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Poll: Twenty percent of Kyiv residents ready to vote for Yanukovych Kyiv, October 31 (Interfax-Ukraine) – One in five residents of Kyiv are planning to vote for Regions Party leader Viktor Yanukovych in the first round of presidential elections, according to a survey carried out by Research & Branding Group, the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia (Mirror Weekly) newspaper has reported.
October 31, 2009 at 14:18 | Interfax-Ukraine
Yushchenko: 48 die of swine flu in Ukraine MOSCOW (AP) — The Interfax news agency quotes Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko as saying that 48 people have died of swine flu in the ex-Soviet nation.
October 31, 2009 at 14:08 | Associated Press
Bohatyriova: Health minister ônd ñhief sanitary doctor should become members of National Security and Defense Council The National Security and Defense Council believes the health minister and the chief sanitary doctor should be appointed members of the council.

National Security and Defense Council Secretary Raisa Bohatyriova gave her position on the Ukraina TV channel on Friday evening.
October 31, 2009 at 14:04 | Ukrainian News
National Security and Defense Council wants urgent reform of sanitary-and-epidemiologic service The National Security and Defense Council has arrived at a decision that urgent reform of the sanitary-and-epidemiologic service of Ukraine must be carried out.

National Security and Defense Council Secretary Raisa Bohatyriova said this on the Ukraina TV channel on Friday evening.
October 31, 2009 at 12:44 | Ukrainian News
Health Ministry engages medical students in helping doctors treat flu patients The Ministry of Health intends to engage students of medical universities in helping doctors deal with influenza and other acute respiratory viral infections.
October 31, 2009 at 12:40 | Ukrainian News
Tymoshenko formally registers as presidential candidate The Central Election Commission has registered Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko as a presidential candidate.

The decision to register Tymoshenko as the candidate was supported unanimously by 15 members of the Central Election Commission present at the meeting.
October 31, 2009 at 12:34 | Ukrainian News
Ukrainian banks need about Hr 100 billion in additional capitalization, says Fitch expert Ukrainian banks need about Hr 100 billion in additional capitalization, according to Olga Ignatieva, the director of the Financial Institutions Group of Fitch Ratings CIS Ltd.
October 31, 2009 at 12:27 | Interfax-Ukraine
Health Ministry: 34 dead from flu in three western Ukraine oblasts The Ukrainian Health Ministry has confirmed 34 deaths from flu and acute respiratory viral diseases in Ternopil region, Ivano-Frankivsk region, and Lviv region from October 19 until 21:30 of October 30.
October 31, 2009 at 12:23 | Ukrainian News
Pneumonia death toll in Lviv Oblast climbs to 15 Lviv, October 31 (Interfax-Ukraine) - The number of those who have died from acute pneumonia in Lviv region has increased to 15 people.
October 31, 2009 at 12:06
Obama says new data shows U.S. economy recovering WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama used his weekly radio address on Saturday to tell Americans that this week's positive job and economic growth figures are yet more evidence that the U.S. economy is recovering.
October 31, 2009 at 12:01
BERLIN (AP) — Three statesmen who oversaw the fall of the Berlin Wall that led to the collapse of communism in Europe are gathering in Germany's capital to reflect on the changes 20 years ago.
October 31, 2009 at 11:56
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian news agency is reporting that Moscow plans to buy a French amphibious assault ship as the Kremlin seeks to reaffirm Russia's global reach.
October 31, 2009 at 11:56 | Associated Press
UEFA not planning to postpone Dynamo match over H1N1 BERNE, Oct 30 (Reuters) - UEFA said on Friday that it did not have any immediate plans to postpone next week's Champions League match between Dynamo Kiev and Inter Milan due to swine flu restrictions in Ukraine.
October 31, 2009 at 11:40 | Reuters
YEREVAN, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Armenia's foreign minister has rejected Turkish calls for concessions in the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh in exchange for the historic rapprochement between Yerevan and Ankara.
October 31, 2009 at 10:46
Lytvyn: State of emergency needed in Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv and Ternopil Volodymyr Lytvyn, Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, has said when appearing on the Rada TV channel that he favours the idea to introduce the state of emergency in Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv and Ternopil regions for the epidemics of the À(H1N1) influenza.
October 31, 2009 at 10:29 | Ukrainian News