fall in prices for secondary housing was observed in all districts of Kyiv.
The average price per square meter in a one- to three-room flat on the secondary housing market in Kyiv in U.S dollars in April to June 2009 fell by 10.59%, and as of July 1, 2009 was $1,494 per square meter, according to a press release of Kyiv-based SV Development consulting company.Full Story 3 July, 17:40 | Interfax-Ukraine
On July 3, the Kyivenerho energy distribution company has resumed hot water supplies to the consumers of the heat power plant No.6, the Kyivenerho press service said.Full Story 3 July, 15:50 | Ukrainian News
The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) has decided to fine Volia Cable, an analog cable television broadcasting company that is part of the Volia group of companies, the Kyiv Telecommunications Networks Company, and the Kyiv-based IVK Company UAH 1 million each for monopoly abuse.Full Story 3 July, 13:30 | Ukrainian News
A portion of the Berlin Wall is to be put up near Germany's embassy in Kyiv, German Ambassador to Ukraine Hans-Jurgen Heimsoeth has said.Full Story 2 July, 12:56 | Interfax-Ukraine
Nuctech Company Limited (China) is interested in supplying Kyiv with security systems for public and sport facilities in the city preparations to host final matches of the European Football Championship 2012, Nuctech representatives have announced at a meeting with representatives of Kyiv municipal state administration in Kyiv.Full Story 2 July, 12:53 | Ukrainian News
Police say they've arrested five people for smashing the face and cutting off an arm of a Lenin statue prominently displayed in Ukraine's capital.Full Story 30 June, 15:22 | Associated Press
Police have arrested five citizens on suspicion of damaging a monument to Vladimir Lenin near Bessarabska Square in Kyiv downtown.Full Story 30 June, 14:05 | Ukrainian News
On April 8, 2009, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine passed Resolution No. 322 “On Approval of the Procedure of the Issuance, Extension and Annulment of Work Permits for Foreign Citizens and Stateless Persons” (hereinafter the Resolution), which will came into effect on May 14, 2009. This new Resolution has introduced several novelties that are worth mentioning, for they will surely cause controversy among the foreign business community.Full Story 30 June, 13:39 | Scott Brown, Special to Kyiv Post
Right radical nationalists have damaged a monument to Vladimir Lenin, the principal leader of the October Revolution, in downtown Kyiv.Full Story 30 June, 12:40 | Interfax-Ukraine
Three lawmakers within the political bloc backing Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko have called for an investigation to determine whether President Victor Yushchenko’s son, Andriy, was involved in a shooting incident in Kyiv late on June 27.Full Story 28 June, 18:18 | Staff and wire reports, Kyiv Post
RFE/RL writes: At least a dozen statues of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin remain standing in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. Some residents see them as simple historical monuments; others have tried to take down the statues with their own hands. But as disputes continue at the municipal and national levels, Lenin isn't likely to disappear from the city any time soon.Full Story28 June, 10:00 Archive