during the period of independence


  • 2010.03.11
    Mykola Azarov appointed Ukrainian Prime Minister
    At the proposal of President Viktor Yanukovych, the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine has appointed Mykola Azarov the Prime Minister, UKRINFORM reported.This decision was passed by 242 votes.Earlier the candidacy of Azarov was backed by the newly set-up ruling coalition of 235 MPs. Newly elected Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov also took an oath of loyalty to the Ukrainian people.


  • 2010.03.11
    Parliament speaker declares creation of ruling coalition
    Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn on March 11 declared the creation of the ruling coalition that comprises the factions of the Regions Party, the Communist Party, the Bloc of Lytvyn and MPs who expressed a desire to join the decision of the factions. The coalition, called "Stability and Reform," includes 235 MPs, with a total of 450 seats in parliament.The law, by which the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament


  • 2010.03.10
    President Yanukovych meets G-8, EU ambassadors
    President Viktor Yanukovych has met G8 and EU Ambassadors to Ukraine to inform them on the process of forming parliamentary coalition and new government, as well as share his vision of possible scenarios of political developments in the country, according to the presidential press-service. In turn, the ambassadors disclosed their views on recent developments in Ukraine. Thus, the diplomats welcomed the fact that President Yanukovych met with them before signing the amended Law on Regulations of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.


  • 2010.03.09
    Ukrainian parliament okays formation of coalition with factions and MPs
    The Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) has amended Article 61 of Ukraine's Law on the Regularities of the Verkhovna Rada giving go-ahead to the formation of a coalition with not only factions, but people's deputies too. A total of 235 MPs have voted in favor with 226 MPs required.Thus, according to the amendments, a coalition is 'a union of deputy factions, people's deputies formed on the basis of election returns and common political grounds with a majority


  • 2010.03.09
    President lays flowers at monument to Shevchenko
    Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has laid flowers at a monument to great Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko in Kyiv. Participants in the flower laying ceremony also included government representatives. Around 2,000 people gathered on the square opposite the monument, holding state flags and posters with the inscriptions entitled "Glory to Great Kobzar!","Yanukovych Uniting Ukraine," and "Shevchenko's Memory Living in Centuries."


  • 2010.03.05
    President Yanukovych wants economic breakthrough in relations with Russia
    Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych, currently on an official visit to Moscow, said he was expecting qualitative changes in Ukraine-Russia relations and sees his one of crucial tasks as head of the Ukrainian state reaching Russia in socio-economic development. "My task is that Ukraine-Russia relations make a fundamental change in right direction and we fulfill the task the Ukrainian and Russian people are dreaming about," Yanukovych said Friday in Moscow


  • 2010.03.04
    Speaker to announce about new coalition on availability of 226 signatures of deputies
    Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn will announce about formation of the new parliamentary coalition in case there are 226 signatures of people's deputies / there are 450 seats at the VR - Ed./. "226 signatures is a key factor for me. If there are 226 signatures tomorrow that the people want to take responsibility on themselves to be named as coalition - I will make a relevant announcement," Lytvyn has said in an interview.


  • 2010.03.03
    Ukrainian parliament topples Tymoshenko's Cabinet in no-confidence vote
    The Ukrainian parliament has dismissed Wednesday the government led by Yulia Tymoshenko with 243 votes after considering a no-confidence motion. A motion of no-confidence in the government was initiated by the opposition Party of Regions, whose leader Viktor Yanukovych was elected President of Ukraine on February 7. On March 2, Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn


  • 2010.03.02
    Speaker declares collapse of ruling coalition
    Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn has announced the breakup of the coalition of the parliamentary factions of the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko, the Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense Bloc and the Bloc of Lytvyn. He said that he had made such an announcement due to the absence of 226 signatures of MPs, which confirm the coalition's existence. On February 17, Lytvyn proposed that the coalition council provide within ten days all of the documents that confirm the existence


  • 2010.03.02
    President Yanukovych: Cooperation with EU will enable to speed up Ukraine's modernization
    Cooperation with the European Union will allow to speed up Ukraine's modernization, President Viktor Yanukovych said Monday at a press conference following a meeting with President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek in Brussels. Asked by UKRINFORM correspondent about an idea that can consolidate Ukraine's separated electorate, Yanukovych said that issues that unite the Ukrainian people are always related to changes for the better.


  • 2010.03.01
    Yanukovych calls Eurointegration a key foreign policy priority
    "For Ukraine, European integration is a key priority of foreign policy, as well as a strategy of systemic social and economic reforms," Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych said in Brussels Monday after his meeting with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, UKRINFORM correspondent reported from Belgium. According to the Ukrainian President, development of Ukraine's relations with the EU and Russia contains no contradiction, on the contrary


  • 2010.03.01
    President forms national anti-corruption committee
    Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has created the National Anti-Corruption Committee as a consultative and advisory body under the head of state.The main task of the committee is to provide assistance to the Ukrainian president in the implementation of his powers foreseen by the Constitution of Ukraine.To fulfill its major task, the committee conducts a thorough analysis of corruption and measures to prevent and counter it


  • 2010.02.26
    Yanukovych, Lytvyn discuss situation in parliament
    Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn discussed the situation in parliament at a meeting on Friday, UKRINFORM has reported, citing the presidential press service. The president stressed the need to urgently create an effective coalition and an effective government. .I want to discuss this with you as Verkhovna Rada chairman and the leader of an influential faction,. Yanukovych told Lytvyn.


  • 2010.02.26
    President Yanukovych meets foreign officials
    President Viktor Yanukovych held a range of bilateral meetings Thursday with foreign top officials and heads of delegations to his inauguration, UKRINFORM reported citing the presidential press-service. At his yesterday's meeting with President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek, Viktor Yanukovych confirmed that he would soon visit Brussels. 'I am going ton to visit Brussels next week", he said


  • 2010.02.25
    Viktor Yanukovych: challenges faced by international community require "a union in the broadest format possible"
    Ukraine will select such a foreign policy that will help our state benefit the most from developing equal and mutually beneficial relations with the Russian Federation, the European Union, the United States, and other countries that influence the development of the situation worldwide, Ukraine's new President Viktor Yanukovych has said this in his inaugural address after being sworn in on Thursday, February 25


  • 2010.02.24
    Ukraine's president-elect to be sworn in on February 25
    A swearing-in ceremony of Ukraine's president-elect Viktor Yanukovych will be held Thursday, February 25. The Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) will open a solemn meeting at 10.00 a.m. for newly-elected president Viktor Yanukovych to take the oath before the Ukrainian people. Yanukovych will be given a mace, a stamp and a certificate of the head of state. He will become Ukraine's fourth president. According to the official plan


  • 2010.02.24
    11 heads of states will attend inauguration of Yanukovych - MFA
    Eleven heads of states will be present at the ceremony of inauguration of Ukraine's president-elect Viktor Yanukovych on February 25, 2010, Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko told the press before the Cabinet of Ministers' meeting. .Invitations have been sent to over 100 delegations. We have confirmations of 11 heads of states, 4 heads of influential international organizations, over 15 foreign ministers, and 4 parliament speakers


  • 2010.02.23
    EUObserver: Brussels to meet Yanukovych with 'a friendly EU declaration on visas'
    Ukraine's new leader, Viktor Yanukovych, is planning to visit the EU capital Brussels on Monday (1 March), three days following his inauguration in Kyiv and more than a week before a planned trip to Moscow. The president elect is in talks with the office of EU foreign relations chief Catherine Ashton to come to Brussels, UKRINFORM reported citing EUObserver


  • 2010.02.22
    Yushchenko: Key mission of new president consists in country's consolidation
    President Viktor Yushchenko has been interviewed by Inter TV Channel broadcasted in the news round-up 'Podrobnosti Nedeli' on Sunday, the presidential press-service reported. During the interview, Yushchenko basically focused on the election outcome and further development of a political situation. In particular, he commented on the possibility of holding pre-term parliamentary election and forming various formats of the coalition.


  • 2010.02.22
    Court reinstates resolution on presidential election returns
    The Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine has passed a resolution on reinstatement of the protocol of the Central Election Commission on the results of the second round of the Ukrainian presidential elections of February 7. The decision to this effect was passed following consideration of the statement by presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko on withdrawal of her suit challenging the election returns.


  • 2010.02.18
    Ministry of Economy: Industry recovering from crisis
    The January positive results in industrial production have once again proved a gradual recovery form the economic downturn, the Ministry of Economy has said in a statement on Thursday. Thus, production growth in Ukraine has been seen for the third month running month-to-month of last year. In November 2009, the growth was 8.6%, in December - 7.4%. January-to-January 2009 recorded an 11.8% rise in industrial production.


  • 2010.02.17
    Speaker Lytvyn demands coalition confirmation in 10 days
    Verkhovna Rada Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn has today addressed to the coalition asking to provide documents in support of its existence and activity. The ruling coalition comprises the factions of the Block of Yulia Tymoshenko (BYuT), the Our-Ukraine - People's Self-Defense (OU-PSD) and the Bloc of Lytvyn. However, in view of the split in OU-PSD, the question arises on the coalition performance, which is formally in full strength


  • 2010.02.16
    Swearing-in ceremony of newly elected president to be held in parliament February 25
    The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has amended a time-table of the 6th session of the 6th convocation parliament that was endorsed by the parliament's resolution dated January 19, 2010. According to the new schedule, the Verkhovna Rada will hold its morning plenary session on February 25, 2010 with Ukraine's newly elected president to be sworn in. A total of 238 MPs have voted for the relevant resolution: 172 MPs from the Party of Regions, 1 - BYuT


  • 2010.02.15
    Viktor Yanukovych wins presidential election - CEC
    "The Central Election Commission announces Viktor Yanukovych, born in 1950, People's Deputy of Ukraine, member of the Regions Party and nominated by the Regions Party, the elected President of Ukraine," he said. Shapoval reminded that in compliance with the law on the presidential election "the official announcement of the election returns is announcement of returns of the presidential election in Ukraine by a person presiding at the CEC meeting


  • 2010.02.12
    Ukraine seeks settlement of international cooperation problems in gas area
    Ukraine is interested in addressing issues of international cooperation in gas area immediately, which have aggravated after signing and implementing the Ukraine-Russia gas deals of January 19, 2009 with non-reformation of the Ukrainian gas market, the Ukrainian President's Envoy for International Energy Security, Bohdan Sokolovsky, has said.


  • 2010.02.11
    CVU: No grounds for cancellation of election across Ukraine
    There are basically no grounds for cancellation of presidential election results, Oleksandr Chernenko, Head of the Committee of Voters of Ukraine (CVU), has told reporters Thursday, according to UKRINFORM correspondent. Chernenko emphasized that there is no possibility for cancellation of results at individual polling stations since deadline for such legal appeals was February 9.


  • 2010.02.10
    Yanukovych wins 48.95%, Tymoshenko gets 45.47% with 100% of ballots counted
    With 100% of electronic returns counted, 48.95% of Ukrainians voted for Regions Party leader Viktor Yanukovych in the second round of the presidential election, while 45.47% backed Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, according to the Central Election Commission. Yanukovych received support from 12,481,268 voters, while Tymoshenko was backed by 11,593,340 voters.


