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Russia suspends fulfillment of agreements on "cheese issue" with Ukraine Russia's chief sanitary inspector and head of Rospotrebnadzor Gennady Onishchenko said he has decided to suspend the fulfillment of agreements on the "cheese issue" reached in his negotiations with Ukraine's Agrarian Policy and Food Minister Mykola Prisiazhniuk on Jan. 9.
Yesterday at 11:40 | Interfax-Ukraine
Azarov: Russia to lift restrictions on Ukrainian cheese imports Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has said he is confident that Ukraine and Russia will reach agreement and that restrictions on imports of Ukrainian cheese will be lifted, as Ukrainian cheeses are of high quality.
2 days ago at 16:02 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ambassador: Russia, Ukraine heading for ratifying CIS free trade agreement Russia and Ukraine will simultaneously ratify a CIS free trade agreement and will reach an agreement on the Russian Black Sea Fleet's presence in Crimea in the near future, Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov has said.
2 days ago at 15:46 | Interfax-Ukraine
Russian ambassador: Kyiv, Moscow to intensify gas talks soon Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov has said that the talks on the natural gas supply between the two countries will soon recommence and intensify.
2 days ago at 15:01 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine takes more gas out of underground storage in heavy cold Due to very cold weather, Ukraine has been taking more natural gas out of its underground storage facilities of late, increasing outtake to 140 million cubic meters (mcm) daily, the press service to Ukrtransgaz announced Thursday evening.
2 days ago at 09:42 | Interfax-Ukraine
Steel Guru: Ukraine getting less than contracted volumes of gas from Russia Ukrainian energy and coal industry minister Yuriy Boiko has said that due to severe frosts in Russia, Ukraine is receiving 460 million cubic meters of gas a day on the border with Russia, instead of 510 million cubic meters stipulated in technical agreements with Russia.

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2 days ago at 07:59
Top hotels to open in Kyiv, adding nearly 1,700 rooms Around a decade ago, Ukraine’s capital city Kyiv had no five-star hotels.
3 days ago at 22:40 | Yuriy Onyshkiv
Kharkiv, Euro 2012 host city, averts  repossession of 90 trolleybuses Kharkiv city authorities say they reached a temporary agreement over a $10 million debt to a Polish-backed Lviv company which has won court cases and threatened to repossess 90 trolleybuses and 10 trams it had rented to Ukraine’s second largest city.
3 days ago at 22:31 | Mark Rachkevych
Ukrainians dump bazaars in favor of big-box supermarkets An increasing majority of Ukrainians are today doing their grocery shopping at big box supermarkets rather than bazaars, or outdoor markets that were popular in Soviet days.
3 days ago at 22:21 | Kyiv Post
Cold spell kills grains in east, south Ukraine A fierce cold spell has killed most of the winter barley and winter rapeseed crops and seriously damaged wheat in Ukraine's eastern and southern regions, while threatening winter crops and slowing exports in Russia.
3 days ago at 20:40 | Reuters
Onishchenko: More Ukrainian cheese products may be banned MOSCOW - Chief of the Russian Federal Consumer Protection Service (Rospotrebnadzor) Gennady Onishchenko believes that the "black list" of Ukrainian cheese producers barred from supplying their products to Russia may grow.
3 days ago at 20:15 | Interfax-Ukraine
Embassy: Belarus has no complaints about quality of Ukrainian cheese Belarusian Agriculture and Food Minister Mikhail Rusy has assured Ukrainian Ambassador to Belarus Viktor Tykhonov that the Belarusian authorities currently have no official complains about the quality of Ukrainian products, in particular, cheese, reads a statement posted on the Web site of the Ukrainian Embassy in Belarus.
3 days ago at 19:59 | Interfax-Ukraine
Parliament sends vetoed Customs Code for revision The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, has sent the Customs Code of Ukraine to the profile committee for revision.
3 days ago at 19:37 | Interfax-Ukraine
Rospotrebnadzor to inspect Ukrainian cheese producers MOSCOW - Russia's Consumer Rights Protection Service (Rospotrebnadzor) officials will travel to Ukraine to inspect local cheese producers supplying cheese to Russia, Rospotrebnadzor chief Gennady Onishchenko has told Interfax.
3 days ago at 17:48 | Interfax-Ukraine
Gazprom: Use of Ukrainian gas storage common practice Moscow - The use of Ukrainian gas storage facilities to support exports of Russian gas to Europe is ordinary practice, Valery Golubev, first deputy CEO of Gazprom, told reporters, commenting on offers by Ukraine.
3 days ago at 09:41 | Interfax-Ukraine