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Pandemic politics The Halloween health scare continues to haunt the nation well into November as people are dying from flu and other respiratory diseases, as politicians play the blame game.
November 05 at 21:11 | Staff reports
Swine flu outbreak heats up presidential election fever Presidential contenders are trying to outcompete each other using the epidemic for self-promotion and condemnation of the opponents.
November 05 at 21:08 | James Marson
Klitschko: Chernovetsky runs Kyiv ‘all for personal gain’ Vitali Klitschko, Ukraine’s heavyweight boxing champion and opposition leader in the city council talks about Kyiv’s major problems and personal ambitions.
November 05 at 21:00 | Katya Gorchinskaya and Yuliya Popova
Ukrainian employee of U.S. Embassy in Kyiv suspected of involvement in visa-fraud scheme A ring of 20 people in the United States and five in Ukraine was uncovered that allegedly helped Ukrainian nationals to obtain visas to America in a fraudulent way.
November 05 at 20:57 | Mark Rachkevych
Neighbors remember famine Visiting Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko commemorated the victims of mass famine in Ukraine in 1932-33 on Nov. 4.
November 05 at 20:53
Business Sense with Bogdan Prots Automakers hit hard, providing consumers with bargains all over
November 05 at 20:48 | Bogdan Prots
Record-sized tanker docks at Ukrainian port The Kassos Warrior cargo tanker docked on Oct. 31 at Yuzhny Port, one of the country’s biggest on the Black Sea coast.
November 05 at 20:46
EU warns Yushchenko over Russian gas payment, IMF The European Union urged Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko on Nov. 5 to prevent any delays in payments for Russian gas that might affect gas flows to EU citizens, and expressed concerns over disruption of cooperation with the International Monetary Fund.
November 05 at 20:43 | Reuters
Macroeconomic Briefs Budget deficit continues to widen; European Union mulls 500 million euro loanl; Steel output jumps in October.
November 05 at 20:41
Agence France Presse: Ukraine epidemic deaths hit 95, outbreak eases Health authorities in Ukraine said Thursday the death toll from an outbreak of flu and respiratory infections had risen to 95, but added the epidemic showed signs of easing. "We have 633, 877 people suffering from flu and acute respiratory infections," and among these cases "95 people are dead", Deputy Health Minister Zinovy Mytnyk said. Read the story here.
November 05 at 20:29
Really sick Political agendas once again outstripped the nation’s need for strategy and reassurance in the time of panic over swine flu pandemic.
November 05 at 20:27 | Editorial
Bad medicine Price caps on prices for medication should be canceled. The pharmaceutical industry should be kept in check with more careful regulations.
November 05 at 20:24 | Editorial
Prevention missing in health-care remedies Doctor Victor Yatsyk says Ukrainian medicine should make more emphasis on prevention.
November 05 at 20:22 | Victor Yatsyk
Who built Berlin Wall? Most Russians don't know MOSCOW, Nov 5 (Reuters) - More than half of all Russians do not know who built the Berlin Wall, one of the most enduring symbols of the Cold War, an opinion poll showed on Thursday
November 05 at 20:19
Flu panic stoked by political malpractice Celebrity doctor Yevhen Komarovsky talks about prevention and treatment of viral infection, and gives a thorough analysis of how political incompetence and ensuing panic harms the nation.
November 05 at 20:12 | Yevhen Komarovsky