  • 2010.02.08
    International observers: Ukraine's run-off presidential election meets most OSCE international commitments
    "Ukraine's run-off presidential election confirmed the international election observation mission's assessment that the electoral process met most OSCE and Council of Europe commitments," the observers said. "Yesterday's vote was an impressive display of democratic elections. For everyone in Ukraine, this election was a victory. It is now time for the country's political leaders to listen to the people's


  • 2010.02.08
    No reasons for challenging election returns - CVU
    The committee states that the election runoff was 'more tight and tense' compared to the first round. "The electoral framework was characterized by a high level of colliding in the work of commissions, contradictive and mutually exclusive decisions of the Central Election Commission (CEC) and courts, conscious provocations on behalf of the candidates' campaign offices intended to break the electoral framework or delay


  • 2010.02.08
    Presidential election valid - Central Election Commission
    "I have no impression that the election was invalid," he said, because the violations registered cannot serve as a basis for election failure. Mahera reminded that the elections may be ruled invalid if both presidential candidates win absolutely equal number of votes, but this possibility is 0.01%, in his words. The CEC deputy head said the results of processing of 100% of electronic protocols will be known on


  • 2010.02.07
    Presidential run-off election gets underway in Ukraine
    The second round of the presidential election has begun in Ukraine. Participating in the run-off election are two candidates - Regions Party leader Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who both won the most votes in the January 17 election and left behind the remaining 16 candidates, who also battled for the country's top office in the first round.


  • 2010.02.05
    International observers preparing for runoff in Ukraine's presidential election
    In a runoff election the number of ODIHR monitors will remain almost unchanged. "We have on the second round a total of over 500 observers. 45 out of 56 OSCE participating countries have deployed their observers for Ukraine's election. This includes 60 long-term observers and 20 election experts here in the office in Kyiv. In addition, we have over 400 short-term observers, who have arrived in Kyiv this week," the ODIHR spokesman said


  • 2010.02.05
    Naftogaz pays Gazprom for gas supplied in January
    Ukraine's state gas company Naftogaz has paid Russia's gas giant Gazprom for gas supplied to the country in January 2010. The Ukrainian company's press service reported that Naftogaz had already received a bank confirmation that the funds were transferred to Gazprom.


  • 2010.02.04
    President calls for joint efforts in combating cancer
    On the occasion of World Cancer Day, President Viktor Yushchenko has addressed medical men and scientists, authorities, politicians and NGOs, and the entire Ukrainian society calling for joint efforts in combating this devastating disease. Yushchenko said there are more than 940,000 cancer-affected people - every 50th Ukrainian. According to experts, the number of newly diseased may rise to 200,000 a year until 2020.


  • 2010.02.04
    Parliament passes amendments to law on presidential election
    The Ukrainian parliament has adopted as a whole a bill amending the Ukrainian law on the presidential election (regarding the organization of the work of election commissions). MPs failed to support none of over 200 amendments to the bill at second reading.The passed amendments to the law were proposed by Regions Party MP and Parliament First Vice Speaker Oleksandr Lavrynovych.


  • 2010.02.03
    Government raises financing for UEFA EURO 2012 preparations
    The Cabinet of Ministers has amended a state program on preparing for and holding the finals of the UEFA EURO 2012 European Football Championship in Ukraine, which was approved on February 22, 2008. In particular, the government increased the amount of funds for the country's preparations for the championship in 2010 by UAH 36.52 million, to UAH 10.752 billion (UAH 8.00 / USD 1)


  • 2010.02.02
    Ukraine's Foreign Ministry dismisses possibility of recognizing South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Kosovo
    Ukraine's Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko dismisses the possibility of recognizing independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as this conflicts with international law, he said this in an interview for Kommersant-Ukraine. "I don't think this problem is on our agenda. And I dismiss the possibility of recognizing South Ossetia and Abkhazia as this violates the fundamental principles of international law," he emphasized.


  • 2010.02.01
    Ukraine, Moldova sign agreements
    Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and her Moldovan counterpart Vlad Filat have today signed a protocol amending the intergovernment agreement on mutual recognition of rights and property relations regulation dated August 11, 1994, as well as the agreement of cooperation in the area of youth policy. According to Tymoshenko, these instruments will enhance bilateral cooperation and speed up Ukraine's integration with the European Union


  • 2010.01.29
    Democratic presidential election to foster Ukraine's approaching to EU
    Holding democratic and fair election will speed up Ukraine's nearing to the European Union, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko and Catherine Ashton, the High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, have said this in London, UKRINFORM has learned from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The parties emphasized that a crucial task in Ukraine-EU relations for the nearest future should be conclusion of the Association Agreement


  • 2010.01.29
    Ukraine's Foreign Minister attends London Conference on Afghanistan
    Ukraine's Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko held a number of meetings with British officials within the London Conference on Afghanistan. In particular, Poroshenko met his British counterpart David Miliband and Princes Charles and Andrew. When talking with Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs David Miliband, the Ukrainian minister thanked him for a consistent support to Ukraine's European integration


  • 2010.01.28
    Cabinet brings Lutsenko back to Interior Ministry as caretaker
    The Cabinet of Ministers has today reappointed Yuriy Lutsenko as Ukraine's Interior Minister, who had been earlier dismissed by the parliament. Lutsenko thereby serves as acting first deputy minister. Lutsenko himself has stressed at a news conference that he accepts his dismissal at the parliament, but he also accepts the Cabinet's decision to introduce a post of acting first deputy minister having appointed Lutsenko


  • 2010.01.28
    Parliament topples Interior Minister Lutsenko
    The opposition Party of Regions has today managed to dismiss Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko with 231 MPs in favor. The dismissal saw votes of the Party of Regions, the Communists, the Bloc of Lytvyn and the pro-presidential OU-PSD.


  • 2010.01.27
    Foreign Minister: European integration to remain foreign policy's priority under any president
    Ukraine's Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko is sure European integration will remain a priority of Ukraine's external policy irrespective of the presidential race winner, he has said this at a meeting with representatives of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Poroshenko also noted that Ukraine would show progress in concluding the Association Agreement with the European Union.


  • 2010.01.27
    Military cooperation with NATO, EU a priority for Ukrainian army, says chief of staff
    The Euro-Atlantic and European vectors of military cooperation will remain a priority for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, because such an approach bolsters the effective training of the Ukrainian army for implementing tasks stipulated by the constitution and Ukrainian laws. Chief of the General Staff and Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Colonel-General Ivan Svyda said this at a meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Military Committee


  • 2010.01.26
    Ministry of Economy: Hryvnia may firm at 6.5 UAH/USD
    Ukraine's Economy Minister Bohdan Danylyshyn says there are no signals for devaluation of the hryvnia and we can expect the national currency to strengthen in 2010, he has told the press in Kyiv Tuesday. The minister emphasized that 'there are no preconditions for devaluation of the national currency. The hryvnia has stabilized, it has a set price level and we can speak about its gradual enhancement


  • 2010.01.26
    Election campaign gets underway in Ukraine ahead of presidential run-off vote
    An election campaign began in Ukraine on Tuesday ahead of the second round of Ukraine's presidential election. According to law, campaigning before the run-off vote starts on the next day after the date of the run-off vote is set. Such a vote is set by the Central Election Commission on the third Sunday after the first round of the election


  • 2010.01.25
    Interior troops to guard Printing House 'Ukraina'
    President Viktor Yushchenko has ordered the Interior Ministry troops to guard the Printing House 'Ukraina' where the ballot papers for a runoff election are printed, NSDC chief Rayisa Bohatyriova has told the press following a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council on January 25. According to her, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) is ordered to exercise a videomonitoring control over production of the ballot papers.


  • 2010.01.25
    PGO opens case on Printing House 'Ukraina' attack
    The Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) has instituted proceedings upon seizure of the Printing House 'Ukraina', PGO spokesman Yuriy Boychenko has told UKRINFORM. The case is opened upon the articles 'takeover of state or public buildings or constructions' and 'power or official abuse' of Ukraine's Criminal Code. As UKRINFORM earlier reported, the Party of Regions has today announced about seizure of the Printing House 'Ukraina' where ballot papers are printed.


  • 2010.01.22
    All 225 voting protocols come to CEC
    The Central Election Commission has received the original protocols from all the 225 district electoral commissions with the results of voting in the first round of the presidential elections on January 17. The last 7 of them have come to the CEC Friday


  • 2010.01.21
    3.77 billion cubic meters of gas will be stored in 2010
    The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is planning to pump 3.77 billion cubic meters of natural gas into underground storages in 2010, says the government's resolution endorsing the forecast balance of inflow and distribution of gas for 2010. Domestic gas will be stored in the volume of 3.449 billion cubic meters, and imported gas in the volume of 0.321 billion cubic meters.


  • 2010.01.21
    Presidential election runoff to cost UAH 451mln - CEC
    The Central Election Commission (CEC) has amended disposition of the state budget funds allocated for Ukraine's presidential election, the election authorities have said Thursday. The overall amount of costs for 2010 is UAH 969,600 million (USD 1 - UAH 8.0). Thus, the funds are distributed as follows: for CEC demands - UAH 23,208,485, for constituency election commissions - UAH 32,717,914, for precinct election commissions - UAH 462,268,284, and for a runoff - UAH 451,405,317.


  • 2010.01.21
    Yushchenko not going to give up politics
    Viktor Yushchenko, who ranked fifth after the first voting in Ukraine's presidential election, has claimed he is not going to give up politics and that he will not support any of the runoff candidates. "The second round of the election is ahead. The election without choice is waiting for us. For both candidates national, democratic, European values are alien, distant," he said. At the same time Yushchenko noted that national and state commitments do not entitle him to give up politics.


  • 2010.01.20
    Preliminary results of voting published on website of Central Election Commission
    Regions Party leader Viktor Yanukovych has won the most votes in the first round of the presidential election in nine regions, Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, while his bitter rival, current Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, received the most votes in 15 regions and Kyiv. These are preliminary results published on the website of the Central Election Commission, with 100% of votes counted.


  • 2010.01.19
    OSCE PA President: Ukrainian election contribute to democratization
    The current presidential election in Ukraine has become a great move forward on the path of democratization of the society. President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Joao Soares, who is a special coordinator of short-term monitors, said this during his meeting with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko in Kyiv, the MFA press service reported.


  • 2010.01.18
    EC hopes Ukraine run-off will be good as first round
    In its recent press release, the European Commission expressed hope that the run-off presidential election in Ukraine would be not worse than the first round concerning observance of international standards, an UKRINFORM correspondent reported from Brussels. The EC welcomed the positive course of the first voting on January 17, 2010, and took into consideration the assessments made by the mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.


  • 2010.01.18
    CEC claims presidential election declared legal
    The Central Election Commission (CEC) has said Ukraine's presidential election 2010 was held legally. "The election of Ukraine's president on January 17, 2010 took place legally, and this is an established fact that no one can deny," CEC chairman Volodymyr Shapoval told the press Monday. According to him, today the CEC will get first fresh protocols. "The CEC will today start receiving these protocols in the regime of a non-stop meeting," Shapoval noted.


  • 2010.01.18
    CVU reports no massive irregularities in presidential election
    The CVU says a major problem in Ukraine's 2010 presidential election is a poor quality of electoral roll and thus massive inclusion of citizens into the lists of electors upon a decision of precinct commissions. The number of such inclusions ranges from several voters to 100 per a polling station. The Committee points to illegality of such procedure.


  • 2010.01.17
    Yanukovych, Tymoshenko move to runoff, exit-poll shows
    Ilko Kucheriv, a director for Democratic Initiatives Foundation, has released final data of the National Exit Poll 2010 conducted by Democratic Initiatives Foundation, Kyiv Intentional Institute of Sociology and Razumkov Center, UKRINFORM correspondent has reported. Thus, the final results are the following: Viktor Yanukovych has secured 31.3%, Yulia Tymoshenko - 27.1%, Serhiy Tihipko - 13.4%, Arseniy Yatseniuk - 7.8%, Viktor Yushchenko - 6.0%, Petro Symonenko - 2.7%, Volodymyr Lytvyn - 2.4%, Oleh Tyahnybok - 2.1%, Anatoliy Hrytsenko - 1.6% of votes.


