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On the move Svetlana Kandyba
Oct 30, 2009 at 16:43
On the move Oleg Ryabtsev
Oct 30, 2009 at 16:42
On the move Leif Schneider
Oct 30, 2009 at 16:16
Yushchenko signs law increasing minimum wage Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has signed the law on a rise in social standards and sent to the Verkhovna Rada his proposals concerning amendments to the law on the state budget for 2009, which he said would allow the law to be implemented.
Oct 30, 2009 at 15:26 | Interfax-Ukraine
EU suggests €500 billion loan for Ukraine BRUSSELS — The European Commission on Friday suggested lending €500 billion to Ukraine and €100 billion Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of International Monetary Fund bailouts to help them cope with the economic crisis.
Oct 30, 2009 at 15:20 | Associated Press
Yushchenko: Swine flu death toll reaches 11 in Ukraine Twenty-two people have died of respiratory diseases in Ukraine, with 11 of these having died from the A/H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko told a briefing on Friday.
Oct 30, 2009 at 15:14 | Interfax-Ukraine
Tymoshenko cancels her election events Prime Minister of Ukraine, BYT leader, Yulia Tymoshenko has said that all of her election events have been temporarily postponed under the government's resolution on preventing the spread of swine flu.
Oct 30, 2009 at 15:08 | Interfax-Ukraine
Gazprom, Polish counterpart reach gas price deal MOSCOW — Russian gas company Gazprom said Friday it had agreed on a deal with Polish counterpart PGNiG to boost gas supply to Poland and streamline the management of their joint venture Europolgaz.
Oct 30, 2009 at 15:06 | Associated Press
Tymoshenko: Government adopts special complex resolution on preventing spread of А/H1 N1 flu The government has adopted a special complex resolution on preventing the spread of А/H1 N1 swine flu in Ukraine, Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko has said.
Oct 30, 2009 at 15:03 | Interfax-Ukraine
Poll shows: Most Ukrainians against introduction of 12-year education system in comprehensive schools Most Ukrainians are against the introduction of a 12-year education system in comprehensive schools, according to the results of a poll entitled "Education problems in the view of the upcoming elections," conducted by the Institute of Social and Political Psychology of the Academy of Political Sciences of Ukraine and presented at a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine on Thursday.
Oct 30, 2009 at 15:01 | Interfax-Ukraine
Quarantine ordered Ukraine suffered its first death from swine flu, as the government declared a massive quarantine and control effort to head off a possible epidemic, the Interfax news agency reported. The victim was a man living in Ukraine's western Lviv region, said Health Ministry spokesman Roman Pavliv.
Oct 30, 2009 at 14:06
Ukraine considers quarantine after first H1N1 death Ukraine has closed schools, banned all public events, and imposed restrictions on people's movements around the country for a three-week period after confirming its first death from H1N1 swine flu.
Oct 30, 2009 at 14:00 | Reuters
United Nations::Killing of Russian journalists alarming GENEVA — The U.N. Human Rights Committee on Friday said Russia fails to protect journalists, activists, prison inmates and others sometimes at odds with authorities from a wide range of abuses, including torture and murder.
Oct 30, 2009 at 13:48 | Associated Press
Health Ministry: Swine flu epidemic starts in Ukraine (update) An epidemic of the A/H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu, has started in Ukraine, Health Minister Vasyl Kniazevych announced at a press conference on Friday.
Oct 30, 2009 at 12:37 | Interfax-Ukraine
Kyiv’s drugstores running out of face masks Drugstores in the city center are starting to run out of face masks, workers at drugstores have said on Oct. 30.
Oct 30, 2009 at 12:36 | Wire reports