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Kyiv, November 4 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Until the vaccine against the H1N1 flu virus is tested in Ukraine, it will not be used in the country, chief sanitary and epidemiology official Oleksandr Bilovol has said.
Nov 4, 2009 at 20:48 | Interfax-Ukraine
IMF: Ukraine's new wage bill 'totally unsustainable' Ukraine's new wage bill that would raise the minimum wage by over 20 percent is "totally unsustainable," Reuters reported on Nov. 4 citing "blunt" comments made by the International Monetary Fund's mission chief to Ukraine.
Nov 4, 2009 at 20:11 | Reuters
Founder of Catholic Opus Dei group focus of movie LONDON (Reuters) - If Opus Dei had a rough ride in the blockbuster movie based on Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code," it looks set for an altogether more sympathetic portrayal in another film that deals with the Catholic organization.
Nov 4, 2009 at 19:30 | Reuters
IMF: Ukraine needs to stick with recovery policies The International Monetary Fund on Nov. 4 published an interview with its mission chief for Ukraine, Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, in its magazine, IMF Survey.


In the interview, published in its entirety below, Pazarbasioglu urges Ukrainian policymakers to forge a consensus to support economic recovery and avoid measures that would fuel inflation and unemployment.
Nov 4, 2009 at 19:20
The Ukrainian government has appointed Serhiy Krasnokutsky deputy economy minister.
Nov 4, 2009 at 18:35 | Interfax-Ukraine
Vilnius, November 4 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Lithuanian government decided on Wednesday to provide humanitarian aid to Ukraine to fight the flu outbreak in the country.
Nov 4, 2009 at 18:22 | Interfax-Ukraine
Russian goverment surprised by GM decision not to sell Opel The Russian government has been surprised by General Motors' decision to drop its plans to sell its European assets to the Magna-Sberbank consortium, Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for the Russian prime minister, told Interfax.
Nov 4, 2009 at 18:21 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine receives another 200,000 packs of Tamiflu from Switzerland Ukraine has received another 200, 000 packs of the Tamiflu medication for A(H1N1) flu from Switzerland.
Nov 4, 2009 at 17:51 | Ukrainian News
Timeline: The rise and fall of the Berlin Wall Nov 4 (Reuters) - The Berlin Wall was breached 20 years ago on November 9, 1989. Here are some key dates in the history of the Berlin Wall.
Nov 4, 2009 at 17:43 | Reuters
The Cabinet of Ministers has allocated Hr 10 million for the construction of housing for earlier deported Crimean Tatars, according to Acting Finance Minister Ihor Umanskyi.
Nov 4, 2009 at 17:36 | Ukrainian News
Ukraine expects to pay for Russian gas on time Ukrainian state energy firm Naftogaz will pay for Russian gas on time, Energy Minister Yuri Prodan said on Wednesday after Moscow raised doubts whether bills would be settled and called on the European Union to lend Kyiv money.
Nov 4, 2009 at 17:00 | Reuters
FACTBOX-IMF loan terms for Romania Nov 4 - Romania's opposition rejected prime minister-designate Lucian Croitoru and his proposed cabinet on Wednesday, extending a political crisis that has put a 20 billion euro ($29.49 billion) IMF-led rescue package at risk. The International Monetary Fund has demanded fast approval of the 2010 budget as a requirement for it to extend a third, 1.5 billion euro loan tranche to the Black Sea state.
Nov 4, 2009 at 16:38 | Reuters
Winners and wastelands - the Berlin Wall's economic legacy WEIMAR, Germany, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Businessman Ulrich Weitz leans forward and produces a graph showing a 10-fold increase in his company's turnover in the last 15 years.
Nov 4, 2009 at 16:37 | Reuters
Kohl's dream of united Europe remains incomplete PARIS, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helmut Kohl's dream of a united Germany leading to a politically united Europe remains unfinished business.
Nov 4, 2009 at 16:34 | Reuters
LONDON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Swine flu has hit an isolated tribe of Indians in the Amazon jungle, with seven dying in the last two weeks, Survival International said on Wednesday.
Nov 4, 2009 at 16:30 | Reuters