  • 2010.01.17
    National Exit Poll tentative results show Yanukovych a frontrunner with 31.5%, Tymoshenko - 27.2%
    Viktor Yanukovych, a leader of the opposition Party of Regions, is a frontrunner after today's National Exit Poll with 31.5%, show tentative data of the poll released live on Ukraine's leading television channel. Then goes Premier Yulia Tymoshenko nominated by the Batkivshchyna Party (Motherland) with 27.2% of pollees. A third place in the National Exit Poll to be updated at 11.00 p.m. went to a self-nominee


  • 2010.01.17
    Ukrainians electing their President Sunday
    The citizens of Ukraine are electing their President on January 17. The Central Election Commission has registered 18 candidates for the post. Those are Inna Bohoslovska, Mykhailo Brodskyi, Anatoliy Hrytsenko, Yuriy Kostenko, Volodymyr Lytvyn, Oleksandr Moroz, Oleksandr Pabat, Vasyl Protyvsikh, Serhiy Ratushniak, Oleh Riabokon, Petro Symonenko, Liudmyla Suprun, Yulia Tymoshenko, Serhiy Tihipko, Oleh Riabokon, Viktor Yushchenko, Viktor Yanukovych and Arseniy Yatseniuk.


  • 2010.01.15
    IMF to resume cooperation with Ukraine after presidential election
    International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn has said that the IMF will resume cooperation with Ukraine under the Stand-By Arrangement after the presidential election in the country, according to a statement posted on the IMF website. "So I'm confident that as soon as this normally shaky electoral period will be over, it will be possible to resume a normal relationship with the program,"


  • 2010.01.13
    Freedom House sees Ukraine as free country for fourth consecutive year
    The U.S.-based human rights watchdog Freedom House has designated Ukraine as a free country for the fourth consecutive year in its 2010 "Freedom in the World" survey. The observance of political rights in Ukraine was estimated at 3 points, while the development of civil liberties was assessed at 2 points (a rating of 1 indicates the highest degree of freedom and 7 the lowest level of freedom).


  • 2010.01.12
    Election authorities indignant over allegedly inevitable election fraud
    Volodymyr Shapoval, the head of the Central Election Commission (CEC), has expressed indignation over politicians' statements about allegedly inevitable presidential election fraud, as there are no grounds for such statements, he claims


  • 2010.01.12
    Hryvnia 51% undervalued - Big Mac Index
    An average price of a Big Mac in the United States is USD 3.58, in Ukraine it is UAH 14 or just USD 1.74 as of January 11. According to the Index, the hryvnia has lost 2 p.p. of its value since August 2009 when a Big Mac cost USD 1.83 in Ukraine. The weak currency gives advantages to the country in foreign trade by reducing prices for exported products against that of the competitors.


  • 2010.01.11
    NBU introduces new bank classification based on asset volume only
    The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has refused in 2010 from the practice of rating banks into groups based on the indicators of the level of regulatory capital and volume of assets. The banks' grouping will be made only based on the volume of their assets. Thus, the first group comprises 18 banks with the volume of assets being more than UAH 13 billion


  • 2010.01.11
    December inflation posts 0.9 percent
    According to him, the year-end inflation has turned to be lower than predicted by international experts. Thus, 'the IMF inflation forecasts were based on the level of 16 percent at end-2009, that of the World Bank - 14 percent. According to the State Statistics Committee, at the end of 2009 we have a figure, which is quite optimistic - 12.3 percent.'


  • 2010.01.08
    President, Premier wish Ukrainians a Merry Christmas
    President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko have wished the compatriots a Merry Christmas. "I wish you, dear and great Ukrainian family, Merry Christmas holidays. It is good to know that this moment we live by one faith - faith in the good and the birth of God. I wish you happiness. I wish happiness to all the people of our land. God grant good health to our families, our children, relatives, all friends and us


  • 2010.01.06
    Odesa welcomes Ariana crew
    The Ariana crewmembers released from pirate custody have come to Ukraine. Near and dear, as well as local authorities, met the seamen at the Odesa airport, the press service of the Foreign Affairs Ministry reported. By a joint effort of the foreign ministry, external surveillance service, other bodies of state power and foreign agencies in charge, complex measures were taken to help the shipowner have the Ariana free.


  • 2009.12.31
    Leaders of state wish Ukrainians Happy New Year, Merry Christmas
    President Viktor Yushchenko, Verkhovna Rada Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko have wished the Ukrainian people a Happy New Year and a Merry Christmas. In his greetings, Viktor Yushchenko has said "We have lived through a no easy but reach in achievements and events year. We must be sure that all difficulties are temporary.


  • 2009.12.31
    Ukrainian population to make 45.97mln as of January 1, 2010
    Ukraine's population as of January 1, 2010 will reduce to 45,973 million persons, the State Statistics Committee has said. As of November 1 this figure totaled 46 million. Notably, the birth rate exceeds mortality only in 5 Ukrainian regions (Volyn region - 6.09%), Zakarpattia region (15.64%), Ivano-Frankivsk region (0.02%), Rivne region (14%) and the city of Kyiv (13.54%).


  • 2009.12.30
    Poroshenko: Foreign ministry helped free 98 Ukrainian sailors from pirate captivity
    Ninety-eight Ukrainian sailors, crewmembers of 14 ships, have currently been freed from pirate captivity with the assistance of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko said at a concluding press conference in Kyiv on Wednesday. He said that four Ukrainian sailors currently remain in pirate captivity on board the two ships of foreign countries.


  • 2009.12.30
    Yushchenko urges presidential candidates to hold tactful campaigns
    Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko is calling on all presidential candidates to respect citizens and hold tactful election campaigns, presidential press secretary Iryna Vannikova told a news briefing Tuesday. She pointed to the latest use of "dirty technologies, lies and open distortion of facts,"


  • 2009.12.29
    Yushchenko: constitutional reform will defeat corruption
    Constitutional reform is an effective means of fight with criminalization and corruption of authority, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said in interview with the Zaporizhzhia State TV and Radio Company Monday.


  • 2009.12.28
    Balance of payments looks better than expected early in 2009
    Ukraine's balance of payments, unlike the budgetary balance, looks better than forecasted at the beginning or in the middle of the year, Valeriy Lytvytsky, a head of the group of advisers to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), has said this at UKRINFORM's round table 'The Economic Results As Seen By Experts'.


  • 2009.12.28
    Premier: Ukraine will pay Russia for gas in time
    At the beginning of January 2010, the Ukrainian government will fully repay the Russian natural gas used in December, the liaison department of the Cabinet of Ministers' Secretariat quoted Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko as saying in Cherkasy region.


  • 2009.12.25
    Effective democracy building a guarantee to Ukraine's successful development - Yushchenko
    President Viktor Yushchenko is convinced that only effective building of democracy in Ukraine serves a guarantee to successful development of our country, including the economic one, he has said Friday at a special TV show "Democracy - A Ukrainian Way ' by the National Television Company of Ukraine (NTCU)


  • 2009.12.24
    Ukraine indignant, uneasy about really unfriendly statements of Chechen president - MFA
    Ukraine is indignant and anxious about really unfriendly statements of one of the heads of the Russian constituents - the president of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, published by The Telegraph, reads a commentary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, UKRINFORM has reported. The really aggressive


  • 2009.12.24
    Yushchenko wants to quit bilingualism discussion
    The incumbent Ukrainian President and presidential candidate, Viktor Yushchenko, says Ukraine needs to drop out of the bilingualism discussion, he addressed the Forum of Ukrainian Intellectuals in Simferopol on Wednesday. Yushchenko emphasized that the Ukrainian state must be developed based on a single state language -Ukrainian, but he has no objection to the people speaking in Russian in everyday life.


  • 2009.12.22
    Ukraine should travel its path of European integration more quickly, says president
    There cannot be a stable European market without Ukraine, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said during a lecture on the country's international state to the faculty and students of Kyiv Institute of International Relations on Tuesday. "It's impossible to form without Ukraine an effective and stable European market anywhere - be it the sphere of energy, gas, transit or air services," he said.


  • 2009.12.22
    Ukraine remains strategic partner for EU, says Buzek
    Ukraine remains a strategic partner for the European Union, European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek has said. "For us Ukraine remains a strategic partner of the European Union. That's why, one of my first visits as president of the European Parliament was made to Ukraine," he said after a meeting with Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn in Kyiv on Monday.


  • 2009.12.21
    Ukraine's accession to Energy Community approved
    The 7th Energy Community Ministerial Council has approved the accession of Ukraine to the Energy Community, the Ukrainian Fuel and Energy Ministry's press service has reported, citing Minister Yuriy Prodan who attended a meeting of the council in Zagreb on December 18. The final accession of Ukraine to the Energy Community will be approved after the Verkhovna Rada, the national parliament, ratifies a respective agreement.


  • 2009.12.18
    Depth of economic decline in Ukraine falling each quarter
    The Ukrainian government has managed to suspend a sharp fall in the Ukrainian economy amid the global crisis, receive certain positive changes at the macroeconomic level, as well as revive certain economic branches, Ukrainian Economy Minister Bohdan Danylyshyn has said. He said that according to the results of the third quarter of 2009, Ukraine had been among countries in which the depth of the economic decline is falling each quarter.


  • 2009.12.17
    Ukraine won't take consequences of H1N1 vaccination
    The Ministry of Health of Ukraine says a necessary condition for receiving the A/H1N1 vaccine from the World Health Organization (WHO) is responsibility of its producer and supplier for possible complications after vaccination, Ukraine's Chief Sanitary Officer Oleksandr Bilovol has told the press on Thursday. The Health Ministry has thus disagreed


  • 2009.12.16
    Budget 2012 will be passed after presidential elections - Tymoshenko
    Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko predicts a law on the state budget 2010 will be most likely adopted after the presidential elections, she has addressed Ukraine Railway Forum in Kyiv on Wednesday, UKRINFORM has reported. "The budget 2010 will be most likely adopted after the presidential campaign. Today's competition among the presidential runners does not allow to concentrate a sufficient number of votes at the parliament and pass the budget,"


  • 2009.12.15
    Ukrainian MFA points to revival of dialogue with Russia
    Ukraine's Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko points to a renewal of dialogue between the foreign ministries of Ukraine and Russia, he has said this at a meeting of the Foreign Ministry's Public Council on Tuesday. "It's very good that the dialogue has resumed, that this dialogue has become less emotional," Poroshenko emphasized. According to him, the efficiency of contacts 'is on a satisfactory level'.


  • 2009.12.14
    UEFA EURO 2012 logo presented in Kyiv
    The official logo for UEFA EURO 2012 has been today presented in Kyiv. The logo has a flower with three petals: one in the form of a ball, the second is made of yellow-blue colors symbolizing Ukraine and the third one is white-red symbolizing Poland. The event slogan 'Creating History Together' has been also unveiled. The logo has a flower with three petals: one in the form of a ball


  • 2009.12.11
    UEFA confirms Ukraine's four cities to host UEFA EURO 2012
    On the second day of its meeting in Funchal, Madeira (Portugal), the UEFA Executive Committee has today made its decision concerning the selection of host cities for UEFA EURO 2012 in Ukraine, the UKRINFORM Information Center 'Ukraine-2012' has reported. After the UEFA officials examined and discussed the state of infrastructure preparations in Ukraine


  • 2009.12.11
    Ukrainian premier says presidential election will be held fairly
    The Ukrainian government will ensure that the presidential election campaign is held in Ukraine in line with European standards, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said at a meeting with European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek. The meeting was held in Bonn, Germany, the media liaisons office of the government's secretariat reported.


  • 2009.12.10
    Ukraine endangered to remain 'a buffer zone between NATO and CSTO'
    Ukraine cannot remain a sovereign state without maintaining an appropriate level of democracy in the country, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko has addressed a gathering at the Carnegie Center in Washington, UKRINFORM correspondent has reported. According to the diplomat, this point of view is also shared by all Ukrainian political forces.


  • 2009.12.09
    Security Council not ruling out 'a new gas crisis' with Russia
    The National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) warns of possible preparation of 'a new gas crisis' by the Russian side to discredit Kyiv and create conditions for concluding a more suitable contract for Moscow, reads a NSDC research note about threats to national security in gas sector, placed on the presidential website.


