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2012.02.07 13:09
Yanukovych addresses parliament, names Ukraine's priorities for 2012

President Viktor Yanukovych called on the opposition together with the parliamentary majority to work for the country's development and improve people's lives, he said in his speech at the opening of the tenth session of the Verkhovna Rada of sixth convocation on Tuesday.The president began his speech a few minutes later, as the opposition began chanting "Freedom to Yulia"."I want to appeal to the opposition factions: go back to parliament. Saving the country on the Maidans is impossible. We all know this, so you have to work on the development of the country, raising living standards," Yanukovych emphasized

2012.02.06 11:49
Prime Minister Azarov: Ukraine ready to help Russia supply gas to Europe

Ukraine, without doing damage to itself, can help Russia's Gazprom provide Europe with the necessary amount of gas by using gas for its own needs from underground storage facilities, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said at a press briefing on Monday. "When Russia reduced the amount of gas supplies to Europe and Gazprom representatives officially recognized that, we offered them to contact us. We can sign an agreement and provide assistance, if they think it's necessary," he said

2012.02.06
Hryshchenko: Both sides interested in signing association agreement

"The association agreement is not a gift to Ukraine, but a mutually beneficial difficult condition that was reached by both parties as a result of difficult efforts," Hryshchenko said. He said that the subject of European integration was one of the main questions raised at talks with Westerwelle in Munich. "We believe that both parties [Ukraine and the EU] should be interested in the initialing of the association agreement," Hryshchenko said. According to the Ukrainian diplomat, first and foremost, German businesses are interested in signing the association agreement between Ukraine and the EU

2012.02.04 10:14
Yanukovych: Gas transport route through Ukraine is reliable, effective and convenient

The route for gas transportation through Ukraine is effective and convenient, and Ukraine remains a reliable transit country for gas supplies to Europe, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said during a panel discussion entitled "Energy, Resources, and the Environment: New Security Parameters?" at the 48th Munich Security Conference on Friday. "Ukraine has for many years remained a reliable transit country for gas supplies to Europe," he said, adding that the route for gas transportation through Ukraine is "reliable, effective and convenient." However, Yanukovych said that the potential of the Ukrainian gas transport was currently being used by only two-thirds.

2012.02.03 15:25
President Yanukovych: Attempts to politicize 'Tymoshenko case' harm its investigation

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, who leaves for Munich, Germany, on Friday to participate in a security conference, has told the German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung that any attempts to politicize a criminal case opened against former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko are harming the course of its investigation. "We are, after all, talking about criminal cases, for example, tax evasion. Only the court can answer such questions," the president said, adding that Ukraine has an independent judicial system

2012.02.03 10:33
Ihor Kalinin appointed SBU chief

President Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine has appointed Ihor Kalinin the head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). The relevant decree was posted on the official website of the President. Kalinin previously worked as head of the State Guard Office. Earlier, the President fired Valeriy Khoroshkovsky as head of the Security Service, appointing him Minister of Finance at the Cabinet of Ministers of Mykola Azarov instead of the dismissed Fedir Yaroshenko

2012.02.02 11:38
Ukrainian Embassy: Senate hearings demonstrate interest in Ukraine

The U.S. Senate hearings on Ukraine demonstrate interest of the United States in our state, the Ukrainian Embassy in the United States said in a statement issued Wednesday during the Hearings of the Subcommittee on European Affairs of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, entitled "Ukraine at a Crossroads: What's at Stake for the U.S. and Europe?" "I would like to begin by thanking you for your interest in Ukraine which today's hearings demonstrate, and by assuring you that this interest in developing the Strategic Partnership between our nations is mutual," Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Oleksandr Motsyk said in his speech.

2012.02.01 16:56
Parliament preparing to ban checks on media during election campaign

The resolution on ensuring the unimpeded activities of the media during the election campaign in 2012 is to be adopted at the beginning of the next session of the Verkhovna Rada, First Deputy Head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Freedom of Expression and Information Olena Bondarenko has said. A representative of the parliamentary majority said that the resolution would complement the current law on elections. Under the law, it is banned to check and close the media and remove their licenses during the election campaign

2012.02.01 16:27
Official presidential website attacked by hackers

The official website of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is being attacked by hackers, the president's press secretary, Darya Chepak, said in her blog on the website of the Ukrainska Pravda online newspaper."The official website of the Ukrainian president has been attacked by unknown individuals since last night. The Interior Ministry's website has hung as a result of this attack. Social networks are making calls to join the attack on the websites of state institutions in order to support file-sharing sites that do not comply with copyright protection

2012.02.01 12:05
Yevhenia Tymoshenko, Party of Regions MPs to attend National Prayer Breakfast with U.S. President

"A number of Ukrainian politicians and MPs are planned to participate in the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington. In particular, the event is planned to be attended by Ukrainian President Adviser Hanna Herman and Ukrainian people's deputies from the Party of Regions Serhiy Kivalov and Yulia Liovochkina," the source said. Furthermore, according to the source, the breakfast will be also attended by deputies from the Party of Regions Leonid Kozhara, Yuriy Miroshnychenko, Oleksandr Horoshkevych

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