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2009.06.11
Ukrainian president calls for review of gas contracts between Naftogaz and Gazprom
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has again called for a review of gas supply contracts signed by Naftogaz of Ukraine and Russia's Gazprom. "The so-called contracts should be considered calmly and properly," he said at a council on Thursday. In his opinion, such agreements if they are not reviewed, "will bring economic servitude to Ukraine for [many] years." Yushchenko said that in such a case, Ukraine would "lose its gas transportation system [GTS]."
2009.06.10
Ukraine assures EC of being reliable gas transitor
Bohdan Sokolovskyi, the President's commissioner for international issues of energy security, has assured representatives of the European Commission that Ukraine has always been and will remain a reliable partner to transit Russian natural gas to Europe. Sokolovskyi met with the EC delegation at the President's Secretariat on Wednesday. They focused on reliability of the Russian gas transit by Naftogaz of Ukraine in the close and midterm perspective.
2009.06.10
Premier says Naftogaz will pump required amount of gas into underground depots, pay for it in full
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has denied reports of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine's inability to pump the necessary amount of natural gas into underground storage facilities and pay for it in full. "Don't listen to any experts. Gas will be pumped and will be paid for," she said at a press conference in Kyiv on Tuesday. Speaking about President Viktor Yushchenko's statement on Naftogaz's difficult financial situation made earlier that day, she said: "This is another case of hysteria, which has no grounds behind."
2009.06.09
Six parties and blocs could form parliament
If the elections to the Verkhovna Rada are held in May this year, the Parliament would be formed by six parties and blocs, returns of a survey carried out by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology testify to it. As the Institute's press service informed, the Party of Regions would rank the first (37% of the respondents' votes). The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc would rank the second (23% of the respondents' votes).
2009.06.09
Tymoshenko accuses Yanukovych of disrupting coalition talks
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said in her televised address that she will run for the presidency. "I claim that I will participate in presidential elections, and I'll win them. I believe and know that that one day, Ukrainian politics will be pure and fair, while the authorities will be strong and incorrupt. I believe and know that Ukraine will become the way you dream about it - European and beautiful," she said.
2009.06.05
Yushchenko urging international community to help save democracy in Ukraine
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko is calling on the international community to help Ukraine preserve democracy. He made this call during his meeting with ambassadors of the G7, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Sweden and the European Commission on Friday. Yushchenko noted that he had invited the ambassadors to present to them his vision of political situation in Ukraine.
2009.06.04
President's commissioner refutes Russian premier's allegations of Ukraine's gas pay problems
The statement by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to the effect that in the summer Ukraine may face the problem of absence of funds to pay for Russian natural gas does not correspond to fact, Bohdan Sokolovskyi, President Yushchenko's energy commissioner, told a Ukrainian news agency. On top he added that a statement like this may be taken as interference with Ukraine's home affairs. "This is not Russia's business where Ukraine will take money to pay for gas...
2009.06.03
Prime Minister urging for unification
While opening Wednesday's government meeting, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko expressed the need for immediate unification of all political forces. She says she has always been standing on the position of full unification. "Either all political forces unite to protect Ukraine over the global crisis period, or all politicians must confess that they cannot protect their country," she emphasized.
2009.06.02-1
President not to allow "dividing country for two" - Victor Yushchenko's Press Secretary
The President's reaction for today's call of the BYUT and the Party of Regions representatives to join "the large coalition" was stated by President's Press Secretary Iryna Vannykova. The President welcomes consolidation of any political forces if the aim of their uniting is fighting the crisis. But setting up new coalitions should be open and in compliance with the law, she said. The President, according to her, considers it obvious that a broad coalition is regarded by its initiators exclusively as a mechanism for a shadow constitutional reform with the following power usurpation.
2009.06.02
BYuT, Party of Regions calling for broad coalition
The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and the Party of Regions are inviting other parliamentary factions into a 'big coalition'. This call was made in Tuesday's speeches in parliament by Party of Regions' member Dmytro Tabachnyk and BYuT faction leader Ivan Kyrylenko. Tabachnyk says a 'big coalition' is not only a "two-faction union, as political outsiders name it labeling everybody as a plotter."
2009.06.1
President demands that central bank, securities crack down on banks speculating with currency
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko is calling on the National Bank and the Security Service of Ukraine for tough treatment of banks engaged in speculations on currency market. He made this call during his meeting with Central Bank Governor Volodymyr Stelmakh and Securities Chief Valentyn Nalyvaichenko at the Boryspil airport.
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Viktor Yanukovych meets with Arsenii Yatseniuk
Taras Shevchenko National Museum holds festive event on the occasion f Taras Shevchenko's birthday
Verkhovna Rada suggests public informing on crime prevention results
Yulia Tymoshenko elected as leader of united democratic opposition
Sky lanterns launched in Kyiv
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