  • 2009.12.09
    Renate Wohlwend calls on Parliament to amend presidential election law to prevent electoral fraud
    Co-rapporteur of the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Renate Wohlwend said at a press conference at UKRINFORM that it had been agreed at a meeting with Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn that a roadmap for the observance by Ukraine


  • 2009.12.08
    Ukraine to become member of European Energy Community in December
    President Viktor Yushchenko hopes that a decision on Ukraine's accession to the Energy Community Treaty will be taken at the December 18 meeting of the Ministerial Council of the Energy Community, he has said this in Lutsk when on a meeting with lecturers and students of Volyn National University named after Lesya Ukrainka.


  • 2009.12.07
    Premier says 2010 budget will be passed in February
    The law on the state budget for next year and the budget code will be adopted in the second half of February 2010, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said at a meeting with the association of city and village councils on Monday. She said that laws, in particular, the budget code, "both a new and an old one," help the government, in the absence of the law on the 2010 budget


  • 2009.12.07
    Yushchenko: UEFA EURO 2012 important element in integrating Ukraine with Europe
    Ukraine and Poland will undoubtedly tackle such a challenge as preparations for and hosting the finals of the UEFA EURO 2012 European Football Championship, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has said. "Over the past two-and-a-half years, I had no doubt that Ukraine and Poland will tackle this challenge," the presidential press service quoted Yushchenko


  • 2009.12.04
    Association agreement with EU won't be signed soon due to some external, internal reasons - President Yushchenko
    Ukraine and the European Union will not manage to sign an agreement on association and free trade zone this year because of a number of external and internal reasons, President Viktor Yushchenko has addressed the 13th Ukraine-EU Summit in Kyiv on Friday. According to Yushchenko


  • 2009.12.03
    Ukraine, Poland launching common security concept for UEFA EURO 2012
    Ukraine and Poland will start implementing a common security concept for UEFA EURO 2012 in the next few days, Ukraine's Deputy Premier Ivan Vasiunyk has announced. According to him, the security issue is a crucial point for hosting the tournament. "Ukraine and Poland are now ready for security cooperation at the level of an interdepartment group," he said. Vasiunyk also spoke


  • 2009.12.02
    Ukraine-Brazil relations reach strategic partnership level - President Yushchenko
    Relations of Ukraine and Brazil have moved to the level of strategic partnership, reads a joint declaration signed by the Ukrainian and Brazilian presidents in Kyiv on Wednesday. "The current state visit of the President of the Federal Republic of Brazil opens a new page in our bilateral relations," Yushchenko said.


  • 2009.12.01
    Ukraine becomes independent state, our task is to create nation - President Yushchenko
    "We have an independent state, and now we need to create a nation," President Viktor Yushchenko has today addressed a gathering in Kyiv on the 18th anniversary of the All-Ukrainian Referendum of December 1, 1991 with more than 90% of people approving an act of declaration of Ukrainian independence adopted August 24, 1991 by the then Verkhovna Rada


  • 2009.12.01
    Ukraine third in 2008-2009 in terms of coarse grain exports, says WTO
    Ukraine has become the world's third country after the United States and Argentina in terms of coarse grains exported in 2008-2009 and the world's sixth country after the United States, the European Union, Canada, Russia and Australia in terms of wheat and wheat flour exports, according to the Secretariat of the World Trade Organization (WTO).


  • 2009.11.30
    Ukrainian President calling Russia for border demarcation
    President Viktor Yushchenko is calling the Russian party to drift away from the policy of groundless statements about demarcation of the common border and make practical steps to set up a joint demarcation commission and launch delimitation as soon as possible, President's press secretary Iryna Vannykova has said. In her words, the head of state believes that delay in demarcation of the Ukraine-Russia


  • 2009.11.30
    Ukraine pays tribute to memory of famine victims
    Yushchenko took part in the Mournful March in memory of the artificial famine victims. Taking part in the ceremony were also Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, people's deputies, representatives of the central and local bodies of power, as well as the tragedy witnesses.


  • 2009.11.27
    President hopes for objective inquiry of Russian border incident
    Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko expressed hope for unbiased investigation of the November 26 incident on the state border with Russia, when Russian guards killed Ukrainian citizen Andriy Yakymenko, the information policy department of the President's Secretariat reported.


  • 2009.11.26
    Ukraine will export electricity to Lithuania from January 1, 2010
    Ukraine will start the export of electricity to Lithuania starting January 1, 2010, President Viktor Yushchenko said after the meeting with his Lithuanian counterpart Dalia Grybauskaite. In his words, an agreement has been signed on the delivery of electricity. "We are ready to provide one nuclear reactor for generation and export of electricity. The agreement will be put into practice on January 1, 2010,"


  • 2009.11.26
    Ukraine thanks Poland for supporting its Eurointegration aspirations - Poroshenko
    Ukraine highly appreciates a strategic nature of its relations with Poland and is grateful to the country for supporting Kyiv's plans to join the European Union. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko said this after a meeting with his Polish counterpart Radoslaw Sikorski in Warsaw on Wednesday, UKRINFORM reported.


  • 2009.11.24
    Ukraine makes significant progress in UEFA EURO 2012 preparations, says Vasiunyk
    Ukraine has made significant progress over the last six months in its preparations for hosting the finals of the UEFA EURO 2012 European Football Championship, Ukrainian Vice Premier Ivan Vasiunyk said at a press conference at UKRINFORM's Ukraine 2012 Information Center on Tuesday. Commenting on a meeting of the UEFA Supervisory Board held in the Swiss city of Nyon on November 23


  • 2009.11.24
    Yushchenko sees new constitution, bicameral parliament, creation of strong state as priorities
    Candidate for Ukraine's president Viktor Yushchenko has presented his election program entitled .A Free, Strong and Fair Ukraine.. The major clauses of his program are the introduction of open lists at parliamentary elections and the return to a majority system of elections to local government agencies.


  • 2009.11.23
    President will dissolve Rada if it does not amend Constitution
    Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko says early parliamentary elections may take place simultaneously with the referendum on the Constitution, the President's election program says. The document says that, taking into account the results of the all-Ukraine debate on the presidential version of the fundamental law, Yushchenko will table in parliament a "popular draft Constitution." "If in the course of 100 days the country does not receive a new Constitution, Verkhovna Rada's powers will be stopped early


  • 2009.11.23
    Only democratic Ukraine has prospect of own independence - President Yushchenko
    Only democratic Ukraine has a prospect of territorial integrity and own independence, President Viktor Yushchenko addressed celebrations in Kyiv dedicated the Freedom Day on Sunday, November 22. He, in particular, emphasized that the state today has freedom of speech. "August 24, 1991 [Independence Day] and the Maydan in autumn 2004 [it is referred to the Maydan Nezalezhnosti


  • 2009.11.20
    Ukrainian President calling on government, central bank, IMF to establish cooperation
    President Viktor Yushchenko has sent letters of intention to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the government and the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) with proposals for removing obstacles arising from the failure of previous agreements with the Fund and continue the cooperation, Yushchenko has said this on Friday at a meeting with G7 ambassadors and the European Commission representatives.


  • 2009.11.20
    Tymoshenko: Ukraine, Russia now may plan ties in all industries for decennaries
    All projects for cooperation between the governments of Ukraine and Russia are of a strategic nature, being drafted for several decennaries to come," Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said following the 5th meeting of the economic cooperation committee of the Ukraine - Russia intergovernmental commission, which closed on November 19 night in Yalta (Crimea, southern Ukraine).


  • 2009.11.19
    Yushchenko offers Medvedev to update gas deals
    Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has sent a letter to his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev with a list of problems in bilateral relations that need urgent solution, in gas sector particularly. Yushchenko noted that since January 1, 2009 gas cooperation has been running in line with the contracts of purchase and sale of gas and its transit signed January 19, 2009 between NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine and JSC Gazprom.


  • 2009.11.18
    WHO detects no mutation of A(H1N1) flu virus in Ukraine
    Preliminary tests have revealed no significant changes in the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus based on investigations of samples taken from patients in Ukraine, according to the press service of the World Health Organization (WHO). A total of 34 samples were analyzed independently by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, Mill Hill in London, UK, and the WHO Collaborating Centre for the Surveillance, Epidemiology and Control of Influenza in Atlanta, Georgia, the United States.


  • 2009.11.17
    Ukraine, EU hoping to sign free trade area agreement in 2010
    Ukraine and the European Union are hoping to sign in 2010 an agreement on the creation of an enhanced free trade area that is part of an agreement of association between Ukraine and the EU, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko said in Brussels on Tuesday. Commenting on the course of drafting the association agreement with the EU and how it will be reflected during the Ukraine-EU summit in Kyiv on December 4


  • 2009.11.17
    President calls for putting Ukraine - Russia gas ties on market basis
    Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, during his official visit to the United Arab Emirates, expressed the need for transferring the Ukraine - Russia relations in the field of supply and transportation of natural gas to a free market basis. He said this during a press conference in Abu-Dhabi. "We stand for forming market relations both in setting the gas price and in creating conditions for the transit of Russian gas to the European Union," the President noted.


  • 2009.11.16
    Gas transportation system will not be leased out to third party - Prime Minister
    Operation of Ukraine's gas transportation system will not be entrusted to a third party, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said during a meeting on chemical industry issues in Siverskodonetsk. "This occurred with the arrival of RosUkrEnergo, following which we have been suffering these problems. We could have the market value of transit immediately, but the price would be fully of free market level, as well. She also noted that by the beginning of 2009 Ukraine lost the pegging of gas cost to the price of its transit via Ukraine.


  • 2009.11.13
    Pig flu having light form in Ukraine - WHO
    The World Health Organization says the A/H1N1 flu epidemic death rate in Ukraine does not exceed the rate of death from usual seasonal epidemics, WHO experts told a news briefing Friday. They also see no great difference between the epidemic in Ukraine and other countries.Pig flu is the dominating but not the only virus registered in Ukraine now, the experts say. As regards the specific features of the current epidemic


  • 2009.11.12
    President orders creation of Ukraine military victory days list
    President Viktor Yushchenko has ordered the National Memory Institute to make by December 15 a list of the days of Ukrainian military victories, and a register of objects and places connected with outstanding events of the national military history, says the presidential decree on the celebration of remarkable events of the national defense history.


  • 2009.11.11
    President: Ukraine not to blame for worsening relations with Russia
    Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko is convinced that Ukraine is not guilty of the worsening of its relations with the Russian Federation. He expressed this confidence during a phone-in interview at the Komsomolskaya Pravda v Ukraine publishing house Wednesday. "We did no harm to the Russian leadership, and are not guilty of the Russians' current attitude to the Ukrainians," the President said answering the question from a reader of the newspaper about the chances to restore effective and business relations with Russia.


  • 2009.11.11
    President says election date will not be postponed
    Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has said that the presidential election date of January 17, 2010 will not be postponed. He said this to Kherson regional television and radio company late on Tuesday. "Voters should be ready to go to the polls on January 17 and have their say," he said, adding that "the time is coming when it's necessary to make a choice and decide on your fate and the fate of your country." "That's why, I won't use any manipulations, quarantines, or a state of emergency," Yushchenko said.


  • 2009.11.10
    Ukraine, Russia to moot oil transit increase
    "In order to ensure a trouble-free delivery of Russian oil and rise in the delivery volumes to the Ukrainian oil refineries and oil transit via Ukraine, the parties have therefore agreed to hold consultations to elaborate the terms of cooperation in that direction, including the possibility of making amendments or signing a new agreement between the oil transport system operators Ukrtransnafta and Transneft," a statement reads.


