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Kyiv council permits ads in lifts of residential buildings of municipal property Kyiv City Council at a sitting has permitted the placing of advertisement in elevators in residential buildings of municipal property.
Dec 1, 2009 at 14:52 | Interfax-Ukraine
Boxing icon Pacquiao enters Philippine political ring MANILA, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Seven-time world boxing champion Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao registered as a candidate for a seat in the Philippines lower house of Congress on Dec. 1, climbing into the political ring for the second time following a 2007 defeat.
Dec 1, 2009 at 14:49 | Reuters
Kazakhstan planning to expand grain exports Astana, December 1 (Interfax-Kazakhstan) - Kazakh Minister of Agriculture Akylbek Kurishbayev suggests buying a cargo handling facility at a port of the Black Sea in order to expand the grain exports.
Dec 1, 2009 at 14:35 | Interfax-Ukraine
Reports: North Korea revamps currency to curb inflation first time in 17 years SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea revamped its national currency for the first time in 17 years, reports said Dec. 1— a move that appeared aimed at reviving its dilapidated economy by curbing inflation and black market trading.
Dec 1, 2009 at 14:29
NERC prolongs moratorium on rise of tariffs on electricity for metals, mining and chemical sectors through December The National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NECR) has prolonged a moratorium on a rise in retail tariffs of electricity for mining, metals and chemical companies until January 2010, the commission told Interfax-Ukraine on Nov. 30.
Dec 1, 2009 at 14:24 | Interfax-Ukraine
Finance ministry to register restructuring of debt to NBU over one week The governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Volodymyr Stelmakh and Acting Finance Minister Ihor Umansky have proposed to register the restructuring of a cabinet debt to the central bank over one week, the press service of the NBU Council Head Petro Poroshenko has reported.
Dec 1, 2009 at 14:21 | Interfax-Ukraine
State enterprise Information and Publishing Center of the State Commission on Securities and the Stock Market's Bulletin has created a public database on the announcement of shareholders' meetings, Serhiy Bocharov, the director general of the enterprise, has told Interfax-Ukraine.
Dec 1, 2009 at 14:19 | Interfax-Ukraine
Poll: Thirty percent of polled leasers of business centers in Kyiv to expand space in 2010, 20% to cut space Thirty percent of polled leasers of business centers in Kyiv in 2010 plan to expand their leased space, while 20% of them plan to cut it, and 50% of respondents will keep everything at the present level, reads a press release of CB Richard Ellis international consulting company, referring to a poll conducted by the company in late October.
Dec 1, 2009 at 14:14 | Interfax-Ukraine
Fuel Ministry: Auction on electricity exports for 2010 to be held on Dec. 16 An auction commission for the organization and holding of auctions of access to interstate power transmission lines for electricity exports on Nov. 26, 2009 has approved the schedule for holding auctions in 2010, the press secretary of the Ukrainian Fuel and Energy Ministry Fant Di has said..
Dec 1, 2009 at 14:10 | Interfax-Ukraine
Swiss fine drug firms $5.7 million for price-fixing BERN, Switzerland (AP) — The Swiss branches of Pfizer Inc., Eli Lilly & Co. and Bayer AG were fined a total of 5.7 million francs (dollars) by competition regulators onDec. 1for alleged price fixing of drugs for erectile dysfunction.
Dec 1, 2009 at 14:07
Tymoshenko: Government allocates Hr 28 million to build runway for Lviv airport Lviv, December 1 (Interfax-Ukraine) - The Ukrainian government has allocated Hr 28 million from the state budget's stabilization fund to construct a runway for Lviv International Airport, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said.
Dec 1, 2009 at 14:03 | Interfax-Ukraine
Study: Europeans could save planet for 2 euros a day BRUSSELS, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Europeans could help cut climate warming emissions to much safer levels for just 2 euros ($3) each per day, but they would would also have to cut back on driving and meat eating, a report said on Dec. 1.
Dec 1, 2009 at 13:59 | Reuters
Ivano-Frankivsk region allocates about Hr 1 million for joint European development program in 2010 Ivano-Frankivsk, December 1 (Interfax-Ukraine)Ivano-Frankivsk regional council has taken a decision to allocate Hr 950,000 from the regional budget to realize 24 joint micro-projects with the European Union and the United Nations Development Program as part of the Community Based Approach to Local Development Project (CBA) in 2010.
Dec 1, 2009 at 13:51 | Interfax-Ukraine
Yushchenko gets gray kitten as a gift Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko has received a gray striped kitten as a gift.
Dec 1, 2009 at 13:45 | Interfax-Ukraine
Foreign Ministry checking reports of collision between Ukrainian, Turkish dry cargo ships The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry is checking reports of a collision between Ukrainian and Turkish dry cargo ships in the Sea of Marmara, the ministry's press service told Interfax-Ukraine on Dec. 1.
Dec 1, 2009 at 13:40 | Interfax-Ukraine