  • 2009.11.10
    President not to discuss question of declaring state of emergency in Ukraine, says Bohatyriova
    Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko is not planning to discuss the question of declaring a state of emergency in the country due to the epidemiological situation, National Security and Defense Council Secretary Raisa Bohatyriova has said. She said this at a briefing on Monday after a council with members of the Cabinet of Ministers' state emergency anti-epidemic commission chaired by Yushchenko.


  • 2009.11.09
    Ukraine guarantees gas transit to Europe for half year to come, says Ukrainian President's aide
    NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine has enough gas resources to supply all domestic consumers and ensure gas transit to Europe, the Ukrainian President's Representative for International Energy Security, Bohdan Sokolovsky, has said.


  • 2009.11.09
    No grounds to postpone presidential election date, says premier
    Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said that there are currently no grounds to postpone presidential elections in the country. She said this during her working visit to Uzhgorod on Saturday. "I want to emphasize once again that every region has its own epidemic threshold. Quarantine is imposed in any region in which the disease rate reaches its peak


  • 2009.11.05
    Peak of flu epidemic in western Ukraine passed, says health ministry
    According to epidemiologists, the peak of the flu epidemic in Ukraine's western regions has already passed, Deputy Health Minister Zinoviy Mytnyk has said. He said that this concerns Ivano-Frankivsk, Zakarpattia, Lviv, and Ternopil regions. Mytnyk noted that the number of those who had died of acute respiratory infections in Ukraine in previous years was higher than this year. According to the Ukrainian Health Ministry 633,877 people caught acute respiratory illnesses


  • 2009.11.05
    Speaker Lytvyn calls on politicians not to politicize situation with flu epidemic
    Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko told reporters on Wednesday the scope of flu epidemic, including the California virus, is immense in Ukraine. "We have specific risk factors, aggravating the epidemic exactly in Ukraine, which is seen from findings of both the National Security and Defense Council and international experts," the head of state said


  • 2009.11.03
    Speaker Lytvyn calls on politicians not to politicize situation with flu epidemic
    Volodymyr Lytvyn, the speaker of the Ukrainian parliament, which allocated an additional UAH 1 billion to fight flu in the country, has again called on politicians to refrain from politicizing the situation with the flu epidemic. He said that instead of analyzing the situation and giving people hope, "our [politicians] are competing who will be the first to head this process." The speaker also provided statistical data on last year's death toll from pneumonia


  • 2009.11.02
    Cancellation of presidential elections impossible - Tymoshenko
    Cancellation of the presidential elections in Ukraine due to the influenza epidemic is impossible, the presidential runner, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said. "Surely, the presidential elections will not be cancelled. The elections will be held in time. I'm convinced there is every chance for them to be held honestly and fairly and the state will get a new president," she said.


  • 2009.11.02
    Ukraine supplied with medication - Prime Minister
    Ukraine has enough medication for combating the influenza epidemic efficiently, Ukraine's Premier Yulia Tymoshenko said after a Swiss airplane has arrived in the Boryspil International Airport with 300,000 packs of the Tamiflu medication this night. This is already a stock that absolutely reliably protects people and ensures therapy," she stressed.


  • 2009.10.30
    Government will do its utmost to protect Ukraine from flu - Premier Tymoshenko
    The Ukrainian government will apply best efforts to protect Ukraine from the influenza, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said this at a meeting in Ternopil on Friday, UKRINFORM correspondent reports. According to Tymoshenko, the Cabinet outlined a comprehensive action plan to ease the epidemic effects. "All branches of power, the whole healthcare system has from today the only one objective - combating the epidemic," she stated. According to the Premier, all drugstores will be provided with necessary anti-influenza medication. She also assured that the army and the Emergency Ministry, if necessary, will be engaged in countering the epidemic in Ukraine


  • 2009.10.30
    Swine flu (A/H1N1) confirmed in Ukraine
    Ukrainian Health Ministry Vasyl Kniazevych has confirmed a case of the A/H1N1 influenza, also known as swine flu, in Ukraine. Media reported on October 29 that a man who returned from Saint Petersburg had preliminarily died of swine flu in the district center of Volovets in Zakarpattia region, and that symptoms of swine flu had been confirmed in another resident of Zakarpattia region who returned from Moscow


  • 2009.10.29
    Epidemic situation in Ukraine controlled round the clock
    The epidemic situation in this country is controlled round the clock, Health Minister Vasyl Kniazevych told a government meeting while speaking about the measures to prevent further spread of the unidentified virus disease in Ukraine's western provinces, the liaison department of the Cabinet of Ministers' Secretariat reported. Kniazevych says an operation headquarters was set up on the health ministry's base, with him and the National Academy of Sciences President in chair.


  • 2009.10.28
    President hails dialogue on avoiding split in Ukrainian Orthodoxy
    Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has welcomed the start of a constructive dialogue on avoiding a split in the Ukrainian Orthodoxy, his press service has reported. He made the comment at a meeting of the Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations on Wednesday. Yushchenko said that the achievement of spiritual unity in Orthodoxy actually signals consolidation in society.


  • 2009.10.27
    President Yushchenko to run for second term to defend democracy, independence
    Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko on Tuesday submitted documents to the Central Election Commission to register as a presidential candidate during the upcoming elections on January 17, 2010. Yushchenko, who decided to run for the presidency as a self-nominee, submitted a deposit of UAH 2.5 million (UAH 7.99 / USD 1) as his own funds. Around 2,000 people holding the flags of the Our Ukraine party gathered near the commission's building.


  • 2009.10.26
    IMF demands Ukraine veto parliament's new social standards law
    "An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission headed by Ms. Ceyla Pazarbasioglu visited Kyiv to review the authorities' economic program that is being supported by a Stand-By Arrangement with the IMF. The mission found that the economic and financial situation in Ukraine is stabilizing as a result of policies under this program. Preserving these gains will require policy discipline and corrective actions in some areas," the IMF said.


  • 2009.10.23
    Ukraine ready to restore dialogue with Russia at all levels - Foreign Minister
    Ukraine's Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko, currently on a visit to Moscow, claims Ukraine is ready for restoration of a dialogue with Russia at all levels. Improvement of relations with Russia is one of the crucial tasks the Ukrainian diplomacy faces, Poroshenko has said, UKRINFORM correspondent reports from Moscow. According to him, it is necessary to use a huge potential in relations of the states, which could help solve problems in economic, political, cultural, humanitarian and security areas.


  • 2009.10.22
    President hopes for absolute population growth in Ukraine in 2015
    President Viktor Yushchenko forecasts that Ukraine will first get the increase in the population in 2015, he has addressed the All-Ukrainian Meeting 'With Love and Care for Children' in Kharkiv. The head of state said that the birth rate in the country has grown 8.2% to 11% over five tears. Yushchenko reminded that today four Ukrainian regions have a positive dynamics, and their number is expected to double at 2009-end. "If such pace is kept, Ukraine will first get an absolute growth of the population in 2015," he underlined.


  • 2009.10.21
    Ukraine wants fair assessment of famine from PACE, says president
    The Holodomor receives fair assessments at the international level, in particular, in decisions taken by the United Nations, the UNESCO, the OSCE, the European Parliament, and the national parliaments of many countries, owing to Ukraine's efforts, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said at a meeting with Mevlut Cavusoglu, the PACE rapporteur for problems on the famine in the former Soviet Union.


  • 2009.10.21
    Industry slowly regaining pre-crisis production output - Premier Tymoshenko
    Ukraine's industry is slowly returning to the pre-crisis production volumes, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has told the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday. She reminded that in September 2009 the industrial production growth posted 1.9% against August. "Such a figure is a record over the whole period from 2000 to 2008. It means that crisis is fading away step-by-step," she underlined.


  • 2009.10.20
    President likes relations development with international finance institutions
    President Viktor Yushchenko is satisfied with the pace of relations development of Ukraine and world finance organizations, he was speaking Tuesday at the 9th Plenary Meeting of the Advisory Council for Foreign Investments in Ukraine. Yushchenko drew attention to Ukraine's active cooperation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB). Besides, according to the head of state, the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is ready to cooperate with our state in modernizing the Ukrainian gas transit system.


  • 2009.10.15
    Ukraine-EU summit in December 2009 will be landmark, fruitful - President Yushchenko
    "The dialogue that we have had with the European Commission over the past several years is one of the most productive Ukraine ever had," President Viktor Yushchenko has said this commenting on his meeting in Brussels with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso. Yushchenko appreciated the talks progress with the EU on concluding the association agreement. The Ukrainian President says that three-quarters of work on the instrument have already accomplished.


  • 2009.10.15
    President believes patriots can solve country's problems
    "The political forces that are today represented in the parliament and government are unable to tackle the vital problems our state is facing. So, when we speak about political stabilization, I'm deeply convinced that it is necessary to place stakes on patriotic people, patriotic forces who take care about Ukraine, but not the office," President Viktor Yushchenko has addressed a gathering on the 67th anniversary of foundation of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA).


  • 2009.10.14
    President Yushchenko pays tribute to fighters for independent Ukraine
    President Viktor Yushchenko has today participated in the events dedicated to the 67th anniversary of the foundation of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) and 65th anniversary of the Ukrainian Main Liberation Council in Volyn region. In the village of Kolky, Manevychi district, the President laid flowers to the memorials 'The Kolky Republic', 'To the Fighters for Ukraine's Freedom' and the monument 'To the Soviet Soldiers killed in the WW II'.


  • 2009.10.13
    New foreign minister sets task of winning information wars against Ukraine
    Newly appointed Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko, who was introduced to Ukraine's diplomatic corps on Tuesday, has said he is planning to change the situation in the Foreign Ministry's information policies, as "sometimes we feel that an information war is being waged against Ukraine, and we're losing it." "There's no doubt that today we'll offer new approaches in information work, because the globalization process is making foreign policies transparent, and the ink had hardly dried on any document when experts and journalists are trying to comment on it. Such attention to the activities of diplomats demands high professionalism from us and places great responsibility on us," he said.


  • 2009.10.13
    President describes Ukraine as attractive country for investment
    The increase in the volume of foreign investment worth USD 31 billion attracted by Ukraine over the last four years is evidence of the country's investment attractiveness, President Viktor Yushchenko has said. "Four years ago, we started from the volume of foreign investment worth USD 7.6 billion. Today, we have USD 38 billion on our accounts. This means that Ukraine is a modern and attractive country for investors, first and foremost, for EU countries," he said at a meeting with the heads of Ukraine's foreign diplomatic establishments in Kyiv on Tuesday.


  • 2009.10.12
    Ukrainian President calls on CIS to elaborate new policy of economic relations
    Though today's CIS Summit in Chisinau was, first of all, dedicated to the elaboration of a new policy of economic relations in order to overcome the effects of the global financial turmoil, the meeting of the CIS heads of state has seen no substantial agreement at the interstate level. The same estimate to the summit was given by Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko.


  • 2009.10.09
    Strong, democratic Ukraine contributes to European security, says John F. Tefft, US Ambassador-Designate to Ukraine
    In his address, Tefft said that his broad experience working in Eastern Europe, and on Ukraine in particular, has prepared him for the important task of advancing U.S. relations with Ukraine. "If confirmed, I will focus on further strengthening the already close strategic partnership between our two countries," the diplomat said. He noted that this Administration will follow on the overall approach toward Ukraine taken by every U.S. Administration since 1991.


  • 2009.10.08
    Yushchenko says he carried out strategic policy 'aimed at having another generation of Ukrainian citizens'
    President Viktor Yushchenko said in an interview with the BBC Ukrainian.com that he most regrets over failing to carry out a reform of the political system of Ukraine. "Today, the problem of order is imposed on the problem of forming the power itself. The power is being criminalized, it is formed in shadow. I mean closed electoral lists when people who bear no state interest take the power," Yushchenko said.


  • 2009.10.07
    NATO will support Ukrainian membership reforms
    NATO will support Ukraine on the path of reforms required for its membership of the alliance. NATO Spokesman James Appathurai made a statement to this effect in Brussels Tuesday, during a video conference with Moscow. He reminded of the Bucharest meeting communiquй noting that Ukraine and Georgia might become NATO members after they meet certain standards and express their will.


  • 2009.10.07
    Yushchenko: Ukraine doing utmost for neighborly relations with Russia
    Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko says that Ukraine is doing its best for the development of good-neighborly relations with Russia. Speaking in a BBC Ukrainian service interview, he said that his policy all over the past four years was showing a great respect to Russia and a correct attitude to it, the presidential press service reported.


  • 2009.10.06
    Parliament starts working, makes first step to raise social standards
    The Ukrainian parliament has on Tuesday finally started working after a month-long blockade by the opposition Party of Regions demanding higher minimum wage and pensions. Thus, the Verkhovna Rada has passed a bill on raising social standards in the first reading. Notably, this was an alternative bill submitted by Bloc of Lytvyn's MP Oleh Zarubinsky, but not that of the Party of Regions.


  • 2009.10.02
    Tymoshenko: 2010 budget will be adopted next day after election
    The national budget of Ukraine for 2010 will be adopted on the very next day after the presidential elections, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said in the course of the 9th International Economic Forum in Lviv. Tymoshenko also said Ukraine needs reform of inter-budgetary relations between central and regional authorities, decentralization of financial resources, which would help the regions to count on better balanced budgets.


  • 2009.10.1
    Yushchenko hopes 2010 will be year of reforms for Ukraine
    President Viktor Yushchenko has today stated about the possibility of carrying out economic reforms amid the global financial and economic downturn. In his opening speech at the ІХ Lviv International Economic Forum (Truskavets, Lviv region) entitled 'Investment. Innovation. Competitiveness. Reinvigorating Ukrainian Regions Against a Backdrop of Global Economic Crisis', Yushchenko underlined that up to USD 30 billion has been attracted in Ukraine over the last four years - by USD 7 billion a year. This, according to him, speaks for good investment environment in the country.


  • 2009.09.30
    Yushchenko convinced of his victory in 2010 presidential election race
    Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko expressed confidence that he would be elected for the second term in January 2010. "I do not doubt much that I will win this election," he told a press conference on democracy, national interests of Ukraine, and the role of the Constitution he had drafted. The President attributed his decision to run for a new term to the duty of a citizen "who loves his country."


  • 2009.09.29
    Premier accuses participants in Odesa Portside Factory auction of collusion
    Ukraine-based Nortima Ltd. has today won the auction on the sale of 99.567% stock in JSC Odesa Portside Factory. The company offered UAH 5 billion (USD 1 - UAH 8.01), UKRINFORM reports. The starting price was UAH 4.1 billion, bid increment - UAH 50 million. Meanwhile, a tender commission of the State Property Fund (SPF) rejected the results of the auction on the sale of Odesa Portside Factory to Ukraine's Nortima Ltd.


  • 2009.09.29
    Ukraine will allow no impiety to Babi Yar victims - Viktor Yushchenko
    The Ukrainian state will prevent impiety to the Babi Yar victims, President Viktor Yushchenko has addressed the nation on the occasion of the 68th anniversary of the tragedy, the presidential press-service reports. Yushchenko reminded that 68 years ago, on September 29, 1941, the Nazi occupants started in the Babi Yar mass shooting of innocent people and first of all the Ukrainian Jews. The President said that the Nazi terror killed more than 100,000 of our compatriots - Jews, Roma, Ukrainians, Russians and other nations.


  • 2009.09.28
    Tymoshenko calls for creating united team to invigorate economy
    Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko stands for creating in Ukraine a "united team" to invigorate the economy and cope with crisis aftermath. She made this call during a round-table meeting with participation of foreign experts. "I am convinced that on February 15 we will have all components: parliament, government, central bank and president, to make serious post-crisis steps dynamically.


  • 2009.09.25
    Mutually beneficial, friendly relations with Russia an integral part of Ukraine's logical development - Tymoshenko
    "A civilized choice of Ukraine is Europe, but the country, in this regard, should keep partner and mutually beneficial relations with the Russian Federation," Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has today addressed the 6th Annual Meeting of Yalta European Strategy (YES) in Crimea. "A civilized choice of Ukraine is Europe, but the country, in this regard, should keep partner and mutually beneficial relations with the Russian Federation,"


  • 2009.09.24
    Yushchenko: Ukraine acts in strict compliance with UN goals and principles, expects the same from its partners and neighbors
    Ukraine witnesses "very disconcerting reemerged signals from the past: ranging from questioning the very existence of newly independent states to denying the nations' own views on their past and future", President Viktor Yushchenko said addressing the 64th session of the United Nations' General Assembly, according to the presidential press service. In the head of state's words, Ukraine as a free nation, does not accept "any forms of interference into internal affairs of sovereign states, any pressure on them or manifestations of authoritarian thinking in international relations."


  • 2009.09.24
    Integration with NATO a guarantee of Ukraine's independence - Yushchenko
    Addressing Ukrainian reporters in New York, President Viktor Yushchenko expressed confidence that integration with NATO, the European collective security policy, is the essence behind which Ukraine's territorial integrity and independence stay. The President emphasized that, during his meeting with the NATO Secretary General, they confirmed the policy declared at the two latest summits on Ukraine and the perspectives of her membership of the Alliance.


  • 2009.09.23
    Ukraine - US economic cooperation needs shot in the arm - Yushchenko
    Economic cooperation between Ukraine and the United States must be given a new impetus, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said during his working lunch with US businessmen, according to the presidential website. Yushchenko emphasized that, by the end of the first half-year, almost USD 1.4 billion of American investments were drawn into Ukrainian economy, but the global crisis left a negative impact on both investment activity and Ukraine's foreign trade turnover.


  • 2009.09.22
    President says No to foreign military bases in Ukraine
    Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko expressed hope that Russia would pull out its Black Sea Fleet before May 2017, as was previously agreed. He made a statement to this effect, addressing the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. Yushchenko reminded that Ukraine and Russia signed in 1997 the agreement, according to which Russia's Black Sea Fleet will be staying in the territory of Ukraine's Autonomous Republic of Crimea in the course of 20 years, and must be withdrawn in 2017.


  • 2009.09.21
    Ukrainian economy will regain pre-crisis GDP by 2012 end, minister Danylyshyn says
    He noted that the GDP decline will post 10-12% at 2009-end. "Positive trends are already seen in the economy, and they will strengthen by the end of 2009. We are expected to have a positive result even in H1/2010," the minister said. However, he did not specify a forecast for H2/2010 saying that a 3.7% GDP growth in 2010 is realistic.


  • 2009.09.17
    Odesa portside factory will be sold on September 29, Prime Minister insists
    Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said that privatization of the Odesa portside factory will take place despite Thursday's presidential decree suspending the auction. Tymoshenko, during her visit to Zhytomyr region, explained that it was the State Property Fund to have scheduled the tender for September 29, and its decisions cannot be cancelled by the president.


  • 2009.09.16
    USD 753 million repaid at foreign creditors' demand - Tymoshenko
    Ukraine has early repaid USD 753 million of external indebtedness at creditors' demand, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said during the government meeting on Wednesday. She accused her predecessor, Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych, and former first vice premier Mykola Azarov of misappropriating that money and concluding the contracts on unprofitable to Ukraine terms.


  • 2009.09.15
    Government presents draft budget 2010
    Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has today presented a draft state budget 2010. The presentation of the document took place at the Ukrainian House in Kyiv. The Cabinet's draft budget 2010 provides for the GDP growth at 3.7% of GDP with the consumer price index raising by 9.7% until December. Foreign trade in goods and services is to get a positive balance at USD 1,839 billion in 2010. Exports will increase by 9.5%


  • 2009.09.15
    Premier says hryvnia will strengthen after presidential election
    Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said that the draft state budget for 2010 foresees the hryvnia exchange rate at UAH 7.50/USD 1. "I want to emphasize once again so that there is no speculation from all political forces - the budget will be calculated at the hryvnia exchange rate of UAH 7.50 per dollar," she said while opening an extraordinary government meeting on Monday. Tymoshenko said that


  • 2009.09.14
    President calls on government to avoid pre-election populism while drafting budget
    Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has called on the Cabinet of Ministers to refrain from pre-election populism while drafting the state budget for 2010, his press secretary Iryna Vannykova has said. She quoted the president as saying that the "second unrealistic budget" amid the global economic crisis would become a disaster for the Ukrainian economic and the social sector.


  • 2009.09.14
    Premier Tymoshenko claims 'second attempt'
    Prime Minister Tymoshenko vows to realize the ideals of the Maidan 2004, she said Saturday evening in the capital's Independence Square following a concert to open the all-Ukrainian tour 'With Ukraine in the Heart'. The tour is reasonably called a pre-election action of the BYuT leader. "I am convinced that no disappointment will ever be in our hearts. If we failed the first attempt, we will be a success with the second [attempt].


  • 2009.09.11
    Ukraine-Russia relations should focus on projects bringing fast results, says Ukraine's ambassador to Russia
    The diversity of human and cultural ties between Ukrainian and Russian nations encourages the authorities to find a solution to difficult problems, Ukraine's Ambassador to Russia Kostiantyn Hryshchenko has told an interview with Russia's Vesti TV Channel, UKRINFORM's correspondent reported from Moscow.


  • 2009.09.09
    President again calls parliament either to start work or initiate voluntary dissolution
    President Viktor Yushchenko is concerned over the Verkhovna Rada's inability to start working efficiently, says President's press-secretary Iryna Vannykova. "The President of Ukraine is strongly concerned over a stalemate in the Verkhovna Rada. The leading parliamentary factions behave themselves irresponsibly by blocking the work of the Verkhovna Rada, it would seem, under various specious excuses," she


  • 2009.09.08
    Premier Tymoshenko claims no gas conflicts between Ukraine, Russia
    Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said at a briefing in Kyiv that there are no discrepancies in gas relations between Ukraine and Russia. This refers both to the contracted volumes and the tariffs for gas transit to Europe via Ukraine. Tymoshenko blamed 'great Ukrainian politicians' for misreporting. The Prime Minister said that in 2010 Ukraine intends to buy 32 billion cu. m. of gas at JSC Gazprom, which is in line with the volume of purchases in 2009, but is lower than the volume of 52 billion cu. m. laid down in the contract for 2009-2019.


  • 2009.09.07
    Ukrainian, Polish presidents say Europe should be Europe of cooperation, but not dominance of some countries over another
    Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and his Polish counterpart Lech Kaczynski, when commenting on today's Ukraine-Poland negotiations in Warsaw, noted the importance of historical reconciliation of the Ukrainian and Polish people for further efficient development of partnership relations between Ukraine and Poland. Yushchenko said that despite quite difficult common history, the countries decided to adhere


  • 2009.09.04
    Hryshchenko says Ukraine will individually determine its policy
    Ukraine will individually determine its policy, rather than follow signals from Russia, the European Union or the United States, Ukrainian Ambassador to Russia Kostiantyn Hryshchenko has told the Echo of Moscow radio station, while commenting on Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's letter to Ukraine's leadership, UKRINFORM reported. He said that statements of this kind are usually sent via diplomatic channels, rather than through the media. "When I heard Medvedev's statement, the main thought was how the development of the situation over the statement could be reflected on the development of [Ukrainian-Russian] relations," Hryshchenko said.


  • 2009.09.04
    President not so much optimistic as premier about overcoming crisis
    President Viktor Yushchenko has called on the Ukrainian politicians not to give too optimistic forecasts on Ukraine's overcoming the economic downturn, he said this at a meeting with heads of regional state administrations on Thursday. "One should not persuade that the crisis will die away in two-three months," Yushchenko said stressing that active efforts should be taken to curb the crisis effects, but not populism.


  • 2009.09.03
    No legal grounds for parliament dissolution, says Verkhovna Rada speaker
    There are no legal grounds for dissolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, says parliament chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn. Lytvyn said that he did not discuss this issue at his Wednesday's meeting with President Viktor Yushchenko. At the same time, the speaker noted that when the question is about the coalition does not work, so he is not interested in the coalition, but in the workable parliament.


  • 2009.09.03
    Ukraine will buy 27-33bn cu. m. of Russian gas in 2010, says Tymoshenko
    According to her, such agreement was reached at a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Poland, September 2. "Next year, we will purchase 27-33 billion cubic meters of gas depending on the economic situation," Tymoshenko said. She also confirmed that in 2009 the country will buy 33 billion cu. m. of Russian gas and punitive sanctions for shortfall in gas according to the volumes declared in


  • 2009.09.01
    Ukrainian, Russian premiers agree Ukraine will pay in 2010 only for gas consumed, without any sanctions
    he next meeting of the Russian and Ukrainian prime ministers will be held in October 2010, preliminary, in Kharkiv, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said this following a meeting with her Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Poland's Gdansk on Tuesday. Tymoshenko specified that the meeting will take place in frames of a sitting of the Committee on Economic Cooperation of the Interstate


  • 2009.09.01
    President Yushchenko calling students for active participation in discussing constitutional reform
    President Viktor Yushchenko is calling Ukrainian students for active involvement in discussing the constitutional reform, he addressed students and teaching staff of the National University of Bioresources and Environmental Management on the occasion of the Knowledge Day, the presidential press-service reports. Yushchenko stressed that he sees the constitutional reform


  • 2009.08.31
    Ukraine will achieve success as a state if democracy dominates here, says President Yushchenko
    Ukraine will succeed in fulfilling itself as a state if democracy dominates here, President Viktor Yushchenko has said this on Monday addressing students and teaching staff of universities of Chernivtsi region. "No totalitarian model will ensure eternity for Ukraine, it will lead to the loss of statehood," he said stressing that today all forces should be sent to preserve the democratic rule.


  • 2009.08.31
    President hails opening of Donbass Arena stadium
    President Viktor Yushchenko called the opening of the elite-class stadium Donbass Arena in Donetsk, the first in Eastern Europe stadium, designed and constructed in compliance with the UEFA standards, "a significant event both for Ukrainian sports and Ukraine as a whole". According to the President, this stadium is worth FC Shakhtar Donetsk that won the UEFA Cup. This is also a gift to the Ukrainian youth, Yushchenko said reminding that in Donetsk and Mariupol of Donetsk region, the 2009 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship was held and it was confidently won by Ukraine.


  • 2009.08.27
    No one can today shape scenario for Ukraine to lose its statehood, says Ukrainian President
    Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko says that it is today impossible to elaborate a scenario for Ukraine to lose its statehood. "Millions of people will stand up to prevent it," he told an interview for the Ukrayina Moloda, Den and Delo newspapers. Asked by reporters about Ukraine-Russian relations, the Head of State stressed that every sovereign state has the right for own history, language and national priorities, and this should be seen as entity.


  • 2009.08.27
    Ukraine proposes Russia resume normal level of bilateral relations
    Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Yeliseyev has said that Ukraine and Russia should do all they can to resume the normal level of bilateral relations. He was speaking at a meeting with Russian Charge d'Affaires in Ukraine Vsevolod Loskutov on August 26, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's press service reported. Yeliseyev said that Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko had made many statements on Ukraine's readiness to establish a full-scale dialogue with Russia at all levels and take measures to improve bilateral relations


  • 2009.08.26
    Ukraine describes Russia's claims about Ukraine's alleged participation in Caucasus conflict as 'provocation'
    Ukrainian Ambassador to Russia Kostiantyn Hryshchenko has said that Russia's accusations that Ukrainian military servicemen and members of the UNA-UNSO nationalist organization could have been involved in last year's conflict in the Caucasus are groundless. "The prosecutor's office should resort to facts, but the facts point to quite the opposite. If there are such facts, we should be informed about them," he said live on the Fifth TV channel, while commenting on a statement by the Investigative Committee of the Russian Prosecutor's Office.


  • 2009.08.25
    Premier says government will allocate USD 200 m to support coal sector
    The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers is planning to allocate UAH 1.6 billion (UAH 7.94 / USD 1) to support the coal sector, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said at a roundtable on the coal sector's development on Tuesday. She said that UAH 1.1 billion would be allocated as subsidies and payments of wages to coalminers, UAH 400 million to commission new coalfaces and UAH 100 million to increase the level of labor safety at coal enterprises. Tymoshenko said that this year, the government had already allocated UAH 192.4 million for the technical re-equipment of coalmines.


  • 2009.08.25
    Yushchenko says crisis should be used to hold radical reforms
    The economic crisis should be used for radical reforms, rather than elections, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said in his address marking Ukraine's Independence Day in Kyiv on August 24. The head of state presented his strategic plan on social and economic issues, which includes three key positions. "Firstly, we should continue our course for the real national revival of Ukraine," he said. Yushchenko said that major attention should be paid to Ukraine's newest information policy. "It [the policy], along with our media, film production, and book printing, should become an instrument to popularize Ukrainian national ideas," he said.


  • 2009.08.21
    Parliament overrides veto of law on presidential election
    The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, has overridden a presidential veto of the law on presidential election. A total of 325 MPs voted for this decision at an extraordinary meeting of the parliament on Friday. They refused to support none of the 18 proposals and remarks to this law, which were made by President Viktor Yushchenko. As UKRINFORM reported, Yushchenko said that he would appeal to the Constitutional Court if the parliament overrode his veto of the new wording of the law on presidential election.


  • 2009.08.20
    Ukraine entering active phase of UEFA EURO 2012 arrangement, says tournament director
    The rumors that UEFA will refuse from holding the UEFA European Football Championship 2012 in Ukraine are groundless, says Markiyan Lubkivsky, the tournament director and head of the Local Organizing Committee 'UEFA EURO 2012 Ukraine', the Information Center 'Ukraine - 2012' reported on Thursday. The official noted that 'Ukraine has entered an active phase of arrangement of the championship.


  • 2009.08.19
    President Yushchenko comments on current level of Ukraine-Russia relations
    Ukraine is interested in developing dynamic and effective relations with Russia, President Viktor Yushchenko has today told the press in Poltava region. "Surely, it is very important to have active Ukraine-Russia relations. This is in line with national interests. As President, I would like to tell frankly that Ukraine has never formulated any negative strategy of Ukraine-Russia negotiations," he said.


  • 2009.08.19
    Premier Tymoshenko denies reports about break of budget process 2010
    Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has refuted accusations against the government, which allegedly broken the budget process for the next year, she was speaking at the Cabinet meeting Wednesday. According to her, the draft budget 2010 will be prepared and submitted to the Verkhovna Rada within the deadlines established by the Budget Code [till September 15 - ed.]. "There will be no delay. The draft is being prepared


  • 2009.08.17
    Premier Tymoshenko demands from NBU "to put in order" hryvnia exchange rate
    Indexes of the foreign trade balance testify to absence of any prerequisites for national currency rate fluctuation, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko told a briefing today. "All indexes testify to the fact that the hryvnia should grow. I address the NBU with a demand to urgently put in order the situation with the hryvnia rate, since it will be very difficult to further keep the situation under such conditions", the Prime Minister said.


  • 2009.08.14
    Tymoshenko says Ukraine will independently decide on its domestic, foreign policies
    Ukraine will decide on its domestic and foreign policies independently, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said in connection with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's open letter addressed to Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko. "Notwithstanding the fact that the foreign policy is the constitutional prerogative of the president, I cannot keep silence on the latest developments in Ukrainian-Russian relations.


  • 2009.08.13
    President Yushchenko disappointed with 'unfriendly nature' of Medvedev's message, but believes in good future for Ukraine-Russia relations
    "I am very disappointed with the 'unfriendly nature' of the address of Russia's President Dmitriy Medvedev, says Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko is his response to his Russian counterpart. " I cannot but agree with the fact that there are serious problems between our states, but it is surprisingly that you fully exclude Russia's responsibility for that," Yushchenko noted adding that Ukraine 'has never budged from the principles of friendship and partnership fixed in the Great Agreement of 1997' and 'was doing its best for fruitful, mutually beneficial development of bilateral relations'.


  • 2009.08.12
    'Russian young leadership has old imperial complexes', says chief of Our Ukraine pro-presidential party
    One day after a blunt message of the Russian President to the Ukrainian President, Kyiv has today given an answer. But neither from lips of Viktor Yushchenko himself and nor from the Foreign Ministry. Responding to Dmitriy Medvedev was Vira Ulyanchenko, the chief of the Ukrainian President's Secretariat. And not even acting as an official, but as a chairperson of the political council of the Our Ukraine party.


  • 2009.08.10
    Premier says Ukraine could reach grain gross yield at 70mn tons
    Ukraine has every prospect of reaching cereals gross yield at 70 million tons in the next few years, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said during her working visit to Poltava region Monday. "We have everything we need to reach this level. For that we have to take advanced technologies of land cultivation and grain storage. The government has a strategy of choosing best farm producers, unifying their experience and spreading it for entire Ukraine," she noted.


  • 2009.08.07
    UEFA EURO 2012 Ukraine committee refutes media reports about finals moving to Poland
    Markiyan Lubkivsky, the tournament director and head of the Local Organizing Committee 'UEFA EURO 2012 Ukraine' has refuted some media reports about the change of the format of the 2012 football championship's finals. "On behalf of the Local Organizing Committee 'UEFA EURO 2012 Ukraine', set up by the Football Federation of Ukraine and being in UEFA's charge, I would like to state that an active work is underway in Ukraine today intended to prepare and host the tournament in four Ukrainian cities.


  • 2009.08.07
    Ukrainian economy adapting to external shocks, minister says
    Ukraine will not face the second way of the global economic downturn in late 2009 when resources of the IMF loans will be used, Economics Minister Bohdan Danylyshyn told an interview with The Day Weekly Digest, UKRINFORM reports. The ministry is now elaborating a macroeconomic forecast for 2010 predicting the GDP growth [using all domestic reserves and foreign economy environment for that.


  • 2009.08.06
    Ukraine seeks to develop constructive relations with Russia - President Yushchenko
    Relations with Russia are of strategic nature for Ukraine, President Viktor Yushchenko has told a press conference in Odesa region Thursday. According to him, Ukraine is well disposed to develop constructive relations with Russia. "There are a lot of motives for that, starting with that fact that Russia is one of the world's super powers with a unique resource, unique opportunities, including for realization of Ukrainian interests - economic, political and cultural.


  • 2009.08.05
    Premier waiting for review of Ukraine's ratings by international rating agencies
    With the current economic situation taken into account, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko believes that the global rating agencies will shortly upgrade Ukraine's ratings, she said this at the Cabinet meeting Wednesday having referred to the recent rating review for Ukraine by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services. "I believe that other agencies will soon do the same," Tymoshenko noted.


  • 2009.08.04
    Premier says parliament will override veto of law on financing UEFA EURO 2012
    Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said she is confident that parliament will override the presidential veto of the law obliging the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) to transfer UAH 9.8 billion to the state budget to prepare infrastructure objects for hosting the UEFA EURO 2012 European Football Championship, the government's press service quoted Tymoshenko as saying.


  • 2009.08.04
    President demands NBU respond to urgent issues in banking sector
    Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has demanded that the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) respond to a number of urgent issues in the country's banking sector, his press service has reported. First and foremost, the president drew the attention of the NBU governor to the growing threat to the stability of the national currency. Secondly, Yushchenko said that the untimely observation by banks of their commitments to their clients was hindering the proper financing of the banking system and restrained the resumption of trust in this system.


  • 2009.08.03
    Ukraine will get necessary loans from International Financial Institutions
    The President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, hailed a political agreement that has been reached between Ukraine and the International Financial Institutions on extending loans for the purchase of Russian gas. The relevant statement was made on July 31. Representatives of the International Financial Institutions confirmed on Friday in Brussels their decision to provide Ukraine with short-term and long-term loans.


  • 2009.07.31
    Finance Ministry expecting higher financial ratings
    The Ukrainian Ministry of Finance expects a review and upgrade of other international and financial ratings after Standard & Poor's Friday revision of Ukraine's Country Rating Outlook to Positive from Negative, acting Finance Minister Ihor Umansky said. "Negative expectations on the currency market have not proved, the market saw that the work with the IMF has completed successfully.


  • 2009.07.30
    Russia shows unwillingness to develop equal partnership with Ukraine - MFA
    The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine expresses regret at the demarche of the Russian MFA in response to the demand of the Ukrainian party to early wrap up a mission of two Russian diplomats, reads a commentary of the Ukrainian ministry. The Ukrainian party has repeatedly drawn attention of the Russian side to the fact that individual officers of the Russian Embassy in Ukraine, as well as the Russian Consulate General in Odesa were involved in the activity incompatible with their diplomatic status.


  • 2009.07.30
    Yushchenko concerned over slower pace of Eastern Partnership talks
    Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko is anxious about slowdown of negotiations with the European Commission on filling with real content European Union's Eastern Partnership initiative. The presidential website quoted Andriy Honcharuk, deputy head of the President's Secretariat, as saying this. "The President says the level of specific content in discussions between Ukraine and the EU on practical implementation of Eastern Partnership projects is rather low," he said.


  • 2009.07.29
    Ukraine in talks with EC, EBRD, EIB, Gazprom to raise loan for gas pumping into UGS - Premier Tymoshenko
    Ukraine is holding negotiations with the European Commission (EC), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the European Investment Bank (EIB), as well as JSC Gazprom to raise a loan for gas pumping into the Ukrainian underground gas storages (UGS), Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko told a press conference on Wednesday. She noted that there is no result achieved so far with either of the parties. "We are holding a negotiation process, but we are paying for gas pumping into gas storages of Ukraine by our own yet," Tymoshenko stressed


  • 2009.07.29
    Premier says Ukraine will get third tranche from IMF by end of this week
    Ukraine will receive the third tranche under the Stand-By Arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by the end of this week, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said while opening the government meeting on Wednesday. According to IMF First Deputy Managing Director and Acting Chair John Lipsky, Ukraine's further cooperation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under the Stand-By Arrangement will help the country create the conditions that facilitate an expeditious economic recovery, he said while commenting on the IMF's decision to release USD 3.3 billion as the next tranche to Ukraine, the fund's press service reported.


  • 2009.07.28
    Ukraine proves being net exporter of foods
    In keeping with the preliminary results of the 2009/2010 harvesting campaign, Ukraine grew about 44 million tons of grain crops, including 41.6 million tons of the key crops (wheat, corn and barley), the Agriculture resource reported. According to the UN classification, the report says, this country is believed to be a net exporter of food, growing over a ton of grain and oil-bearing crops per capita.


  • 2009.07.27
    President Yushchenko meets Patriarch Kirill
    President Viktor Yushchenko has met Patriarch of Moscow and All-Russia Kirill Monday. The meeting took place at the president's official house, Horodetsky House, the presidential press-service reported. Ukraine, in Yushchenko's words, is expecting a lot of positive signals the orthodoxy needs from the visit of Patriarch Kirill. He also voiced hopes for continuation of a dialogue on the prospects of orthodoxy development in Ukraine the Ukrainian party appreciates.


  • 2009.07.24
    Parliament amends presidential election law
    The Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine has passed on the whole the bill of amendments to some legal acts on presidential elections. The bill, particularly, amends the procedure for forming district and precinct electoral commissions, reduces the election campaign period from 120 to 90 days, and eliminates the institute of absentee certificates and subscription lists in support of a presidential candidate.


  • 2009.07.23
    Ukraine obtains clear signals, guarantees for bilateral relations during US Vice President's visit to Ukraine - President Yushchenko
    One of the results of the visit of US Vice President Joe Biden to Ukraine was confirmation of a strategic character of bilateral relations of our country and the Unites States, President Viktor Yushchenko has commented on this foreign policy event in an interview with the Silski Visti newspaper, the presidential press-service reports.


  • 2009.07.21
    US confirms security guarantees given to Ukraine in 1994
    US Vice President Joe Biden has confirmed the security guarantees that the United States, Russia and Great Britain gave to Ukraine within the framework of the Budapest memorandum in 1994. He made a statement to this effect, addressing Ukrainian and American businessmen at the end of his working visit to Ukraine. In this context Biden noted that the US interest in Ukraine is confirmed by the program of assistance, in whose frames USD 120 million is provided to support peace and security, upgrade the Armed Forces, reinforce the Shelter facility, combat AIDS, and for other health programs.


  • 2009.07.21
    Ukraine - US relations forming as those of strategic importance, Yushchenko says
    The relations between Ukraine and the United States are forming as those of strategic importance, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said during his joint press conference with US Vice President Joe Biden in Kyiv Tuesday, an UKRINFORM correspondent reported. In Yushchenko's words, the Ukraine - US relations are developing rather actively, and are based on a solid legal ground, including the Strategic Partnership Charter of December 2008, the bilateral action plan and the road-map signed in early 2008.


  • 2009.07.20
    Ukrainian economy taking rise trajectory - ministry
    The indicators of the Ukrainian economy in June demonstrated positive changes in industry and confirmed once again that the deepest fall had passed, says Economy Minister Bohdan Danylyshyn, in whose opinion the economy begins upward movement. It is possible to say about this through a number of factors, the press service of the economy ministry reported.


  • 2009.07.17
    Yushchenko says he is ready for simultaneous early presidential, parliamentary elections
    Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has said he is ready for the simultaneous holding of early presidential and parliamentary elections if the open lists of presidential candidates are introduced and deputy immunity is cancelled before the elections are held. He made the comment at a roundtable with regional journalists on Friday.


  • 2009.07.16
    S. Korean President believes Ukraine will overcome financial turmoil under Y. Tymoshenko's guidance
    President of the Republic of Korea Lee Myung-bak has expressed confidence that Ukraine being professionally led by Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will not just overcome challenges of the global financial downturn, but will quickly achieve a dynamic growth, he said this at a meeting with Tymoshenko in Seoul, UKRINFORM learned from the Liaison Department of the Cabinet's Secretariat.


  • 2009.07.14
    Direct payments with Russia give Ukraine energy independence - Tymoshenko
    Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is confident that a mechanism of paying for Russian gas set from this year gives Ukraine a real independence, she told the grant meeting on the occasion of the Batkivschyna Party's10th anniversary in Kyiv, UKRINFORM reports. "Everybody has forgotten today what is crisis and chaos. We removed all corruption, all shadow, all exorbitant randomness and unpredictability of gas market," the Ukrainian Premier noted.


  • 2009.07.13
    Ukrainian premier notes certain economic stability in Ukraine
    Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said that the peak of the global financial crisis has passed. She was speaking at a meeting with representatives of the Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations in Kyiv on Monday, the government's press service reported. "The fact that we haven't brought our country to a default, its failure to pay wages and pensions, and the complete destruction of its economic system is due to God's blessing and a great deal of joint work done," she said.


  • 2009.07.10
    Government to spend $1.9 b of IMF's third tranche on repayment of foreign debt
    The Ukrainian government will spend USD 1.9 billion of a USD 3.3 billion tranche of the International Monetary Fund's loan to the country to repay its foreign debt, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said at a press conference in Kyiv on Friday. "The tranche will be USD 3.3 billion. Of this money, exactly USD 1.9 billion will be sent to make payments on the next foreign debts according to schedule that completely removes all risks related to payments [on foreign debts]," she said.


  • 2009.07.10
    Yushchenko says amendments to presidential election law a threat to democracy
    President Viktor Yushchenko notes that the amendments to the law on presidential elections with the present wording are dangerous for democracy and transparent elections of the head of state. "The bill in this context is dangerous for democracy in Ukraine. To my mind, it throws us back for 3-4 years and makes a system of electing president more closed," Viktor Yushchenko said this in Rivne (West Ukraine).


  • 2009.07.08
    Tymoshenko confirms entry in NATO will be decided at national referendum
    Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, a presidential candidate with a highest rating, confirmed once again at a news briefing Wednesday that the question of Ukraine's entry in NATO must be decided at a nation-wide referendum. "I want to stress once again that both I personally and my political team may talk about entering NATO exclusively by way of an all-Ukraine referendum," she stresses. Tymoshenko noted that at its meeting on Wednesday, the government adopted "the parameters of cooperation" with NATO, but no word was said about Ukraine's entry in the alliance.


  • 2009.07.07
    President calling on to intensify Chornobyl recovery efforts
    President Viktor Yushchenko notes a paramount importance of the work on Chornobyl recovery efforts, an unprecedented nuclear catastrophe that occurred 23 years ago. "Chornobyl remains one of the most acute problems of Ukraine inherited from the Soviet Union times," Yushchenko has today addressed a meeting of the Assembly of Donors of the Chornobyl Shelter Fund and Nuclear Safety Account in Kyiv. According to the Head of State, Ukraine annually earmarks UAH 1 billion from the state budget for the disaster recovery, which is more than health care spending.


  • 2009.07.07
    Europe should help Ukraine depoliticize gas issue, says Yushchenko
    Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has said that Europe should help Ukraine depoliticize the problem of the Ukrainian gas transportation system. The head of state made the comment in an interview with the Austrian newspaper Die Presse published on his official Web site. "The problem of Ukraine's gas transportation system has a political, rather than technical nature, and it should be depoliticized with the assistance of Europe, because the gas transportation system is a problem not only for Ukraine. It's very important that Europe learns to speak with one voice in the question of organizing the gas market," Yushchenko said.


  • 2009.07.06
    EU hopes for fast solution to gas problem
    The European Union is hoping for a rapid decision to provide Ukraine with necessary funds to pay for the supply of the Russian gas, but it is at the same time in permanent contacts with both parties and does not rule out the worst scenario, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has today told a news conference in Brussels ahead of the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy, UKRINFORM's own correspondent reports.


  • 2009.07.06
    Yushchenko says Ukraine's territory will never be used against Russia
    Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has said that he will order law enforcement agencies to analyze whether all of the Russian humanitarian and educational projects in Sevastopol are in line with Ukrainian laws. He said at a press conference in Sevastopol on Sunday that a number of those projects were "unfriendly," as, in his opinion, they bring "instability and discord." "If these projects contradict Ukrainian laws, they shouldn't exist," Yushchenko said.


  • 2009.07.03
    President again insists on reviewing budget 2009
    President Viktor Yushchenko again insists on revising the state budget 2009, he said this in Simferopol at a meeting on Crimea's development. "Surely, we have to start reviewing the budget. With this budget we cannot give a normal respond to the market developments," the Head of State noted. Viktor Yushchenko lambasted a financial policy being carried out in Ukraine for the lack of 'softness' amid the crisis.


  • 2009.07.03
    Territorial integrity vital both to Ukraine and China - Tymoshenko
    To Ukraine, as well as to China, the issue of territorial integrity is vitally important, because Ukraine still has some demarcation problems, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said during her meeting with the Chinese delegation led by Wang Gang, vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. "To us, as well as to China, the issue of territorial integrity is of a particular importance. And I want to assure once again that our position on the Taiwan issue is invariable and distinct," Yulia Tymoshenko emphasized.


  • 2009.07.01
    Ukraine to reduce presidential election campaign
    The Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine has passed as a basis the bill on amendments to some Ukrainian laws on election of the president, particularly, reduction of the presidential election campaign from 120 to 90 days. A total of 367 MPs voted in favor of this law. Beside that, the decision was backed to cut the procedure of preparing the bill for second reading.




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